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How to Fix a Bow in Minecraft: A Beginners Guide In order for you fix bow with no loss of enchants, the player must use an Anvil. A more in-depth look at the steps and factors associated with this process can be found here:
Understanding the Reparation Process
Using the Anvil:
Move the enchanted bow to the first place inside of your anvil.
Put an identical bow in the second slot; e.g. sticks and string This method will keep any enchantments on the original bow and fix its durabilityquil. 14
The restored durability will be that of the bow used to repair, so this is a very wise selection2.
Alternative Methods:
Crafting Table: It is possible to create a new bow (with the total durability of both previous bows added) by combining 2 damaged and/or enchanted bows, but it will not keep any enchants if you do this46.
Grindstone – A way to repair a bow and add some minor durability value, but at the cost of removing all enchantments on it — not usable if enchanted43.
Key Considerations
Anvil Usage: repairs are done via experience levels (no anvils to actually hammer things out). The cost goes up each time the anvil is used on that item, so it’s prudent to limit how many times you patch your skelly-killing bow before incurring eye watering costs25.
Anvil Material Requirements; Building an Anvil In order to craft the new item you are going to need a total of 3 iron blocks and 4 ingots which can be expensive but well worth it if used properly for maintenance on enchanted items6.
Mixing Enchantments: Gamers who need to improve their bows much more can mix two enchanted bows collectively on the anvil. This will keep (and for some right side enchantments, might levels them up2.
So there you have it; the best ways to repair a bow, while also being able to keep its enchantments in place. This will force players to think careful which repair avenues they want to use and how that would affect their gameplay experience.
