✨ Overview AnvilCap enhances the vanilla anvil system by removing the frustrating "Too Expensive" limitation, allowing players to freely repair, combine, and upgrade items without artificial restrictions.
⚙️ Core Features
- Removed the vanilla "Too Expensive" limit from anvils
- Allows high-level item repairs and enchant combinations
- Enables late-game progression without unnecessary restrictions
🔧 Anvil Mechanics Improvements
- Overrides the default maximum repair cost
- Ensures items remain craftable even when exceeding vanilla limits
- Prevents the anvil result from disappearing due to high XP cost
- Maintains vanilla behavior while removing limitations
⚙️ Configuration System
- Added configurable maximum XP cost
- Default max XP cost set to 37 levels
- Server owners can fully customize the anvil cap to fit their gameplay balance
- Automatically generates a config file on first startup
Example: max-xp-cost: 37
🧠 Performance & Optimization
- Lightweight implementation with minimal performance impact
- Uses event-based logic (PrepareAnvilEvent) for efficiency
- No unnecessary tasks or background processes
🛠️ Compatibility
- Designed for Paper 1.21+
- Works with Spigot-based servers (not officially tested)
- Compatible with vanilla mechanics and most plugins
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where anvil result would not appear when exceeding cost limit
- Fixed XP cost not being applied correctly
- Fixed inconsistencies with anvil behavior at high levels
🚀 Use Cases
- Ideal for survival servers with long-term progression
- Perfect for RPG-style servers with high-level enchantments
- Useful for servers that want to remove frustrating vanilla limits
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👤 Author Developed by uuirco
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as AnvilCap-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 4 KB
- Download link checked 13 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.