Rebalanced Enchanting
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
This mod rebalances Mending and anvil mechanics to make Mending a late-game convenience, not a mandatory enchantment. It also adjusts librarian book trades, with prices that scale more fairly based on enchantment levels.
Features
Rebalanced Mending
- Mending has been removed from librarian trades and fishing. It is therefore no longer farmable, and can now only be found in loot chests.
- The best structures to find enchanted books, including Mending, are:
- Stronghold Library – 67.8%
- Ancient City – 35.9%
- Desert Pyramid – 23.5%
- Underwater Ruins – 21.7%
- Woodland Mansion – 14.9%
- Monster Room (Dungeon) – 14.7%
- Mineshaft – 14.1%
- Pillager Outpost – 11%
- Jungle Pyramid – 4.5%
- Stronghold Storeroom – 4%
- Stronghold Altar – 2.5%
Anvil Logic Overhaul
- Renaming an item will now always costs 1 level.
- Repairing with ingots or materials (like iron, diamond, netherite, etc.) has been reworked, the number of units needed now depends on how many are used in the item's crafting recipe (e.g., 1 diamond for a shovel, 3 for a pickaxe).
- Anvil levels costs are now independent of usage history. The cost is instead calculated based on:
- The total enchantment levels present on the item (1 base level + 1 level per enchantment level).
- The percentage of durability restored.
Example: Repairing a diamond pickaxe with Fortune III and Efficiency V means a total of 9 enchantment levels (1 base + 3 + 5). Repairing 33% of its durability with a single diamond would cost 3 levels.
Rebalanced Librarian Trades
- Enchanted book prices now scale dynamically based on the enchantment level.
- Fully compatible with other mods that add custom enchanted books, their prices will be dynamically adjusted as well.
- Single-level enchantments (e.g., Silk Touch, Flame) are treated as if they were one level higher when determining their price.
- Treasure enchantments (e.g., Frost Walker, Curse of Binding) are also priced as if one level higher. Treasure enchantments that are also single-level are treated as two levels higher (e.g., Curse of Binding is priced like a Level III enchantment).
- The adjusted price tiers are:
- 6–21 emeralds for Level I
- 22–35 for Level II
- 36–47 for Level III
- 48–56 for Level IV
- 57–62 for Level V
- The 63–64 emerald price range is reserved for Level V treasure enchantments, even though such enchantments do not exist in vanilla Minecraft.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 CurseForge — 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.
- Ships as rebalancedenchanting-3.2.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 12 KB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.