What Does Mending Do in Minecraft

By Binh TranApr 22, 2022Updated:May 4, 2022

What if there is a way to keep your tools and armors last forever in Minecraft? You know that it’s challenging to enchant a good item in Minecraft, right?

And today, we will answer the question “what does Mending do in Minecraft”.

What Does Mending Do in Minecraft?

Mending is a Minecraft enchantment that was added in the 1.9 version. It has only one level but with a special and unique ability, to repair your tools and armors using experience points.

How Does Mending Enchantment Work?

Mending uses any experience you gain to repair items in your main hand, offhand, and even armor slots (helmet, chest plate, leggings, and boots).

Remember to put the item you want to repair in the hot bar slot and press the corresponding key to switch to that item.

If all items in the slots above also have Mending enchantment, they will be randomly repaired, no matter which item you put on first.

Even if they only have one durability left. And of course, Mending doesn’t repair an already fully repaired item.

Since Mending enchantment use any experience orbs that come from any sources, you can just do those actions to repair your item in Minecraft.

They are: killing mobs, breeding mobs, trading with villagers, fishing, completing advancements, using grindstones, and cooking in the furnace.

How Fast is Mending in Minecraft?

It’s extremely fast depending on if you have a stable experience supply source. Since every experience point repair two durabilities of the item.

For example, if you kill a Zombie, you can repair 12 to 16 durability points.

While gold tools only need 16 experience points to fully repair them, wood needs 28, stone need 66, iron need 125, diamond need 781, and netherite need 1016 experience points. The same rule also applies to armors and so on!

Does Mending Make It Last Forever?

In short, the answer is yes! You know that if tools or armors have a Mending enchantment with them, they can be repaired with experience orbs, right?

So as long as you can provide the experience to them, Mending tools will not be broken and can be used forever!

Which Tools/Armors Can You Apply Mending To?

You can add Mending enchantment to most Minecraft tools and armors. They include a pickaxe, shovel, axe, sword, hoe, fishing rod, shears, trident, bow, crossbow, helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots, carrot on a stick, shield, and elytra.

What Other Enchantments Can You Add with Mending?

Since Mending is a powerful enchantment, you may think it can be added to any tools and other enchantments, right?

You can add Mending to any power tool like an Efficiency V, Fortune III, and Unbreak III pickaxe. Or a Sharpness V, Looting III, and Fire of Aspect II sword.