How to Craft an Anvil in Minecraft: Step-by-Step Survival & Creative Guide

Every Minecraft player has been through the experience of having their tools break at the worst possible moment. Whether you are deep underground, mining diamonds, or fighting off mobs at night, the loss of a weapon or pickaxe can completely ruin your momentum.

This is why the anvil is so important. It allows you to repair gear, rename items, and manage enchantments without losing progress. If you are a Survival player, learning how to craft an anvil in Minecraft is one of the biggest steps you can take as you begin to work with enchanted tools and armor.

Minecraft Anvil Recipe

Before knowing how to craft an Anvil in Minecraft, let's take an overview of Minecraft Anvil Recipe, along with some tips on how they are made and why players must gather so many materials before crafting.

Ingredients Required

To craft an anvil in Minecraft, you will need:

• 31 Iron Ingots in total

• A Crafting Table

Out of these 31 iron ingots, 27 are used to create three blocks of iron, while the remaining four are used directly in the recipe.

Crafting Recipe Breakdown

Here is how the anvil recipe works:

• Top row of the crafting grid: 3 Blocks of Iron
• Middle row: 1 Iron Ingot placed in the centre slot
• Bottom row: 3 Iron Ingots placed across all three slots

There are no alternate crafting recipes available for damaged or broken anvils. They are crafted just like standard Minecraft anvils and will only become damaged through usage or falling from above.

How to Craft an Anvil in Minecraft

Step 1: Mine Iron Ore

Iron ore can be commonly found within the earth and is usually easily gathered with the right equipment and experience. When looking for iron ore, you will need to use a stone or better quality pickaxe.

Step 2: Smelt Iron Ingots

Furnaces can smelt all types of ores. To smelt iron ore, simply place it inside your furnace and then provide a fuel source such as coal or wood, etc. You will need to smelt a total of thirty-one ingots of iron ore to make your anvil.

Step 3: Craft Iron Blocks

To create a block of iron, go to your crafting table and fill all nine slots with iron ingots. Repeat this process a total of three times to get three blocks of iron.

Step 4: Arrange the Anvil Recipe

Open the crafting table again and place 3 iron blocks across the top of the crafting table, the centre space has one iron ingot, and 3 iron ingots across the bottom of the crafting table.

Step 5: Collect the Anvil

After correctly placing the Anvil recipe on the crafting table, move the Anvil to your Inventory. Congratulations! You have successfully learned how to craft an Anvil in Minecraft in Survival mode.

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How to Get Anvil in Minecraft

Now you know how to craft an anvil in minecraft pc. But crafting is not the only way to obtain an anvil, although it is the most reliable method.

Woodland Mansions

Within Woodland Mansions, you will find Forsaken Anvils; these Anvils are usually found within the Forge rooms located inside the Woodland Mansion. Woodland Mansions can be quite hard to find, but if you can locate one, you will have the chance to grab an Anvil without crafting it yourself.

Creative Mode Inventory

In Creative mode, anvils can be accessed directly from the inventory. All damage states are available, including chipped and damaged anvils.

Commands

If you're on a Custom map, using Commands such as “/give” is the quickest way to get Anvils into your inventory.

You can learn more about crafting items in our in-depth Minecraft guide.

How to Use Anvil in Minecraft

You now know how to craft an Anvil in Minecraft PC. So, what does it use? When the anvil is placed, it opens an interface that has many valuable functions, and using it efficiently can save you a lot of time and resources while maintaining the unique benefits of each tool, weapon or piece of armour.

Repairing Items

With Anvils, you can repair a broken item that is a tool, weapon or piece of armour by combining it with another identical item to regain its durability and its enchantment, or you can restore durability by combining it with its base crafting material(s), such as Iron Ingots for Iron Tools, or Diamonds for Diamond Gear.

Renaming Items

With an anvil, you can rename any item. Simply place the item in the left slot and enter a new name in the text area, and items that are renamed can trigger events with special abilities, like upside-down Mobs if you use names like Dinnerbone.

Apply Enchantments

Use enchanted books on compatible items through the Anvil, which allows for greater control over the enchantments placed on a particular item when compared to using an Enchanting Table.

Combining Enchantments

If you merge two enchanted items, then the new item will have a higher level of enchantment. For instance, if you merge two Sharpness II swords, you will have Sharpness III.

Falling Anvil Damage

Anvils have gravitational force. If you don't support the anvil when you place it down, it will fall and cause damage to any mobs or players below it. This feature of the anvil is frequently used in traps or mob farms.

Anvil Durability

Using an anvil results in a small chance of damage being done to the anvil. Eventually, the anvil will become chipped and then break. The expected lifespan of an anvil is 25 uses.

That's the end of our guide on how to craft an Anvil in Minecraft. If you liked this coverage, check out our other guides, such as how to get honeycomb in Minecraft.