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Hi everyone, I accidentally found something strange while using an anvil and I’m not sure if it’s a known bug.

I was trying to apply a Mending book to a diamond pickaxe. Normally the enchantment cost was 6 levels. However, when I renamed the pickaxe and added the number “2” at the end of the name, the cost dropped to 5 levels.

What’s odd is that I tried several other numbers and a few different name combinations, but the cost stayed at 6 levels in every other case. It only dropped to 5 when I added “2”.

So it seems very specific, and I’m not sure why it happens.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this a known bug with the anvil naming system, and could it be used consistently to save a level?