How to Repair the Elytra in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to repair the elytra with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Now that you've had fun gliding through the air with the elytra, you will start to notice that your elytra is wearing out and getting damaged. Not to worry, you can easily repair the elytra in Minecraft. Let's explore how to use an anvil to repair the elytra.

Required Materials to Repair the Elytra

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to repair the elytra:

1 Leather

1 Elytra

1 Anvil

Steps to Repair the Elytra

1. Place the Anvil

Once you have the required materials, add the anvil to your hotbar so that it is an item that you can use.

Next, position your pointer (the plus sign) on the block where you want to place the anvil. You should see the block become highlighted in your game window.

The game control to place the anvil depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For PC/Mac, right click on the block.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the block.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the block.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Education Edition, right click on the block.

2. Use the Anvil

To use the anvil, you need to stand in front of it.

The game control to use the anvil depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For PC/Mac, right click on the anvil.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the anvil.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the anvil.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Education Edition, right click on the anvil.

Now your anvil is open and you can see the Repair & Name menu.

3. Repair the Elytra

To repair the elytra, you need the damaged elytra and lots of leather to repair it. In this example, we have placed the damaged elytra in the first slot and 8 leather in the second slot.

In the third slot, you will see the repaired elytra. In this example, it will cost 4 experience levels to repair the elytra.

TIP: The amount of experience required to repair the elytra will depend on how damaged the elytra is.

4. Move the Repaired Elytra to Inventory

Now, move the repaired elytra from the third slot to your inventory hotbar.

Once you have moved the repaired elytra back to your inventory, any unused leather will be left behind in the second slot. You can move this leather back to your inventory. In this example, we used 3 leather to repair the elytra and 5 leather were left over.

TIP: The amount of leather required to repair the elytra will depend on how damaged the elytra is.

Congratulations, you just learned how to repair the elytra using an anvil in Minecraft.