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Chipped Anvil in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Chipped Anvil?

Chipped 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. Chipped Anvil does not emit light. Chipped Anvil filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Chipped Anvil

Chipped 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×.

Chipped Anvil drops

When broken, Chipped Anvil drops:

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

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

Overview

Chipped 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 Chipped Anvil with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Chipped Anvil once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

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

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:chipped_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 Chipped 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 Chipped Anvil drop when mined?

Breaking Chipped Anvil drops Chipped Anvil.

How hard is Chipped Anvil to mine?

Chipped 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).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Chipped Anvil?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:chipped_anvil, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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