Book

Book

Type	Manufactured items
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 340 hex: 154 bin: 101010100
Name	book

This article is about standard books. For other books, see Book (disambiguation).

Books are items used in enchanting.

Obtaining

Bookshelves

Three books are dropped when a bookshelf is mined without silk touch or destroyed by an explosion.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper + Leather

Natural generation

Books can be found in 89.2% of stronghold library chests in stacks of 1–3, and in 34.5% of shipwreck map chests in stacks of 1–5. In 1.14‌^[upcoming] they can be found in 14.3% of village house chests in stacks of 1.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 88.3% of stronghold library chests in stacks of 1–3.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Book and Quill	Book + Ink Sac + Feather
Bookshelf	Any Planks + Book
Enchantment Table	Book + Diamond + Obsidian

Enchanting

Books can be made into enchanted books by enchanting them on enchantment tables.

Trading

Apprentice-level Librarian villagers buy 4 books for an emerald as part of their trades.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Enchanter	Use a book, obsidian and diamonds to construct an enchantment table	Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Silver
	Librarian	Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table	Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Diamonds!	—	minecraft:story/enchant_item

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11					Books were added. Their only use was for crafting bookshelves, which was used as a purely decorative block.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release		Books are 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 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 by 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 is substantially increased.
1.12			17w13a		Included the Knowledge Book, a green-colored book that grants the user 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		Changed the texture of books.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.0					Added books. They can be used to craft bookshelves.
0.12.1			build 1		The crafting recipe 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.
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.
					Changed the texture of books.
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		Added books.
TU14		1.04			The crafting recipe now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added books.

Issues

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See also

• Enchanted Book

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