What destroys an anvil?

In the real world, a high-quality anvil is extremely durable, but extreme, repeated, or misdirected force, often called "tearing up an anvil," can damage it, while in games like Minecraft, anvils break from repeated use, falling from heights, or dropping them onto items or mobs, with damage seen as chipping, eventually leading to destruction. In the game Vintage Story, you use a chisel with an anvil to get metal ingots back.
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What can destroy an anvil?

The suitable tool to break anvil is pickaxe. Anvil needs to be broken using a pickaxe, otherwise the breaking time will increase and the block drops nothing.
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How does an anvil get damaged?

An anvil is a gravity-affected utility block used to rename items, combine enchantments and repair items without losing the enchantments. An anvil has limited durability, and as it is used or dropped too far, it gradually becomes a chipped anvil, then a damaged anvil, then it breaks into nothing.
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How to damage an anvil in Minecraft?

``An anvil can be damaged and destroyed from falling. If it falls from a height greater than one block, the chance of degrading by one stage is 5% × the number of blocks fallen. So dropping it from 20 blocks height practically assures damage.''
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Why did my anvil break in Minecraft?

Anvils break in Minecraft because they have limited durability, degrading with each use (repairing, enchanting, renaming) or when falling, eventually turning into chipped, damaged, and finally breaking into nothing, averaging around 25 uses before destruction, which is intended to be a challenging but replaceable part of the game. 
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How to fix a damaged anvil in Minecraft?

You can't naturally repair damaged anvils in vanilla Minecraft; they break with use, but you can build a new one from three iron blocks and three iron ingots, or use mods like "Anvil Restoration Modrinth Modrinth", url='https://modrinth.com/mod/anvil-restoration' for repair. Older versions had glitches, but the standard method now is replacement or mods, as anvils degrade with usage. 
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How to make an anvil unbreakable?

Unbreakable Anvils

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. Breaking the anvil will return it to it's normal state ensuring other tiers of anvils can still be collected (should you want them.)
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How to restore an anvil?

  1. Step 1: Degrease Anvil. ...
  2. Step 2: Rinse Off Degreaser. ...
  3. Step 3: Wire Wheel to Remove Surface Rust. ...
  4. Step 4: Use Evaporust Gel to Convert Remaining Rust. ...
  5. Step 5: Remove Weld Balls (if Present) ...
  6. Step 6: Grind Out Rough Spots. ...
  7. Step 7: Flap Disk Face and Edges. ...
  8. Step 8: Coat Anvil in Oil/Wax Finish.
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How durable is an anvil in Minecraft?

Anvil durability in Minecraft is low; they have a 12% chance to degrade with each use, progressing through "chipped" and "damaged" stages before breaking, averaging about 25 uses, and they cannot be repaired, only replaced or dropped when destroyed.
 
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Why won't my anvil work in Minecraft?

If your Minecraft anvil isn't working, it's likely due to being too expensive ("Too Expensive!" message), being damaged/destroyed, or placement issues, but could also be bugs related to mods, server plugins, or language settings, requiring you to manage XP costs, build a new anvil, ensure proper placement, or troubleshoot server/mod conflicts. 
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What are the stages of anvil damage?

Each time something is repaired, enchanted, or renamed using an anvil, the anvil has a 12% chance to degrade. There are three degradation levels: Anvil, Chipped Anvil, and Damaged Anvil. Degrading further destroys the anvil.
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What blocks are immune to explosions?

So water, lava (the stationary block), obsidian, and bedrock are always indestructible, and fences and less blast-resistant blocks can be destroyed by fireballs. These are theoretical values, and in reality less resistant blocks are not always destroyed; there is no such mechanic.
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Can you break iron with a stone pickaxe?

Yes, in Minecraft, you absolutely can mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe; it's the standard tool for this stage, allowing you to get iron to craft better gear like iron pickaxes, which can then mine even rarer ores like gold and diamonds. A stone pickaxe is a major upgrade from wood, letting you harvest iron and lapis lazuli, which wooden tools can't.
 
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What's the heaviest item in Minecraft?

There isn't one single "heaviest" item in Minecraft because players debate it based on real-world physics vs. game mechanics, but the Netherite Block is often cited as the heaviest craftable item (around 77 metric tons), while Blue Ice (with infinite water sources) or even entities like a Cow/Mooshroom (via milk bucket) are considered infinitely heavy due to game mechanics, making them technically heavier. 
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How to tell if an anvil is good?

Check for hardness by using the bounce test. Drop a 15-20mm ball bearing onto the work surface from about 20cm and see how high it bounces back. This is about return - how much energy is bounced back out of the anvil. You're looking for it to bounce back at least 75% of the distance you dropped it.
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Will an anvil rust?

Anvil Maintenance

By using a cotton cloth/ cotton towel to cover your anvil when you are not using it, you can prevent it from getting rusty. It keeps dust, grit and other crud that attract and holds moisture. Moisture can lead to rust.
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How do anvils get damaged?

Anvils get damaged in two primary ways: through repeated use (like repair or enchanting) which causes a chance of chipping and eventually breaking, and by falling from a height, which can degrade them or destroy the block underneath. In real blacksmithing, sharp corners chip from heavy blows, while in games like Minecraft, damage is a built-in mechanic leading to different stages (chipped, damaged, destroyed) with each use or fall, eventually rendering them unusable until replaced or repaired.
 
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Can you fix a broken anvil?

Yes, you can repair a real-world blacksmith's anvil, but it's a specialized process involving welding and grinding to fix chips and damage, requiring skill to manage heat and avoid ruining its hardened face; for the game Minecraft, anvils cannot be repaired, only replaced. Real anvils can be ground down, welded, and reshaped, but success depends on the anvil's construction (modern steel vs. older wrought iron) and the blacksmith's expertise with heat-treated metal to maintain hardness and rebound. 
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Are old anvils worth money?

An old anvil price is $3-$6 per pound. If you are buying a 66-pound used anvil, it costs $198-$396.
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What is F3 +H in Minecraft?

F3 + H : Toggles visibility of IDs of items, durability of tools, and armor hexcodes for color on item tooltips.
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What's the rarest enchantment in Minecraft?

The rarest enchantment in Minecraft is currently Wind Burst, found exclusively in Ominous Vaults (Trial Chambers) with a low drop rate (around 3%), making it harder to get than other "treasure" enchants like Mending or Swift Sneak, which are obtainable via villagers or chests. Wind Burst requires an Ominous Trial Key and is exclusive to the Mace weapon, appearing rarely even in these special vaults.
 
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Can you destroy an anvil?

Yes, anvils can break, but it's rare in real life under normal blacksmithing, usually only from extreme misuse like massive explosions or dropping from great heights; however, in the game Minecraft, anvils break predictably after a certain number of uses (around 25 on average) due to a 12% chance of damage with each use, eventually chipping and then shattering. Real anvils, if chipped or damaged, can often be repaired through welding and grinding, unlike their game counterparts which vanish. 
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