
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.


Each item will change appearance three times before it is complete. Rounder and aluminum ingots will get flatter. Then, by hitting the anvil with a hammer, discs will gradually get When a Poké Ball disc, iron disc, aluminum disc, or aluminum ingot has been made, using an anvil while holding the item will place it on the anvil.
