Anvils are a pain in vanilla. 31 iron ingots each, and they still break on you after a while.
So now they cost 7. Same recipe you already know, just ingots instead of iron blocks.
And if one breaks a level, you can actually fix it. Just put it into a crafting table with an iron ingot and it goes back a level. Two ingots and it's like new again.
You can turn both recipes off in the config.
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 CheapAnvils-1.1.0-mc1.21.11.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 8 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.