The effect of diffusion and laser boriding on the microstructure, microhardness and wear resistance of Hardox 450 steel compared to initial state is the subject of this article. After the boron modification process of Hardox 450 steel microhard-ness and wear resistance increased. After the diffusion boriding a needle-like microstructure of microhardness about 1800-1500 HV0.1 was obtained. As a result of laser boronizing the microstructure consisted of a remelted zone (MZ), heat-affected zone (HAZ) and core. In the remelted zone enriched of boron microhardness was about 1500-1600 HV0.1 The wear resistance tests showed the higher wear resistance of the diffusion borided layers, whereas the lower were in initial state but the lowest was for laser borided layer.