Useful Anvil
An opinionated mod that makes tools no longer last forever.
Features
- Anvils can now use levels beyond 39, a feature that is already in other mods, but I challenged myself to recreate it. This is so that, if so wished, a tool can be repaired many more times than the base game would allow, at the exponential XP cost that the base game already employs.
- The Mending enchantment now only fully repairs an item three times. The efficacy of mending decreases until it no longer repairs the item. For example, you have a Netherite sword, which has a durability of 2031. After mending 6063 durability, which mends slower as the efficacy decreases, Mending no longer has any effect.
- Repairing a tool with materials is now required to prolong the life of the tool.
- Display the current efficacy of mending in the tooltip.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- 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 usefulanvil-1.0.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 68 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.