Book

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Book

Type	Manufactured items
Durability	N/A
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
First appearances	See History
Data value	dec:340 hex:154 bin:101010100
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	book

Books are items crafted from paper and leather.

Videos

Bookshelves

Three books are dropped when a bookshelf is mined without silk touch "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will or destroyed by an explosion.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Paper⃂+ Leather

Natural generation

Books can be found in 94.6% of stronghold Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes library chests in stacks of 1⃢₀ₓ3.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Book and Quill	Book+ Ink Sac+ Feather
Bookshelf Bookshelf Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 7.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Book (3) Data value dec: 47 hex: 2F bin: 101111 Name bookshelf “ Bookshelves are expensive things to create. But you	Any Wood Planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting + Book
Enchantment Table	Book+ Diamond+ Obsidian

Enchanting

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

Trading

Librarian villagers will buy 8-10 books for an emerald.

Achievements

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Diamonds!	⃢₀ₔ	minecraft:story/enchant_item

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History

Alpha
1.0.11					Books were added. Their only use was for crafting bookshelves, which was used as a purely decorative block.
Beta
1.8			pre1		Books are found in the new stronghold Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes library chests.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9-pre3		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 2⃗2 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 Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes 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.
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.
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.

Issues

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Contents

Usage

A book itself can be used as the target of any enchantment. The enchantment will stay with the book until such time that a player wants to use the enchantment on a separate item. The enchantment can be applied from the book to an item by placing both of them on an anvil. The enchanted book is consumed in the process.

Crafting

As an Ingredient