Minecraft Guide: How to Make Anvil in Minecraft

In Minecraft, an anvil is an essential utility block for repairing, renaming, and enchanting items. Crafting an anvil requires a lot of iron, but it's worth the investment for any player stepping into the world of enchanting. This guide covers everything you need to know about making and using an anvil in Minecraft, from the crafting recipe to its many functions.

What You Need to Craft an Anvil

To make an anvil, you'll need to gather these materials:

• 31 Iron Ingots
• 3 Iron Blocks (crafted from 36 of the iron ingots)
• Crafting Table

Once you have 31+ ingots, use 27 of them to craft 3 blocks of iron. Place 9 ingots in a crafting table to make each block. The remaining 4 ingots will be used directly in the anvil recipe.

Minecraft Anvil Recipe

With your iron ingots and blocks ready, follow these steps to craft an anvil:

1. Open a crafting table to access the 3x3 grid
2. Place 3 iron blocks along the top row of the grid
3. Put 1 iron ingot in the center slot of the middle row
4. Fill the bottom row with 3 iron ingots
5. Drag the anvil to your inventory

That's all it takes to craft an anvil in Minecraft! Now let's look at how to use your new tool effectively.

Uses of Anvil in Minecraft

An anvil has several important uses in Minecraft:

• Repairing Items - Place two damaged items of the same type on an anvil to combine their durability and repair them. This keeps your tools and armor in good shape without losing enchantments like with a grindstone. You can also combine a damaged item with its raw material (like iron ingots) to repair it.
• Renaming Items - Change the name of any item by placing it on an anvil and typing a new name in the text field. Renamed items don't stack with unnamed ones.
• Enchanting Items - Apply enchantments to tools, weapons, and armor by combining them with an enchanted book on an anvil. 
• Falling Block Damage - In a pinch, anvils can be used as a weapon. Place one floating in the air and its gravity-affected nature will cause it to fall, damaging anything it lands on.

An anvil has limited uses before it breaks though - about 25 on average. Any fall damage to the anvil counts against its lifespan too.