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Can you put Mending on a brush?

Yes. You can put Mending on a brush in Bedrock 26.60.

How to add it

Mending is a treasure enchantment, so the enchanting table never offers it. Instead, combine an enchanted book with the brush on an anvil: Mending costs 2 levels on a fresh brush.

Plan it in the calculator

/give @s brush /enchant @s mending 1

What it does on a brush

A brush loses durability as you brush suspicious sand and gravel. Brushing itself drops no experience, so the brush repairs only while you hold it during other XP sources. A new brush costs a feather, a copper ingot and a stick, so most archaeologists simply carry a spare.

Step by step

  1. First, get Mending as an enchanted book. Sources: a librarian villager, fishing, chest loot or trial chamber vaults.
  2. Then put the brush in the left slot of an anvil and the book in the right slot.
  3. Finally, pay the cost shown: 2 levels on a fresh brush, plus any prior work penalty the brush already has.
  4. If the brush is getting more books, plan the order first so no step costs 40 levels or more.

Why it works

Mending lists brush among its supported items. That matters because Bedrock checks a built-in list of items for each enchantment. The enchanting table never offers Mending on a brush, so it has to come from a book.

It conflicts with nothing else a brush can take, so it fits into any brush build.

What it costs on the anvil

First, the base price: on a fresh brush, Mending costs 2 levels. Bedrock only charges for the levels a book adds, so small upgrades stay cheap. Each anvil use also raises the item's prior work penalty for the next step.

Order matters. Say your brush already has Unbreaking III, put on in the cheapest order. That took 1 anvil use, so adding Mending last costs 3 levels: 1 for the prior work penalty plus 2 for the book. Planning everything from the start costs 6 levels in total, with no step above 3.

Plan your own version in the calculator. The prior work penalty calculator shows how the penalty grows.

Where Mending goes

Commands and creative mode

With cheats on, hold the brush and run /enchant @s mending 1. Bedrock's /give can't add enchantments, so /enchant is the way. The command generator writes the right syntax for your edition.

Java and Bedrock

As far as the item list goes, the answer is also the same in Java and Bedrock. The anvil differs, though: Bedrock only charges for the levels a book adds. This page follows Bedrock 26.60.

About Mending

Mending repairs an item with experience orbs. When you pick up experience while holding or wearing a Mending item, the XP goes into repairing it first, at 2 durability per XP point.

Mending has a max level of I. If you need a book, you can get it from librarian villagers, trial chamber vaults and enchanted loot from fishing and chests. Before you buy, read everything about Mending, including what each level does.

What else a brush can take

Besides Mending, a brush can take Unbreaking. Then the best brush enchantments page ranks them and gives the max build.

Questions

Can you put Mending on a brush?

Yes. You can put Mending on a brush in Bedrock 26.60.

What else can Mending go on?

helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots, elytra, sword, axe, spear, mace, trident, bow, crossbow, pickaxe, shovel, hoe, fishing rod, shears, flint and steel, shield, carrot on a stick and warped fungus on a stick.

Does brushing give experience?

No. Brushing suspicious blocks drops items but no experience, so Mending needs XP from elsewhere.

How many levels does Mending cost on a brush?

Mending costs 2 levels as a book on a fresh brush. Earlier anvil work adds its prior work penalty on top.