What is Anvil in Minecraft?
An anvil is a very useful block that allows you to repair items, combine enchantments, and rename things. It is made of iron and looks like a heavy, solid block that blacksmiths use. Unlike a crafting table, an anvil uses experience levels to perform its functions. Anvils are also affected by gravity, meaning if there is no block underneath them, they will fall and can even hurt any player or mob they land on. They are also a durable block, but they get damaged over time with use. An anvil will slowly crack and eventually break after many uses, so they are not permanent. For any serious survival player, an anvil is an essential block for maintaining and upgrading their best gear, making it a cornerstone of late game progression.
How to get Anvil in Minecraft
Anvils are one of the most expensive items to craft in terms of a single resource. The recipe requires a massive amount of iron. To craft one anvil, you will need three blocks of iron and four iron ingots. Since one block of iron is made from nine iron ingots, this means you need a grand total of 31 iron ingots. To get this much iron, you will need to do a lot of mining. Once you have all the iron, you can craft the anvil. Open a crafting table and place the three blocks of iron across the entire top row. Then, place one iron ingot in the very center of the grid, and the remaining three iron ingots across the entire bottom row. This will give you one anvil. While very expensive, it is sometimes possible to find an anvil that has already been generated. They can be found inside the forge room of a woodland mansion, but these structures are very rare and dangerous.
How to use Anvil in Minecraft
An anvil has three main functions. The first is repairing items. You can combine a damaged tool, weapon, or piece of armor with its base material like iron ingots for an iron sword to restore its durability. You can also combine two of the same damaged item to merge their durability. This is the best way to repair enchanted items, as it preserves their enchantments. The second function is enchanting. You can combine an item with an enchanted book to add that enchantment to the item. You can also combine two enchanted items to merge their enchantments together, which is the only way to get the highest level enchantments like Sharpness V. The third function is renaming. For the cost of one experience level, you can rename any item in the game. Anvils take damage with each use and will eventually break, so use them wisely.
How to craft Anvil in Minecraft
Crafting Table
What can Anvil make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.