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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Redirect|Books|the real-life books|Minecraft books|other uses|Book (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Infobox item<br />
| image = Book.png<br />
| rarity = Common{{only|java|short=1}}<br/>Uncommon{{only|bedrock|short=1}}<ref>{{bug|MCPE-184806||Books have the wrong rarity}}</ref><br />
| enchantability = 1<br />
| renewable = Yes<br />
| stackable = Yes (64)<br />
}}<br />
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A '''book''' is an [[Minecraft:item]] that can be used as a [[Minecraft:crafting]] material, or to store [[Minecraft:enchantment]]s in [[Minecraft:Enchanted Book|a form]] that can be applied to any valid item using an [[Minecraft:anvil]].<br />
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== Obtaining ==<br />
=== Block loot ===<br />
Three books are dropped when a [[Minecraft:bookshelf]] is broken without using [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] or [[Minecraft:fire]].<br />
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=== Generated loot ===<br />
{{LootChestItem|book}}<br />
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=== Crafting ===<br />
{{crafting<br />
|Paper<br />
|Paper<br />
|Paper<br />
|Leather<br />
|Output= Book<br />
|type= Miscellaneous<br />
}}<br />
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=== Grindstones ===<br />
Disenchanting an [[Minecraft:enchanted book]] at a [[Minecraft:grindstone]] yields a normal book and a small amount of experience (unless the enchanted book has a [[Minecraft:Curse of Binding]] or a [[Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing]] on it).<br />
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=== Villager gifts ===<br />
{{IN|java}}, librarian [[Minecraft:villagers]] throw books at players under the [[Minecraft:Hero of the Village]] effect.<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
=== Crafting ingredient ===<br />
{{crafting usage}}<br />
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=== Chiseled bookshelf ===<br />
{{control|Use|text=Using}} the [[Minecraft:chiseled bookshelf]] while having a book in the main hand puts the book inside the chiseled bookshelf.<br />
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=== Enchanting ===<br />
Books can be made into [[Minecraft:enchanted book]]s by enchanting them on [[Minecraft:enchanting table]]s.<br />
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=== Trading ===<br />
{{Trade uses}}<br />
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== Achievements ==<br />
{{load achievements|Librarian;Enchanter}}<br />
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== Advancements ==<br />
{{load advancements|Enchanter}}<br />
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== Sounds ==<br />
{{edition|java}}:<br />
{{SoundTable<br />
| type = java<br />
| {{SoundLine<br />
|sound =Chiseled bookshelf insert1.ogg<br />
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf insert2.ogg<br />
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf insert3.ogg<br />
|sound4=Chiseled bookshelf insert4.ogg<br />
|subtitle=Book placed<br />
|source=block<br />
|description=When a book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf<br />
|id=block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert<br />
|translationkey=subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert<br />
|volume=0.8<br />
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.85, or 1.1 for each sound</ref><br />
|distance=16}}<br />
| {{SoundLine<br />
|sound=Chiseled bookshelf pickup1.ogg<br />
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf pickup2.ogg<br />
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf pickup3.ogg<br />
|subtitle=Book taken<br />
|source=block<br />
|description=When a book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf<br />
|id=block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup<br />
|translationkey=subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take<br />
|volume=0.8<br />
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.8, or 1.1 for each sound</ref><br />
| distance = 16<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{edition|bedrock}}:<br />
{{SoundTable<br />
| type = bedrock<br />
| {{SoundLine<br />
| sound =Chiseled bookshelf insert1.ogg<br />
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf insert2.ogg<br />
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf insert3.ogg<br />
|sound4=Chiseled bookshelf insert4.ogg<br />
|source=block<br />
|description=When a book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf<br />
|id=insert.chiseled_bookshelf<br />
|volume=0.8<br />
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound name=insertvaries>Can be 1.0, 0.85, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>}}<br />
| {{SoundLine<br />
|sound=Chiseled bookshelf pickup1.ogg<br />
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf pickup2.ogg<br />
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf pickup3.ogg<br />
|source=block<br />
|description=When a book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf<br />
|id=pickup.chiseled_bookshelf<br />
|volume=0.8<br />
| pitch = ''varies'' <ref group=sound name=pickupvaries>Can be 1.0, 0.8, or 1.1 for each sound</ref><br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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== Data values ==<br />
=== ID ===<br />
{{JE}}:<br />
{{ID table<br />
|edition=java<br />
|showitemtags=y<br />
|showforms=y<br />
|generatetranslationkeys=y<br />
|displayname=Book<br />
|spritetype=item<br />
|nameid=book<br />
|itemtags=minecraft:bookshelf_books<br />
|form=item<br />
|foot=1}}<br />
<br />
{{BE}}:<br />
{{ID table<br />
|edition=bedrock<br />
|showitemtags=y<br />
|shownumericids=y<br />
|showforms=y<br />
|notshowbeitemforms=y<br />
|generatetranslationkeys=y<br />
|displayname=Book<br />
|spritetype=item<br />
|nameid=book<br />
|id=387<br />
|itemtags=minecraft:bookshelf_books<br />
|form=item<br />
|foot=1}}<br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|UGJBUhxwKy0}}</div><br />
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== History ==<br />
=== ''Java Edition'' ===<br />
{{HistoryTable<br />
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.11|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books.<br />
|{{Crafting table|nocat=y<br />
|B1=Paper|B2=Paper|B3=Paper<br />
|Output=Book<br />
}} Books are crafted from three paper, stacked vertically.<br />
|The only use of books is crafting [[Minecraft:bookshelves]], which are used as purely decorative [[Minecraft:block]]s until [[Minecraft:Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Books are now found in the new [[Minecraft:stronghold]] library [[Minecraft:chest]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|java}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Books are now used to craft [[Minecraft:enchantment table]]s, gaining their first functional usage outside of decoration.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w17a|{{Crafting table|nocat=y<br />
