Fastest Way to Get Mending in Survival (No Villagers)

 

⚒️ Fastest Way to Get Mending in Survival (No Villagers!) ⚒️

So you've been grinding through your Minecraft survival world, fighting mobs, building bases, and exploring every nook and cranny. But your prized tools are about to break, and there's no Librarian Villager in sight! 😱 Fear not, fellow crafter—this guide will walk you through the fastest and most reliable ways to get the Mending enchantment in survival without using any villagers. Let’s get mining! ⛏️

🎯 Why Mending Is Essential

Mending is a treasure among enchantments. Instead of spending diamonds repairing your gear, Mending allows your tools and armor to regenerate durability using XP. Whether you're wielding a Netherite sword or flaunting an enchanted Elytra, Mending makes it last forever—if you can find it.

📦 Step 1: Looting Dungeons, Temples, and Bastions

Chests in naturally generated structures are your first major opportunity. Focus on:

• Jungle Temples: Often overlooked, but these can spawn enchanted books.
• Desert Temples: Destroy the pressure plate and dig in—there are four chests beneath!
• Dungeons: Common in caves, dungeons spawn with 1–2 chests and sometimes a Mending book!
• Bastions: Risky, but high reward. Don’t forget your gold armor!

🌊 Step 2: Treasure Hunting

Buried treasure is a gold mine—literally. Here's how to get started:

1. Find a shipwreck and loot the map chest.
2. Use the treasure map to find the X.
3. Dig around the X (usually sand or gravel at sea level).

Mending books have a small but real chance of being in buried treasure chests. You may need to do this multiple times, but the journey is half the fun! 🗺️

🐠 Step 3: AFK Fishing Farms (Java Only)

This classic technique may be nerfed in Bedrock, but it still shines in Java Edition. Here's the setup:

• Use a simple design with a note block, tripwire, and iron door.
• Equip a Luck of the Sea + Lure fishing rod.
• Leave your PC running for a few hours (and maybe go make some coffee ☕).

AFK fishing can yield tons of enchanted books, and yes—Mending is among them! Sort through your loot with a hopper and chest system. 🐟

🕸️ Step 4: Raid End Cities

End cities are not only home to Elytras and shulkers—they also contain armor and gear with rare enchantments. Occasionally, Mending appears as a book or is pre-applied to tools/gear!

• Equip Feather Falling boots and Ender Pearls.
• Bring a stack of blocks to build between islands.
• Shulkers drop shells—bring a Looting sword.

🧭 Step 5: Bastion Bridge Chests & Ruined Portals

Bastions and ruined portals can occasionally include enchanted books. Bridge Bastions specifically contain higher-tier loot.

To optimize:

• Bring fire resistance potions.
• Use invisibility for stealthy looting.
• Store loot in ender chests for safety.

🔥 Step 6: Bartering with Piglins

While Piglins can’t give you Mending directly, they provide books and enchanted gear. You can’t control the enchantments, but it's another avenue. You’ll also collect tons of ender pearls, fire charges, and other goodies.

Best setup:

• Gold farm + bartering farm combo.
• Auto hopper system to collect and sort.

🔍 Tips for Maximizing Success

• Bring Silk Touch pickaxes for chests to move loot easily.
• Use maps and screenshots to track looted structures.
• Enchant your gear with Unbreaking III to slow degradation until you find Mending.
• Use commands (if allowed) to locate nearby structures: /locate structure

⚠️ Avoid These Common Mistakes

• Don't destroy bookshelves—loot the whole chest or room instead.
• Be cautious of traps in temples and dungeons.
• Always keep backup gear in case your loot run ends badly.

🏁 Get Mending, get going!

Mending may be harder to come by without villagers, but with determination and smart exploration, it’s totally achievable. From temples to treasure maps, from fishing farms to shulker cities—your next enchanted find is just around the pixelated corner. Good luck, adventurer, and may your tools never break again! 🎮

✨ Keep Mining, Keep Shining! ✨