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Anvil block in Minecraft

Present since 1.4.2 or earlier Mined with: pickaxe Stack size: 64 In 9 tutorials ↓

The Anvil is the block you use to repair, rename and combine items, including adding enchantments from an Enchanted Book. Each use costs experience levels, and the Anvil slowly wears out until it breaks.

It is made with the Crafting Table from 3 × Block of Iron and 4 × Iron Ingot. It is mined with a pickaxe.

What it does

Put an item in the first slot and either its repair material (iron ingots for iron tools, for example) or a second item of the same kind in the second slot. Combining two enchanted items or an item and an enchanted book merges their enchantments. Every item remembers how often it has been worked on, so repeated repairs cost more and more levels; when the cost reaches 40 levels, the Anvil refuses with the message Too Expensive.

Renaming is cheap and works on any item. A renamed container shows its name in its interface, and a Name Tag has to get its name here before it works on a mob.

Each use has a small chance (12%) to damage the Anvil, which goes from Anvil to Chipped Anvil, then Damaged Anvil, then breaks. It falls like sand when nothing supports it and hurts whatever it lands on, more the farther it falls.

How to craft

Crafting tableCrafting table
Block of Iron Block of Iron Block of Iron Iron Ingot Iron Ingot Iron Ingot Iron Ingot
Anvil

3 × Block of Iron + 4 × Iron Ingot → Anvil

// Slots with several items cycle through every accepted option.

How Anvil connects

2 links · from the 26.3 game data

Same family · tag #anvil

Chipped AnvilChipped AnvilDamaged AnvilDamaged Anvil

Tutorials with Anvil (9)

All tutorials with Anvil →
BeginnerEnchanting & brewing

The best sword enchantments in Minecraft

Here is the set, which damage enchantment to choose, and how to stack everything on one blade without hitting the anvil limit.

Tested 26.3

Block states

facingnorth · south · west · east

Tags

#minecraft:anvil#minecraft:blocks_dolphin_jump#minecraft:blocks_fluid_flow#minecraft:blocks_lava_fire_spread#minecraft:blocks_motion#minecraft:blocks_motion_in_heightmap#minecraft:blocks_motion_in_heightmap_no_leaves#minecraft:blocks_motion_no_leaves#minecraft:causes_suffocation#minecraft:entities_can_teleport_to#minecraft:ice_melts_when_destroyed_above#minecraft:mineable/pickaxe

Anvil · FAQ

How do you get Anvil in Minecraft?

At the Crafting Table: 3 × Block of Iron and 4 × Iron Ingot give 1 × Anvil. Mining the block drops it.

What is Anvil used for in Minecraft?

It repairs, renames and combines items and applies enchanted books, in exchange for experience levels.

What tool do you need to mine Anvil?

The fastest tool is the pickaxe.

Can a piston move Anvil?

No: pistons cannot move it.