Book
For other uses, see Book (disambiguation).
Books are items used in enchanting and crafting.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Block loot[edit]
Three books are dropped when a bookshelf is mined without silk touch or destroyed by an explosion.
Crafting[edit]
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Paper + Leather |
Chest loot[edit]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Book | Shipwreck | Map chest | 1–5 | 34.5% |
Stronghold | Library chest | 1–3 | 89.2% | |
Village | Plains house chest | 1 | 12.1% | |
Desert house chest | 1 | 14.3% | ||
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Book | Shipwreck | Map chest | 1–5 | 34.5% |
Stronghold | Library chest | 1–3 | 88.3% | |
Village | Plains house chest | 1 | 12.1% | |
Desert house chest | 1 | 14.3% |
Grindstones[edit]
Disenchanting enchanted books at a grindstone yields a normal book and a small amount of experience.
Usage[edit]
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Book and Quill | Book + Ink Sac + Feather |
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Bookshelf | Any Planks + Book |
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Enchanting Table | Book + Diamond + Obsidian |
Enchanting[edit]
Books can be made into enchanted books by enchanting them on enchanting tables.
Trading[edit]
Librarian villagers can buy a single book as part of an enchanted book trade.
Apprentice-level Librarian villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 4 books for an emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
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Enchanter | Construct an Enchantment Table. | Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output. | 20G | Bronze | ||
Librarian | Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table. | Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output. | 20G | Bronze |
Advancements[edit]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
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![]() ![]() | Enchanter | Enchant an item at an Enchantment Table | Diamonds! | Insert an item in an enchantment table, then apply an enchantment. | story/enchant_item
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Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
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Book | book | Item | item.minecraft.book |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Book | book | 340 | Item | item.book.name |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
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v1.0.11 | ![]() | ||||
The only use of books is crafting bookshelves, which are used as a purely decorative block. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Books are now found in the new stronghold library chests. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Books are now used to craft enchantment tables. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w17a | The crafting recipe is now shapeless, so books can now be crafted in the player's 2×2 crafting area, although the recipe now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column. | |||
A book can now be crafted into a book and quill, which can be used to create written books. | |||||
12w21a | Librarian villagers now buy 11–12 books for 1 emerald. | ||||
12w22a | Librarian villagers now sell enchanted books for 5–64 emeralds and 1 book. | ||||
1.4.6 | 12w49a | Books can now be enchanted into enchanted books, and then combined together in an anvil with a tool to then enchant it. | |||
1.8 | 14w02a | Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 emerald. | |||
1.9 | 15w43a | Average yield of books in stronghold library chests has been substantially increased. | |||
1.12 | 17w13a | Added the knowledge book, a green-colored book that grants the player a recipe for crafting. | |||
The recipe tab on the crafting table GUI uses a red-colored book. | |||||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 340. | |||
18w11a | Books now generate in shipwreck chests. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.2.0 | ![]() | ||||
v0.3.0 | Books can be used to craft bookshelves. | ||||
v0.5.0 | Books can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor. | ||||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | The crafting recipe for books now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column. | |||
Books are now used to craft enchanting tables. | |||||
Books can now be enchanted into enchanted books, and then combined together in an anvil with a tool to then enchant it. | |||||
Books are no longer available from the nether reactor. | |||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 emerald. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | A book can now be crafted into a book and quill, which can be used to create written books. | |||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Books can now be found inside of the map room chest in shipwrecks. | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Books can now be found in plains village chests. | |||
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1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Librarian villagers now buy 4 books for an emerald. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | ![]() | |
TU14 | 1.04 | The crafting recipe for books now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column. | |||
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Book" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.