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Book
| Type |
Manufactured items |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Common |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Data value |
dec: 340 hex: 154 bin: 101010100 |
| Namespaced ID |
book |
This article is about standard books. For other books, see Book (disambiguation).Books are items used in enchanting.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Bookshelves[edit]
Three books are dropped when a bookshelf is mined without silk touch or destroyed by an explosion.
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Paper + Leather |
Natural generation[edit]
Books can be found in 14.3% of desert village house chests and 12.1% of plains village house chests in stacks of 1, 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 Bedrock Edition they can be found in 88.3% of stronghold library chests in stacks of 1–3.
Usage[edit]
Crafting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Book and Quill | Book + Ink Sac + Feather |
|
| Bookshelf | Any Planks + Book |
|
| Enchantment Table | Book + Diamond + Obsidian |
Enchanting[edit]
Books can be made into enchanted books by enchanting them on enchantment 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 will always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Achievements[edit]
| 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 | PS3 | Yes | Yes | 20G | Silver | |
| PS4, PSVita | Bronze | ||||||||
| 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[edit]
| 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 |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| 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[edit]
Issues relating to "Book" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
See also[edit]
