Unbound Anvil
by jadc
Unbound Anvil changes how the anvil handles costs and limits on Fabric, so enchantments can be combined and renamed with fewer restrictions.
What it does
Renaming an item always costs one level, and combining enchantments over several levels is allowed, which the vanilla anvil does not do. Silk Touch is the one enchantment that cannot be combined with Fortune. The Too Expensive restriction is removed, so prices above 40 levels stay possible. Anvil experience cost doubles like vanilla until 35 levels, and afterwards rises by one level at a time.
The mod keeps the anvil's changes to a minimum and leaves the rest of the vanilla gameplay as it was. It is server-side only, so the server runs it alone and players join without installing anything. Optionally installed, it also hides the price warning and shows roman numerals correctly above 10.
Unbound Anvil is published for Fabric only, with a single file for 1.20.4 dated 2024-01-06. The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Cheaper renaming
Renaming an item always costs a single level, regardless of the item or the anvil's previous work.
Multi-level enchantment merging
Enchantments can be combined at the anvil across several levels, with Silk Touch excluded from combining with Fortune.
Higher price cap
The Too Expensive restriction is removed, so the anvil accepts costs above 40 levels.
Uncapped anvil-only levels
Enchantments above their normal levels can only be obtained by combining at the anvil, while tables, trades and loot stay as they are.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Limitless Leveling is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and published for Fabric 1.20.1, so it does not target 1.20.4; it is server required with an optional client. Cursed Anvil Enchanting runs on client and server, is not open source and covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6. Improved Anvils is open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.20 – 1.21.11, and is server required with an optional client.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unbound Anvil | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-01-06 |
| Limitless Leveling | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-08 |
| Cursed Anvil Enchanting | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-08-27 |
| Improved Anvils | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-10 |
Questions
Does Unbound Anvil need to be installed on the client?
Which Minecraft version does Unbound Anvil support?
Is the price warning still shown?
In the catalog
Unbound Anvil is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Unbound Anvil reduces restrictions on anvil usage as minimally as possible, maintaining vanilla gameplay as much as possible. This mod makes the following changes to the server side, and nothing more: - Renaming an item always costs 1 level - You can combine enchants (that have multiple levels) as much as you want …
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/unboundanvil
- Owner
- jadc
- Published
- 2024-01-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-01-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15