Minecraft anvil calculator: cheapest enchant order
Pick your books and get the anvil order that costs the fewest levels and never says "Too Expensive!".
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- up to 10 books
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Item and enchantments
runs in your browserEnchantments (each on its own book)
6 · up to 10 booksEach use makes the next one more expensive (prior work penalty).
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Cheapest order
- Step 16 levels · 72 XP
Diamond Sword (left) + Book (Looting III) (right)
- Step 23 levels · 27 XP
Book (Sweeping Edge III) (left) + Book (Unbreaking III) (right)
- Step 311 levels · 187 XP
Diamond Sword (Looting III) (left) + Book (Sweeping Edge III, Unbreaking III) (right)
- Step 42 levels · 16 XP
Book (Sharpness V) (left) + Book (Mending) (right)
- Step 511 levels · 187 XP
Diamond Sword (Looting III, Sweeping Edge III, Unbreaking III) (left) + Book (Mending, Sharpness V) (right)
- Step 611 levels · 187 XP
Diamond Sword (Looting III, Mending, Sharpness V, Sweeping Edge III, Unbreaking III) (left) + Book (Fire Aspect II) (right)
- Total
- 44 levels
- 676 XP
- Most expensive step
- 11 levels
- The item will then have a penalty of 4×
How the cost works
Step cost = level × enchantment multiplier for every book on the right + the penalty of both items (2^n − 1, where n is the number of prior works). A book has half the multiplier. The order is searched over all possibilities, so it really is the cheapest.
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How to combine enchantments on an anvil
In the Item field, choose what you want to enchant, such as a diamond sword. To merge books into one, pick Enchanted book instead.
Tick the enchantments from the books you have and set their levels. You can pick up to 10 books, and enchantments that exclude each other can't be selected together.
Enter how many times the item has already been on an anvil and choose whether to save experience points or levels.
Combine on the anvil step by step as shown: what's marked left goes in the left slot, what's marked right in the right one. Every step shows its cost in levels and XP.
About this tool
This anvil calculator finds the order in which to combine enchanted books with a tool, weapon or armour so it costs as few levels as possible. Pick the item and up to 10 books and get a step-by-step plan with the cost in levels and XP.
The calculator checks enchantment conflicts (such as Sharpness and Bane of Arthropods, Infinity and Mending) and the 39-level limit above which the anvil shows “Too Expensive!” in survival.
- Sent to a server
- never
- Survival limit
- 39 levels per step
- Order
- cheapest of all possible
Frequently asked questions
Answers to the questions people ask most about this tool.
Why does the anvil say “Too Expensive!”?
In survival you can't make an anvil operation that costs 40 levels or more. The cost grows every time the item has been worked on (prior work penalty), which is why the combining order matters.
In what order should I combine books?
Generally it pays to merge books in pairs first and only then add them to the item, putting expensive enchantments in early. The calculator works out the exact cheapest order for your selection.
Which enchantments can't be combined?
For example Sharpness, Smite and Bane of Arthropods, Infinity and Mending on a bow, Protection with the other protection types, or Fortune and Silk Touch. The calculator won't allow conflicting combinations.
Does the calculator work for Bedrock?
It follows the Java Edition rules. The anvil works similarly in Bedrock Edition, but some details of the calculation differ, so the cost there may come out slightly different.
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