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Anvil in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Anvil is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Anvil.

What is Anvil?

Anvil is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 5 and a blast resistance of 1200. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Anvil does not emit light. Anvil filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:anvil. Command: /give @p minecraft:anvil 1.

How to mine Anvil

Anvil requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

With the correct tool: approximately 7.5 seconds
By hand (no tool): approximately 25 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Anvil drops

When broken, Anvil drops:

Anvil

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

Opaque
Requires Tool
Craftable

Anvil technical properties

Waterloggable: Yes
Flammable: No
Burns from lava: No
Renewable: Yes
Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Anvil (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

Namespaced ID: minecraft:anvil
Material family: mineable/pickaxe
Hardness: 5
Blast resistance: 1200
Stack size: 64
Transparent: No
Blocks light: 0
Emits light: 0
Diggable: Yes
Craftable: Yes
/give command: /give @p minecraft:anvil 1

Overview

Anvil is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Anvil with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
Expect to collect Anvil once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Anvil with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
Expect to collect Anvil once it breaks.
With the correct tool this takes about 7.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 25s.

Pro tips

Use /give @p minecraft:anvil 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

Difficulty: Medium
Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Anvil?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Anvil drop when mined?

Breaking Anvil drops Anvil.

How hard is Anvil to mine?

Anvil has a hardness value of 5. That works out to roughly 7.5s with the correct tool or 25s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).