I try to enchant a diamond sword with sharpness V, Looting III, Mending, and Unbreaking III, and combining just mending and unbreaking on a single book with a sword costs 37 levels, impossible with all 4 enchantments, I thought that's just how it is, but my friend tried to put just Protection IV on his iron chestplate and it was "too expensive"
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If you previously used the anvil to repair the tools, then it increases the Prior Work Penalty, thus increasing the cost needed for future repairs and enchanting. This is likely what has increased the cost to the high amounts.
If you previously used the anvil to repair the tools, then it increases the Prior Work Penalty, thus increasing the cost needed for future repairs and enchanting. This is likely what has increased the cost to the high amounts.
Nothing was previously repaired, it shouldn't be "too expensive" with one enchantment, I've seen swords with like 15 different enchantments, why can't I get just 4?
Using one book at a time increases the penalty on the tool itself each time you add an enchantment to it, whereas combining books will increase the book's penalty. If your friend, say, bought a bunch of Protection II books from a villager and combined them together to max out the enchantment, that would result in an incredibly high penalty.
Any existing enchantments that were done with an enchantment table won't increase the penalty, but they will increase the level requirement. You can reset the penalty by repairing with a grindstone or the crafting interface, but keep in mind that this also disenchants your items (and gives you no compensation with the latter method).
Just to name an example of what an anvil enchantment might be with minimal penalty, combining a Mending book with an Efficiency V book on my main Bedrock world cost 5 levels, and putting that book, now with a penalty of 1, on a diamond axe enchanted with nothing but Unbreaking III and no work penalty cost 8 levels, totaling 13.
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That is not a bug at all! It exists every edition. It is mechanism of anvil in Minecraft.