Repair Your Damaged Tools and Armor for Zero XP

With Balanced Anvils, fixing worn-out gear in an anvil no longer costs experience levels. You can repair with raw materials or by combining two of the same item.

Repairing with Raw Materials

1. Place an anvil and open its menu.

2. Put the damaged item in the first slot, such as a broken Diamond Sword.

3. Put its repair material in the second slot, such as Diamonds for diamond gear.

4. Check the result slot. As long as no enchantments are being added or upgraded, the repair costs zero XP levels.

5. Take the repaired item from the result slot.

Repairing by Combining Matching Items

You can also merge two damaged copies of the same item. For example, two broken Copper Swords give you one repaired Copper Sword at no cost.

1. Put one damaged item in the first slot.

2. Put a matching damaged item in the second slot.

3. Take the repaired result for free.

This also works with enchanted gear, as long as the enchantments do not improve. A broken Iron Sword with Sharpness V combined with a broken Iron Sword with Sharpness IV gives a repaired Sharpness V sword for free, because nothing was upgraded.

Tip: Free repairs also don't raise the item's hidden anvil work penalty. You can keep a favorite tool alive indefinitely without it becoming more expensive to work on later.