Rename Any Item Without Spending Levels

Balanced Anvils makes renaming completely free. You can label your gear, name pets' name tags, or organize storage items without spending any experience.

How to Rename an Item

1. Place an anvil and open its menu.

2. Put the item you want to rename in the first slot. This works with anything, even high-value gear like a Netherite Sword.

3. Click the text box at the top of the anvil menu and type the new name.

4. The result slot shows the renamed item with no XP cost.

5. Take the item out of the result slot.

Renaming Without Hurting Future Upgrades

In vanilla, every trip through the anvil adds to an item's hidden work penalty, so renaming early made later enchanting more expensive. With this mod, name changes do not increase the anvil work penalty. That means:

• You can name a fresh tool right away without worrying about future costs.
• You can rename the same item as many times as you like.
• Renamed gear stays just as cheap to enchant later as unnamed gear.

When renaming isn't free: If you put an enchanted book or a better enchanted item in the second slot while renaming, you are now upgrading enchantments. In that case, normal XP costs apply. To keep renaming free, leave the second slot empty or only use repair materials there.