







Arcane Anvil Overhaul Mod reworks anvil mechanics to remove the frustration of high repair costs and lost enchantments. The mod lets you copy enchanted books, extract enchantments from equipment, and clone fully upgraded gear without endless grinding. It also removes the vanilla repair penalties so your favorite gear stays useful forever.
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Features:
- Repairing damaged equipment with raw materials costs a flat 2 experience levels every time.
- Removes the vanilla anvil limit that blocks operations costing 40 levels or more.
- Enables direct material repairs for tools, shields, bows, and rare items like tridents.
- Lets you duplicate enchanted books by combining one enchanted book with blank books.
- Extracts all enchantments from an undamaged item onto a clean enchanted book for 1 level.
- Clones fully enchanted gear onto an unenchanted base item for 25 experience levels.
- Allows downgrading book enchantments by 1 level using a piece of flint.
- Stops anvil combining from increasing enchantment levels to maintain balance with book duplication.
Repair Materials:
| Item | Repair Material | Amount Repaired |
|---|---|---|
| Shield | Any Planks | ½ durability |
| Shears | Iron Ingot | Full durability |
| Bow, Crossbow | String | ¼ durability |
| Fishing Rod | String | ¼ durability |
| Carrot on a Stick | String | ¼ durability |
| Warped Fungus on a Stick | String | ¼ durability |
| Flint & Steel | Flint | Full durability |
| Trident | Prismarine Shard | ¼ durability |
| Brush | Feather | ¼ durability |
| Elytra | Phantom Membrane | Full durability |
Configuration:
allowHighAnvilCost: removes the anvil restriction that blocks actions costing 40 levels or more.preventIncreaseEnchantmentLevel: stops combining identical books from upgrading enchantment tiers.
How to Use:
- Place your damaged item in the left slot of an anvil and its matching raw material in the right slot to repair it for 2 levels.
- Put an enchanted book on the left and up to 4 regular books on the right to make extra copies.
- Combine an undamaged enchanted item with a regular book to extract all its enchantments into the book.
- Place a fully enchanted item on the left and an unenchanted copy on the right to clone the gear for 25 levels.
- Combine an enchanted book with flint to reduce non-curse enchantment tiers by 1 level.
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Arcane Anvil Overhaul Mod Download Links
Quick facts
- 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: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
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- Downloads as 509337.mcaddon
- Download size: 147 KB
- Download link checked 22 Sept 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.