Using an enchantment table on an item does not affect anvil uses. For another example, an item with 3 anvil uses and an item with 2 anvil uses yields one with 4 anvil uses. For example, two items with 2 anvil uses are combined into one with 3 anvil uses. If the player adds an enchanted book that has never been used in an anvil with a sword that has never been used in an anvil, then the sword gains 1 anvil use.Īs an item gets more anvil uses, the experience required to use the item in the anvil increases to the point where it says 'Too expensive!' From there the player must use creative mode to repair/enchant/rename items using an anvil.Ĭombining items of the same or different number of anvil uses takes the greater number and adds 1 for the final product. There are three degradation levels: Anvil, Chipped Anvil, and Damaged Anvil in ' Java Edition', and Anvil, Slightly Damaged Anvil, and Very Damaged Anvil in Bedrock Edition.Īnvil uses are the number of times an item has been used in an anvil.Įvery time an item is used in an anvil, except for being renamed, it gets one anvil use. If the job would cost 40 or more levels, it is rejected as 'Too Expensive!' This does not apply in creative mode.Įach time something is repaired, enchanted, or renamed using an anvil, the anvil has a 12% chance to degrade. In survival mode and adventure mode, the anvil can apply only 39 levels worth of work in a single operation. Renaming items can be done in the same work step as repairing or combining, provided the experience cost is not too high. Other than crushing mobs/players, falling anvils can also crush any dropped items and destroy them. A maximum of 40 HP damage can be dealt by a falling anvil, no matter how high the anvil falls.

This causes the anvil to degrade one level and deal 2 HP damage for each block fallen after the first block to the mob/player who were crushed. Damaging any players or mobs who happen to walk under or be under the anvil while it is falling.This costs much less than combining enchantments from two similar items, and can give enchantments to items that they could not get at an enchanting table. Combining a tool with an enchanted book to add the book's enchantment to the tool.The durabilities combine similar to using a crafting table, and the enchantments are combined following rules detailed below.

Combining two items of the same kind and material that have durability, e.g.Golden, wooden, diamond, netherite, leather and iron tools/weapons/armor can be repaired using an anvil, but fishing rods, bows, and crossbows cannot be repaired using sticks, despite being made from sticks. Acceptable items for repair have the material to use in their default name, except for chainmail (repaired with iron ingots), turtle shells (repaired with scutes), and elytra (repaired with phantom membranes). For example, iron ingots can be used to repair iron tools and armor. Repairing any gear with units of its material.Most blocks lose the rename when placed, except some containers, which shows the name if opened (naming a chest 'My Custom Named Chest' causes the chest name to turn into 'My Custom Named Chest' if placed and opened). Any changed name appears as italic and is not colored by rarity. Renaming any item, including normal blocks.All its functions, except for damaging mobs and players, cost experience levels, and some have material costs. It can also be used to combine the enchantments of two items, to give an item a custom name, or to crush enemies, mobs or other players that walk beneath it while it is falling, with more damage inflicted upon the target from each block fallen. The anvil is primarily used to repair tools, armor, and weapons, which it can do without stripping their enchantments, unlike the grindstone and crafting table. This page explains the mechanics of the anvil. For anvil mechanics prior to 1.8, see Anvil mechanics/Before 1.8.Įxample showing a repair of two diamond pickaxes. This article is about the current mechanics.

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