The anvil is primarily used to repair tools, armor, and weapons, which it can do without stripping their enchantments, unlike the grindstone and crafting table. You might as well just throw the powerup away. After seeing a big chunk of solid steel on the ground, one of the first questions that pop into your head is, how much does an anvil weigh Anvils come in many different sizes. This page explains the mechanics of the anvil. Like activating your draft boost when you’re on a solo breakaway, it has no effect. Now, with the added weight only applying on descents, activating your Anvil on a flat or climb simply wastes it. Before the Anvil became “smart”, activating it on a climb could get you dropped from the pack quickly. The most obvious misuse of the Anvil is on flat or uphill roads. While its usage may seem obvious, many Zwifters aren’t familiar with the Anvil since it only appears in events when specifically enabled by organizers. Here are two shots from a Zwift Insider Tiny Race where every rider received an Anvil… and most deployed it on the downhill lead-in to the sprint: Activated Anvils on the descent into the JWB Sprint Rev Still activated on the flat, but the 50kg has been removed How It’s Misused Combine it with a supertuck for even more speed. Why would any cyclist want to gain weight? Because it makes you faster on the descents! Activate this powerup on downhills – the steeper and longer the better – for a speed boost. Then they revised it again in May 2023, making it less powerful overall while also basing its weight on a percentage of your body weight, with the percentage being higher for lighter riders.) But Zwift found many people were getting dropped by misusing it on flats or climbs, so they decided to make it smarter in September 2022, so it only worked on descents. Initially it simply made you 50kg heavier for 30 seconds, regardless of the terrain. It lasts for 15 seconds, but crucially, that extra weight is only added while you’re on a descent of -1.5% or greater. Still learning? Read our “Guide to Powerups in Zwift” > Using the anvil on the Aqueduc KOM descent in a ZRL race The Anvil: How It WorksĪs you might guess, the Anvil powerup makes you heavier when activated. While some purists deride their use, most racers welcome their addition to an indoor racing experience which can feel a bit oversimplified since it has fewer variables than outdoor riding.Įxperienced Zwift racers understand how powerups work, but we see them used incorrectly over and over again. Powerups add a fun element of randomness and strategy to Zwift racing.
#Anvil weight series#
Welcome to another post in our series aimed at helping you avoid n00b powerup mistakes in Zwift races.
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