Does mending not work on bows?

You can add the Mending enchantment to any pickaxe, shovel, axe, hoe, fishing rod, carrot on a stick, shears, helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots, shield, elytra, sword, trident, bow, or crossbow using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command. The maximum level for the Mending enchantment is Level 1.
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Why is mending not working on my bow?

Is the bow already enchanted? If the bow is already enchanted, it wont enchant again on an enchanting table. If the bow is already enchanted and you're using an anvil, some enchantments are incompatible like mending and infinity. So you cant have a bow with both mending and infinity.
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Does mending work on bows?

Mending enchantment will help keep the bow's durability topped up. Whenever the player picks up an experience orb, it will allot two durability to the bow for each orb consumed. Bows have 384 durability and consume 1 durability each time they are fired.
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What is mending not compatible with?

The Mending and Infinity enchantments are mutually exclusive, meaning only one can be added to any given item in survival.
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What two enchantments can't be on a bow?

Bow: Infinity and Mending. Crossbow: Multishot and Piercing.
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Why Mending and Infinity Can't Both be Enchanted onto a Bow

Can you put flame and mending on a bow?

You can have up to six enchantments on your bow, depending on their compatibility. The best enchantments for a bow are Power, Infinity, Flame, Punch, Unbreaking, and Mending, as I explained in my previous message.
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Why is my mending enchantment not working?

Hold the Enchanted Tool/Weapon

Once you have a tool or weapon that is enchanted with Mending, you need to hold the enchanted item in your hand. You will not gain the mending ability until the item is held in your hand and you earn xp (experience).
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What can you not combine mending with?

Mending and Infinity are mutually exclusive...they cannot be on the same bow.
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What enchantments can go with mending?

Mending is also incompatible with the Infinity enchantment found on some bows. However, it can be applied mutually on items with Unbreaking, essentially making those items near indestructible.
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Does mending work on a trident?

Tridents can get the unbreaking, mending and curse of vanishing enchantments that many other weapons can get – but they have four of their own special enchantments too – some of which are incompatible with each other. Loyalty will cause a thrown trident to return to the player after a few seconds.
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Can you get Flame 2 on a bow?

The maximum level for the Flame enchantment is Level 1. This means that you can only enchant a bow with up to Flame I, and nothing higher for this enchantment.
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Can you enchant a bow with infinity?

You can add the Infinity enchantment to any bow using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command. Then use the enchanted bow to fight and shoot arrows to your heart's content. You will never run out of arrows again!! The maximum level for the Infinity enchantment is Level 1.
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Can you put mending on a bow with Unbreaking?

With Unbreaking III and Mending, players should rarely if ever have to replace their bow when it's used in combat. The downside to this enchantment is that it consumes XP whenever it needs to be repaired which can make XP farms with bows very impractical.
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How do I get mending guaranteed?

The only way to get a mending book is from a swamp librarian villager (mending villager) or from finding one randomly while fishing, during a raid, or via naturally generated chests within a jungle temple, a stronghold, or an ancient city. The mending villager is the only way to acquire mending books reliably.
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Is mending or infinity better on Reddit?

Imho the only reason to use mending on a bow is if you intend to only use arrows with potion effects, since infinity does not work on those. I always go for infinity, since it is easier to lose a bow because you run out of arrows and get swamped by mobs than it is to actually break it.
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Why can't my bow have mending?

If you've been in the Minecraft community for a while, you definitely know about this controversy. Mending and infinity are mutually exclusive enchantments, so you can't have both on one bow.
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Can you repair bows in Minecraft?

You can use an Anvil, Crafting Table, or Grindstone to repair a bow. Place two bows in the anvil, and then place the newly repaired bow in your inventory. You must use an Anvil if you don't want to lose any bow enchantments.
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Does mending last forever?

Mending is very usefull enchantment to have, that allows our tools and armor to last forever, since it allows them to be repaired with xp points.
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How many times can a bow be repaired in Minecraft?

By having nothing but Infinity on your bow, the experience required to repair it goes through this pattern: 2 - 4 - 8 - 16 - 32 - Too Expensive. This means that you can only repair your Infinity bow 5 times before needing a brand new infinity bow.
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What bow enchantments can't go together?

Conflicting Enchantments

Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection cannot be combined (in 1.14 until 1.14.2, they can be enchanted together) Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving [upcoming: JE Combat Tests] cannot be combined. Silk Touch and Fortune cannot be combined.
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What is the max enchantment for a bow?

Power 5 increases the damage each arrow does against a mob or an opponent. The max enchantments a bow can have is 5.
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How to make the strongest bow in Minecraft?

Unbreaking

This enchantment can be combined with the infinity enchantment for better results. Both of these enchantments will make your bow unbeatable and allow you shot as many arrows as you want, instead of shooting only 365 arrows.
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