Can I repair tools and armor with an anvil?

Yes, anvils are a primary method for repairing tools, weapons, and armor in Minecraft, allowing for the repair of enchanted items without losing their enchantments. Repairs are done by combining a damaged item with its base material (e.g., diamond, iron ingot) or another item of the same type, costing experience levels.
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What items can't be repaired with an anvil?

For example, an anvil can repair an iron pickaxe with materials (iron in this case) while an anvil cannot repair bows or shears except with other bows or shears. Special cases: chain armor can be repaired with iron ingots, turtle shells can be repaired with scutes, and elytra can be repaired with phantom membranes.
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How do you repair armor and tools in Minecraft?

Repair frames In order to repair enchanted armor or tools, you would need to place a repair frame in the template slot of the smithing table, as well as the repair material. The normal repair frame would be crafted with seven paper surrounding the outer spaces of the crafting table in a leggings formation.
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How to repair armor without losing enchantments?

To repair enchanted armor in Minecraft without losing enchantments, use an anvil by combining the damaged armor with its base material (like iron/diamond) or another identical, less-damaged piece, which adds durability while preserving enchantments at the cost of XP levels. Alternatively, applying a Mending enchantment book to the armor allows it to automatically repair using absorbed experience orbs from killing mobs, requiring no crafting but needing Mending. 
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How many iron ingots to make a full set of armor?

For a full set of iron armor in Minecraft, you need 24 iron ingots (8 per piece for helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots), requiring 64 iron ore to smelt, while in Terraria, it's 60 iron bars (180 ore) for its helmet, chainmail, and greaves. 
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How to fix armor durability in Minecraft?

Durability may be increased by combining two damaged items in the crafting grid or a grindstone, or repairing them with materials in an anvil, or through the Mending enchantment.
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What is the difference between an anvil and a grindstone in Minecraft?

The Grindstone removes enchantments and repairs by combining items (losing enchants, gaining XP), while the Anvil adds/combines enchantments, renames, and repairs by combining items or using raw materials (costs XP, keeps enchants). Use the Grindstone to reset high "prior work penalty" costs or strip unwanted enchantments for XP; use the Anvil for merging powerful enchantments, applying books, and renaming.
 
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Are anvils worth it in Minecraft?

Yes, an Anvil is absolutely worth it in Minecraft for combining enchantments, repairing gear while preserving enchantments (unlike a crafting table), and renaming items, making it essential for mid-to-late-game progression despite its high cost and eventual breaking, especially with Mending enchantments making repairs less frequent but still crucial for powerful gear.
 
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What enchantments don't go together?

Conflicting Enchantments

Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving [upcoming: JE Combat Tests] cannot be combined. Silk Touch and Fortune cannot be combined. Infinity and Mending cannot be combined (before 1.11.1, they can be enchanted together) Piercing and Multishot cannot be combined.
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Is it more expensive to enchant netherite?

Yes, enchanting Netherite gear is generally more expensive in terms of experience levels when using an anvil to combine enchanted books or merge enchantments compared to diamond, even though the base enchanting table process is similar. This higher cost comes from the game mechanics that make adding enchantments to an already upgraded item (Netherite) cost significantly more experience levels than adding them to diamond, making it better to get most enchantments on diamond first, then upgrade, or use enchanting tables heavily before combining at the anvil. 
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How to make an unbreakable anvil?

Unbreakable Anvils

This mod introduces a very simple method to enable anvils to become invulnerable to chipping. By right clicking a normal anvil with a honeycomb, they will always stay as a normal anvil no matter how many repairs / enchantments are done on them.
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What is too expensive enchantment in Minecraft?

The "Too Expensive!" message in Minecraft means the XP cost to combine enchantments or repair an item exceeds the anvil's limit (around 40 levels), usually from too many anvil uses or combining high-level enchantments. To fix it, combine books together first (e.g., Sharpness 1 + 1 = Sharpness 2 book) before adding them to your tool, use fresh books from librarian trades, and apply enchantments in the optimal order (like Mending/Infinity last, or combining compatible ones) to minimize the escalating repair cost penalty. 
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How to repair a damaged tool in Minecraft?

Using an Anvil
  1. Open the anvil menu.
  2. Place the damaged tool in the first slot.
  3. Place an identical tool or material (e.g., iron for an iron pickaxe) in the second slot.
  4. Take the repaired tool from the output slot.
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How many times can you use an anvil until it breaks?

In Minecraft, an anvil has limited durability, lasting about 25 uses on average, as each use has a 12% chance to damage it, progressing through "chipped," "damaged," and finally breaking (destroyed) after three stages of wear, though it can also break if dropped from a height. 
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Why are anvils so expensive now?

A new anvil is costly compared to the old one. It is because of being new, efficient, and shining on the first look.
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What do I put in an anvil to repair?

For example, iron ingots can be used to repair iron tools and armor. Acceptable items for repair have the material to use in their default name, except for chainmail (repaired with iron ingots), turtle shells (repaired with scutes), and elytra (repaired with phantom membranes).
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How to repair armor and tools in Minecraft?

You can repair armor and tools in Minecraft using an Anvil (best for enchanted gear, preserves enchantments), a Crafting Table (combines same items, loses enchantments), a Grindstone (repairs, removes enchantments), or the invaluable Mending enchantment, which repairs items using XP gained from defeating mobs or mining, according to the Minecraft Wiki. 
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Is Protection 5 possible in Minecraft?

Damage reduction from Protection, Fire Protection, Feather Falling, Blast Protection, and Projectile Protection stacks up to an upper limit of 80% (see armor enchantments). However, it is impossible to reach this cap with the base Protection enchantment alone as it is impossible to obtain Protection V in survival mode.
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Can you repair armor with ingots in Minecraft?

Netherite ingots should fully repair your armor.
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What is the rarest armor in Minecraft?

The rarest armor in Minecraft isn't a single item but depends on the criteria, with Netherite armor featuring the Silence Armor Trim being a top contender due to the trim's extreme rarity (1.2% chance in Ancient Cities). Other contenders include rare mob drops like 0-durability diamond armor from armored mobs, or historically, wool armor from early Alpha versions, while enchanted, fully customized Netherite with multiple rare trims is considered the ultimate rare set.
 
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Is chainmail armor worth using?

Chainmail Armor (also known as Chain Armor or Chainmail) is a type of armor which offers medium protection, stronger than leather or gold armor, but weaker than iron armor. It's difficult to obtain in Survival mode.
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Is copper armor better than iron?

In Minecraft, iron armor is better than copper armor for protection and durability; copper armor serves as a useful early-game "stop-gap," offering better defense than leather but less than iron, allowing you to save iron for tools while getting quicker access to decent armor from readily available copper. Copper armor is weaker and less durable than iron but provides a good middle-ground between leather and iron, making it great for early progression before you gather enough iron for a full set.
 
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