Minecraft Anvil: How to Craft and Use This Useful Block
Minecraft is a sandbox game that allows players to create and explore a virtual world made of blocks. One of the blocks that players can craft and use is the anvil, which is a utility block that can repair, rename, and enchant items. The anvil is a valuable tool for players who want to enhance their gear and customize their items.
What is the Minecraft Anvil?
The Minecraft anvil is a gravity-affected block that can be used to repair, rename, and enchant items. The anvil has a durability that decreases as it is used or dropped from a height. The anvil has three stages of damage: anvil, chipped anvil, and damaged anvil in Java Edition; or anvil, slightly damaged anvil, and very damaged anvil in Bedrock Edition. The anvil can break into nothing if it is used too much or dropped too far.
The anvil has five main functions:
- Repairing items that have durability, such as tools, weapons, and armor. The repairing can be done by combining two similar items or by using the original material of the item.
- Renaming any item, including blocks and containers. The renamed item appears in italics and does not change its rarity color.
- Enchanting items that can receive enchantments, such as tools, weapons, armor, books, etc. The enchanting can be done by combining an item with an enchanted book or by combining two enchanted items.
- Crushing any entities that are under the anvil while it is falling. The anvil deals 2 HP damage for each block fallen after the first block to the entity that is crushed.
- Damaging any items that are under the anvil while it is falling. The anvil destroys any items that are crushed by it.
How to Craft the Minecraft Anvil?
The Minecraft anvil can be crafted using iron ingots or iron blocks. You need 31 iron ingots or 3 iron blocks and 4 iron ingots to craft one anvil. Here are the steps to craft the anvil:
- Open your crafting table and place 3 iron blocks in the top row of the 3×3 grid.
- Place 4 iron ingots in the middle column of the grid, leaving the center slot empty.
- Drag the resulting anvil from the output slot to your inventory.
Alternatively, you can find a damaged anvil in the forge room of a woodland mansion, which is a rare structure that spawns in dark forests.
How to Use the Minecraft Anvil?
The Minecraft anvil can be used by placing it on a solid surface and right-clicking on it. This opens the anvil GUI (graphical user interface), which has three slots: the left slot for the target item, the middle slot for the sacrifice item or material, and the right slot for the resulting item. There is also a text field where you can rename your item and a level cost indicator that shows how many experience levels you need to perform the operation.
To use the anvil, you need to follow these steps:
- Place your target item in the left slot of the GUI.
- Place your sacrifice item or material in the middle slot of the GUI.
- If you want to rename your item, type a new name in the text field.
- If you have enough experience levels, take your resulting item from the right slot of the GUI.
The level cost depends on several factors, such as the type and number of enchantments, the durability of the items, and the number of times they have been repaired or renamed before. The level cost can never exceed 39 levels in survival mode or adventure mode; otherwise, the operation is rejected as “Too Expensive!” This limit does not apply in creative mode.
Each time you use or drop the anvil, it has a 12% chance to degrade one stage. You can repair a damaged anvil by placing two damaged anvils of the same stage in a crafting grid, which gives you one slightly less damaged anvil.
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What are the Benefits and Limitations of Using the Minecraft Anvil?
The Minecraft anvil has several benefits and limitations that you should be aware of before using it. Some of these are:
- Benefits:
- The anvil can repair items without losing their enchantments, unlike the crafting table or grindstone.
- The anvil can combine enchantments from two items or books, which can result in higher-level or multiple enchantments on one item.
- The anvil can rename any item, which can give it a unique and personalized touch.
- The anvil can crush enemies, mobs, or other players that walk beneath it while it is falling, which can be used as a trap or a weapon.
- Limitations:
- The anvil has a durability that decreases as it is used or dropped, which can make it break eventually.
- The anvil has a level cost that increases as the items are repaired, renamed, or enchanted, which can make it too expensive to use at some point.
- The anvil cannot repair or enchant items that are not made of iron, such as fishing rods, bows, crossbows, etc.
- The anvil cannot give enchantments to items that they could not get at an enchanting table, such as silk touch on shears or fortune on hoes.
Conclusion
The Minecraft anvil is a useful block that can repair, rename, and enchant items. The anvil can be crafted using iron ingots or iron blocks, or found in a woodland mansion. The anvil can be used by placing it on a solid surface and right-clicking on it. The anvil has a durability that decreases as it is used or dropped, and a level cost that increases as the items are repaired, renamed, or enchanted. The anvil has several benefits and limitations that you should consider before using it.
