Where to Find Anvil in Minecraft
A utility block for renaming items, combining enchantments, and repairing tools using raw materials or matching items.
Anvil at a glance
Anvil is a utility item in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, and this guide names the one place it turns up, the route that end with one in your hand, and the fastest of them. All Overworld biomes (crafting) is the address for Anvil, and there you craft it from 3 Blocks of Iron and 4 Iron Ingots (31 Iron Ingots total). Finding Anvil is rated easy (2/5): most players can secure it within their first in-game day with basic tools. Practically speaking, no distant biome is involved in getting Anvil: a Crafting Table makes it, so the rest of this guide is about lining up the ingredients and picking the moment to make one.
Primary Location
All Overworld biomes (crafting)
Difficulty
Easy (2/5)
Version Added
1.4.2
Stack Size
64
Where to Find Anvil
Look in All Overworld biomes (crafting) for Anvil, because no other biome on our list carries Anvil. Used to combine enchantments, repair tools, and rename items. Costs experience levels to use; higher-level operations cost more. Anvil does not spawn naturally in the world or generate in chests as standard loot: it is something you make at a Crafting Table, so the practical question is where to gather its ingredients rather than where to find the finished item.
Biomes & Dimensions
- All Overworld biomes (crafting)
Best Way to Get Anvil
The most reliable way to get Anvil is to craft it at a Crafting Table from Block of Iron and Iron Ingot: 2 ingredients, a fixed grid, and no luck involved anywhere. Crafting Anvil needs Block of Iron (nine iron ingots crafted together) and Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore or raw iron, which peaks around Y 16), and each of those has its own place in the world to come from. 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. Storage is no problem here: 64 Anvil per slot, 576 across a hotbar row and 1728 in a single chest, so gather as much as the trip allows. Anvil has been in the game since the 1.4.2 update, so any up-to-date world or server hands you the same Anvil with the same numbers behind it. As a utility block, Anvil is the sort of thing you place once and use constantly, so most players craft an early one and add more as their base grows.
All Methods
- 1Craft using 3 Blocks of Iron and 4 Iron Ingots (31 Iron Ingots total)
Crafting recipe for Anvil
AnvilCrafting TableStation: 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
More notes on Anvil
Has a 12% chance of degrading each use. Falls when unsupported. Costs XP levels to use.
Anvil elsewhere on Astroworld
Items and guides next to Anvil
Next to Anvil you will run into Enchanting Table, Grindstone, Smithing Table, and Iron Pickaxe, and the reason is usually shared: one biome, one structure or one crafting chain. Everything measured about Anvil is on the Anvil item page.
View the Anvil item pageGetting Anvil in practice
An anvil is 31 iron ingots in total: three blocks of iron plus four loose ingots. That is a full iron farm session or several mining trips, which is why most players build one only when they have enchantments worth combining. It also falls like gravel, so place it from below or expect it to land on your head.
What to watch out for with Anvil
An anvil costs thirty one iron ingots, which is most of a first iron farm, and it wears out after enough uses. What it buys is control: combining enchanted books, repairing gear with materials, and renaming items so they stop despawning. Falling anvils also make a genuinely effective trap.
Frequently asked questions about Anvil
Where do you find Anvil in Minecraft?
Anvil is found in All Overworld biomes (crafting). Craft using 3 Blocks of Iron and 4 Iron Ingots (31 Iron Ingots total).
What is the best way to get Anvil?
Craft Anvil from Block of Iron and Iron Ingot at a Crafting Table; every other route to Anvil depends on where you are standing.
Can you craft Anvil?
Yes. Anvil is crafted at a Crafting Table using Block of Iron and Iron Ingot.
How hard is it to find Anvil?
Finding Anvil is rated easy (2 out of 5): most players can secure it within their first in-game day with basic tools.
When was Anvil added to Minecraft?
Anvil was added in the 1.4.2 update.