Too Expensive: An In-Depth Look at the Mechanic for Diamond Pickaxes in Minecraft This mechanic can leave a lot of players scratching their heads, as they are left with only the message “too expensive” when they try to repair their favorite diamond pickaxe.” This is a problem predominantly because of the ways that the anvil system works on top of how costly it is to both repair and combine items.
Understand the “Too Expensive” Message
Expensive Repair Costs: You gain experience when you repair or enchant an item using anvil, everytime you use the anvil, it costs more xp. This warning activates after an item is used six or more times, and when the cost exceeds 40 levels. This is especially important with powerful tools like diamond pickaxes since they can already have multiple enchantments.
Enchantments and Prior Work Penalty: Minecraft records when you combine items or enchantments (in an anvil) how many times the item has been modified. By adding more and more enchantments the cost goes up because of the prior work penalty, making it hardly possible to repair anything beyond a few uses. Using two of the Ultra Multi-Tool, if the Diamond pick has multiple enchantments, reparing it is going to be very expensive.
Repair: Repairing this pickaxe will use up another pickaxe (diamond), but can be avoided by using raw diamonds instead. This method usually is less expensive and allows the item to still be used. The other thing is if those books are enchanted with Mending, and you keep your tools some what not broken, then the resources will be going out of the world slower because you no longer have to pay for ridiculous repair costs.
Solutions to Counter “Too Expensive” Problems
Apply the Mending Quantity: When using the Enchantment of Mending, players could repair their items with experience points instead of relying on anvil and forget bypassing the “too expensive” problem entirely.diamond-pickaxe-repair (ad)
Enchantments: Players can reset their items and pay the normal XP cost to get new enchantments by combining the item in a crafting grid with an “Unbreaking 0” book, removing all prior work penalties.
Order of Enchantment (Strategic): Think carefully about the order you apply enchantments to your items. Lower-level enchantments should be combined first as it seems to be cheaper than stacking higher levels all at once.
Know those mechanics and these strategic tactics, and a colorless diamond pick axe will never have to be wielded for too long — or fork up some isk to a more experienced engineer who knows why.
