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Where to Find Anvil in Minecraft

A utility block for renaming items, combining enchantments, and repairing tools using raw materials or matching items.

Primary Location

All Overworld biomes (crafting)

Difficulty

Easy (2/5)

Version Added

1.4.2

Stack Size

64

Where to Look

Biomes & Dimensions

  • All Overworld biomes (crafting)

How to Get Anvil

  1. 1Craft using 3 Blocks of Iron and 4 Iron Ingots (31 Iron Ingots total)

Crafting Recipe

AnvilCrafting Table

Station: Crafting Table

Tips for Finding Anvil

  • Used to combine enchantments, repair tools, and rename items
  • Costs experience levels to use; higher-level operations cost more
  • Falls when placed with no support below, dealing damage to entities
  • Degrades over time: Anvil > Chipped Anvil > Damaged Anvil > breaks
  • 31 iron ingots is a significant investment; consider iron farming first

Additional Notes

Has a 12% chance of degrading each use. Falls when unsupported. Costs XP levels to use.

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