Item repair


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Example of item repair

Item repair is a featureSpecial attraction that allows players to repair damaged tools See the in-game items. For program enhancing software, see Programs and Editors. Tools are items used by the player while held to perform actions faster and more efficiently, to gather materials not , armor Armor Type Wearable items Durability See Durability Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values For the armor that can be worn by horses, see Horse Armor. Armor classes. From minecraft , or other items with durability Item durability is a property that affects all tools, weapons and armor, as well as certain other usable items. It represents the number of useful actions an item can perform and depletes upon item use. by combining them on a crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft grid. Two items of the same type and material can be placed anywhere on the crafting grid, and the result is a single repaired item. The repaired item will have usage points equal to the sum of the old items` usage points plus a `repair bonus` of 5% of the item`s maximum uses, up to a limit of the maximum durability for that item.

Even if both items were enchanted with exactly the same enchantments, the repaired object will always be unenchanted. Hence, given the current random enchantment system, using a `junk` item in a repair may sometimes be useful for removing an unwanted enchantment from an item prior to trying to enchant it again.

Repairing gives a slight benefit in conserving inventory space, as it combines two non-stackable objects into one, and the ~5% `repair bonus` allows you to get slightly more total uses out of tools, which helps eke out resources a little further.

Tools made of different materials (for instance, a wood and a stone pickaxe) cannot be combined.

Trivia

  • Working on an Anvil adds prior work penalties to items, but this can be removed by repairing on a crafting grid.

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Formula for uses restored

The formula for determining how many uses a repaired item will have restored to it in the crafting box, is as follows:

 min( Item A uses + Item B uses + floor(Max uses / 20), Max uses) 

`floor` means round down to the smaller integer, which rounds the (possibly fractional) 5% bonus. `min(x,y)` means whichever of x or y is smallest, which effectively limits repairing result to "Max uses" (repair to 100%)

Example: Two stone axes have 10 and 45 uses. A newly crafted stone axe would have 132 uses.

10 + 45 + 132/20 = 55 + 6.6 = 61

Or, in terms of percentage (approximated):

7.5% + 34% + 5% = 46.5%

Thus, the greatest benefit is gained when the two items have a combined durability of at most approximately 95%. You can combine 47.5% + 47.5%, 94% + 1%, 10% + 10% or any other values that total 95% or less. The order in which items are combined does not matter; one sequence of repairs gives exactly the same durability as any other.

Be that as it may, note in the example, repairing a stone tool restores a bonus of 6 durability, which is actually only 6/132 = 4.5%. The precise combined durability for efficient repairs is shown in the following table.

Item Actual bonus (%) Actual bonus (uses) Combined durability (%) Combined durability (uses)
Golden Tools 3.0% 1 97.0% 32
Wooden Tools Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting minecraft 5.0% 3 95.0% 57
Stone Tools Cobblestone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 4 hex: 4 bin: 100 Name cobblestone Cobblestone is a common block, obtained from minecraft 4.5% 6 95.5% 126
Iron Tools 4.8% 12 95.2% 239
Diamond Tools Diamond Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 264 hex: 108 bin: 100001000 Name diamond See the gem. For the ore, see Diamond Ore. For minecraft 5.0% 78 95.0% 1484
Carrot on a Stick Carrot on a Stick Type Tools Durability 26 Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See history Data value dec: 398 hex: 18E bin: 110001110 Name PC: carrot_on_a_stick PE: carrotonastick “ Carrots on sticks! Get on your pig and minecraft 3.8% 1 96.2% 25
Flint and Steel Flint and Steel Type Tools Durability 65 Renewable No Stackable No Data value dec: 259 hex: 103 bin: 100000011 Name flint_and_steel The flint and steel is a tool used to light fires. Contents 1 Obtaining 1.1 Crafting 1.2 minecraft 4.6% 3 95.4% 62
Fishing Rod Fishing Rod Type Tools Durability 65 Renewable Yes Stackable No Experience Per catch: 1–3 First appearances See History Data value dec: 346 hex: 15A bin: 101011010 Name fishing_rod Fishing rods are tools whose primary purpose is obtaining fish. minecraft 4.6% 3 95.4% 62
Shears Shears Type Tools Durability 238 Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See History Data value dec: 359 hex: 167 bin: 101100111 Name shears Shears are a tool used primarily to shear sheep and mine a few types of minecraft 4.6% 11 95.4% 228
Bow Bow Type Combat Durability 385 Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See History Data value dec: 261 hex: 105 bin: 100000101 Name bow A bow is a ranged weapon that fires arrows. Contents 1 Obtaining 1.1 Skeletons 1.2 minecraft 4.9% 19 95.1% 366

A good strategy is to wear down two items until both have less than 95% combined durability remaining, but are not so damaged that you risk accidentally breaking them. Put each item in a crafting slot, and check whether the resulting repaired item still has a damage bar. If it does, you can be sure of gaining the full 5% repair bonus for combining those two items, and if it does not, you will lose some of the repair bonus. (A `perfect` repair is theoretically possible, but unlikely in practice.)

