Balanced Anvils
Balanced Anvils changes how experience costs build up when players repair or rename items at an anvil.
What it does
Anvil experience costs and penalties are reworked so that repeated anvil use raises the price more sensibly. Renaming and repairing items add to the cost, and some interactions carry extra increases. The first item interaction is free, and later uses are charged according to how often the anvil has been used. The mod is a Fabric server mod; the server needs it, while players may add it and it works in single-player too. Builds cover 1.21.11 – 26.3, with the latest file for 26.3 released 2026-10-03 under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code is open.
Key features
Reworked experience costs
Anvil experience costs are adjusted so the price of each action follows a clearer rule than vanilla.
Usage-based penalties
Each anvil use raises the cost of later interactions, while the first interaction on an item stays free.
Enchantment result changes
Some combinations of enchantments give different results than vanilla, changing how items are combined at the anvil.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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How it compares
One Level Renaming is a Fabric server-side mod for 26.1 – 26.3 under a custom license and is not open source. Improved Anvils is server-required and client-optional for 1.20 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, and it is open source. Balanced Anvils targets 1.21.11 – 26.3 and is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Anvils | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-03 |
| One Level Renaming | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-08-20 |
| Improved Anvils | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-10 |
Questions
Does the server need Balanced Anvils?
In the catalog
Balanced Anvils is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Makes anvil penalties (experience cost, anvil usage increase) of certain anvil interactions more balanced. Balanced Anvils is fully functional as a server-side mod, but can be installed on the client and used in singleplayer too.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/balanced-anvils
- Owner
- EsotericEnderman
- Published
- 2026-04-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15