Minecraft: craft anvil - how it works

The anvil has become an essential tool in Minecraft. We show you what it can do and how you can craft it.

Minecraft: what can an anvil do?

• With the anvil you can not only repair items, but also rename and combine them. The anvil is also helpful for building traps.
• For example, to repair your sword on the anvil or to combine two enchants, you have to use a certain number of experience levels. These are necessary for every action on the anvil. The maximum cost is 40 levels.
• You can use an anvil a total of 25 times. Then it is destroyed. You can find out how to craft the anvil in the next paragraph.

Minecraft: craft anvil

• To craft an anvil, you need three iron blocks and four iron bars. You have to arrange them in a special order (see picture).
• If you do not yet have the raw materials: You can melt an iron bar from iron ore and coal in the furnace. An iron block can be made from nine bars. So you need a total of 31 iron bars.