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Anvil Cost Optimizer

Find the cheapest order to combine books and gear before Too Expensive.

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Anvil Cost Optimizer

Combining books in the wrong order is what makes an anvil say Too Expensive. This finds the cheapest merge order and shows the exact level cost of every step.

Your enchantments

Enchantment

Level cost

Prior work

Enchantment

Level cost

Prior work

Enchantment

Level cost

Prior work

Enchantment

Level cost

Prior work

Enchantment

Level cost

Prior work

Cheapest order

Optimal total

48 levels

Balanced merge, cheapest first

Naive order

80 levels

Left to right, one at a time

You save

32 levels

Final prior work

Lower means more future repairs

A step above 39 levels shows Too Expensive in survival. Split this into two items or apply the biggest book to the tool first.

1. #1 + #2 → 5 levels
2. #3 + #4 → 8 levels
3. (#1+#2) + (#3+#4) → 15 levels
4. ((#1+#2)+(#3+#4)) + #5 → 20 levels

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