|shapeless= 1<br />
|A1=Paper|A2=Paper|B1=Paper|B2=Leather<br />
|Output=Book<br />
}} Changed crafting recipe to be shapeless and to now require [[Minecraft:leather]].<br />
|A book can now be crafted into a [[Minecraft:book and quill]], which can be used to create [[Minecraft:written book]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w21a|Librarian [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 11–12 books for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.6|dev=12w49a|Books can now be enchanted into [[Minecraft:enchanted book]]s, and then combined together in an [[Minecraft:anvil]] with a [[Minecraft:tool]] to then enchant it.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w43a|Average yield of books in [[Minecraft:stronghold]] library chests has been substantially increased.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w13a|Added the [[Minecraft:knowledge book]], a green-colored book that grants the [[Minecraft:player]] a recipe for [[Minecraft:crafting]].<br />
|The recipe tab on the [[Minecraft:crafting table]] GUI uses a red-colored book.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w11a|Books now generate in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] chests.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Book JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of books has been changed.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w48a|Books can now be obtained by disenchanting non-curse [[Minecraft:enchanted book]]s in a grindstone.|Books can now be found in chests in [[Minecraft:plains]] [[Minecraft:village]] houses.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Books can now be found in chests in [[Minecraft:desert]] village houses.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Librarian villagers now buy 4 books for 1 emerald.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w13a|Librarian villagers now give books to players under the [[Minecraft:Hero of the Village]] effect.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1|Books now generate in [[Minecraft:ancient city]] chests.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|exp=Update 1.20|dev=22w42a|Books can now interact with [[Minecraft:chiseled bookshelves]].}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===<br />
{{HistoryTable<br />
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|{{Crafting table|nocat=y<br />
|B1=Paper|B2=Paper|B3=Paper<br />
|Output=Book<br />
}} Books can now be crafted, with three [[Minecraft:paper]] vertically.|Books can be used to craft [[Minecraft:bookshelves]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||v0.5.0|Books can now be obtained after activating the [[Minecraft:nether reactor]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|{{Crafting table|nocat=y<br />
|shapeless= 1<br />
|A1=Paper|A2=Paper|B1=Paper|B2=Leather<br />
|Output=Book<br />
}} The crafting recipe for books now requires [[Minecraft:leather]].<br />
|Books are now used to craft [[Minecraft:enchanting table]]s.<br />
|Books can now be enchanted into [[Minecraft:enchanted book]]s, and then combined together in an [[Minecraft:anvil]] with a [[Minecraft:tool]] to then enchant it.<br />
|Books are no longer available from the [[Minecraft:nether reactor]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.4|dev=alpha 1.0.4.0|Librarian villagers now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 8–10 books for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|A book can now be crafted into a [[Minecraft:book and quill]], which can be used to create [[Minecraft:written book]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|Books can now be found inside of the map room [[Minecraft:chest]] in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|Books can now be found in [[Minecraft:plains]] [[Minecraft:village]] chests.<br />
|[[File:Book JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of books has been changed.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.4|Librarian [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 4 books for an [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.30|exp=Wild Update|dev=beta 1.18.30.32|Books now generate in [[Minecraft:ancient city]] chests.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.50|exp=Next Major Update|dev=Preview 1.19.50.21|Books can now interact with [[Minecraft:chiseled bookshelves]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.30|dev=Preview 1.21.30.21|The [[Minecraft:rarity]] of books is now "Uncommon", presumably being swapped with [[Minecraft:enchanted book]]s on accident.}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== Legacy Console Edition ===<br />
{{HistoryTable<br />
|{{HistoryLine|console}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books.|{{Crafting table|nocat=y<br />
|B1=Paper|B2=Paper|B3=Paper<br />
|Output=Book<br />
}} Books are crafted with 3 paper.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Books are now found in the new [[Minecraft:stronghold]] library [[Minecraft:chest]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Books are now used to craft [[Minecraft:enchantment table]]s, gaining their first functional usage outside of decoration.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|{{Crafting table|nocat=y<br />
|shapeless= 1<br />
|A1=Paper|A2=Paper|B1=Paper|B2=Leather<br />
|Output=Book<br />
}} The crafting recipe for books now requires [[Minecraft:leather]].|Librarian [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 11–12 books for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU25|xbone=CU14|ps3=1.17|psvita=1.17|ps4=1.17|A book can now be crafted into a [[Minecraft:book and quill]], which can be used to create [[Minecraft:written book]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Books can now be found inside of the map room [[Minecraft:chest]] in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]]s.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Book JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of books has been changed.}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Librarian [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 4 books for an [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===<br />
{{HistoryTable<br />
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books.}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== Data history ===<br />
{{HistoryTable<br />
|{{HistoryLine|java}}<br />
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 340.}}<br />
}}<br />
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== Issues ==<br />
{{issue list}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Minecraft:Enchanted Book]]<br />
* [[Minecraft:Knowledge Book]]<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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