Note that combining items whose combined durability is more than 100% actually wastes more resources than simply using tools until they break.

The precise combined durability for efficient repairs for all types of armor is shown in the following table.

Armor piece Actual bonus (%) Actual bonus (uses) Combined durability (%) Combined durability (uses)
Leather Leather Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 334 hex: 14E bin: 101001110 Name leather See the leather from cows and horses. For the leather minecraft Helmet Helmet Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 3.6% 2 96.4% 53
Leather Leather Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 334 hex: 14E bin: 101001110 Name leather See the leather from cows and horses. For the leather minecraft Boots Boots Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.6% 3 95.4% 59
Leather Leather Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 334 hex: 14E bin: 101001110 Name leather See the leather from cows and horses. For the leather minecraft Leggings Leggings Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.0% 3 96.0% 72
Leather Leather Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 334 hex: 14E bin: 101001110 Name leather See the leather from cows and horses. For the leather minecraft Chestplate Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.9% 4 95.1% 77
Gold Gold Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010 Name gold_ingot See the crafting material. For the ore, see gold ore. For the mineral minecraft Helmet Helmet Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 3.9% 3 96.1% 74
Gold Gold Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010 Name gold_ingot See the crafting material. For the ore, see gold ore. For the mineral minecraft Boots Boots Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.4% 4 95.6% 87
Gold Gold Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010 Name gold_ingot See the crafting material. For the ore, see gold ore. For the mineral minecraft Leggings Leggings Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.8% 5 95.2% 100
Gold Gold Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010 Name gold_ingot See the crafting material. For the ore, see gold ore. For the mineral minecraft Chestplate Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.4% 5 95.6% 108
Chainmail Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft Helmet Helmet Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.8% 8 95.2% 157
Chainmail Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft Boots Boots Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.6% 9 95.4% 186
Chainmail Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft Leggings Leggings Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.9% 11 95.1% 214
Chainmail Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft Chestplate Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 5.0% 12 95.0% 229
Iron Iron Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 265 hex: 109 bin: 100001001 Name iron_ingot Iron ingots are versatile metal crafting ingredients. They are most commonly obtained minecraft Helmet Helmet Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.8% 8 95.2% 157
Iron Iron Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 265 hex: 109 bin: 100001001 Name iron_ingot Iron ingots are versatile metal crafting ingredients. They are most commonly obtained minecraft Boots Boots Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.6% 9 95.4% 186
Iron Iron Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 265 hex: 109 bin: 100001001 Name iron_ingot Iron ingots are versatile metal crafting ingredients. They are most commonly obtained minecraft Leggings Leggings Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.9% 11 95.1% 214
Iron Iron Ingot Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 265 hex: 109 bin: 100001001 Name iron_ingot Iron ingots are versatile metal crafting ingredients. They are most commonly obtained minecraft Chestplate Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 5.0% 12 95.0% 229
Diamond Helmet Helmet Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 5.0% 18 95.0% 327
Diamond Boots Boots Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.9% 21 95.1% 408
Diamond Leggings Leggings Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.8% 24 95.2% 471
Diamond Chestplate Chestplate Type Wearable items Durability Varies Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values This page or section has been suggested to be merged with Armor. Discuss The articles share minecraft 4.9% 26 95.1% 502

Anvil Repair

An Anvil can also repair items in two different ways. This will cost experience levels, but unlike the crafting table, the anvil will preserve or even enhance the target`s enchantments. The anvil can combine the enchantments on two similar items, or rename any item (not just the ones it can repair). The costs are complex, so only a summary is given here.

The first repair mode is similar to repairing in the crafting box, in that you combine two items of the same basic type, a "target" and a "sacrifice". The anvil`s second repair mode applies only to those tools whose material is in their default name, such as an Iron Sword or Leather Cap. That material is then used to repair the item. For instance, to repair an Iron Sword, place the damaged sword and one or more pieces of Iron in the anvil.

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History

Official release
1.0.0 Beta 1.9-pre3 Added the capability to repair items.
1.4.2 ? Bonus for (traditional) item repairing is reduced to 5%. Prior this update, this bonus was 10% of the max durability.
12w41a Added the anvil. The original item repair system is unchanged.
Console Edition
TU7 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 Added the capability to repair items.
TU15 1.05 Changed repairing tools in the inventory to only allow tools that are not enchanted (since you⃢₀ₙd lose the enchantment). Note that this is different to the PCPersonal Computer version, where repairing enchanted tools in the inventory is possible and will result in the loss of the enchantment.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1 build 1 Added the capability to repair items and added the anvil.

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