Book

Book
Rarity tier	Common‌; Uncommon‌
Enchantability	1
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Books are items that play an important role for enchanting, used to craft the enchanting table itself as well as bookshelves required to power it up. Alternatively, books themselves can be enchanted in order to store and apply enchantments. A book can also be crafted into a book and quill, which allows players to write and keep text.

Obtaining

Block loot

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

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
	Ancient City	Chest	3–10	35.9% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": "3–10", "chance": 0.3585407680864854, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Shipwreck	Map chest	1–5	34.5% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.34507581280069977, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }
	Stronghold	Library chest	1–3	89.2% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.8919829527458125, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Library chest" }
	Village	Plains house chest	1	12.1% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12068353467250137, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
	Village	Desert house chest	1	14.3% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14254173828500694, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }
Bedrock Edition
	Ancient City	Chest	3–10	35.9% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": "3–10", "chance": 0.3585407680864854, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Shipwreck	Map chest	1–5	34.5% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.34507581280069977, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }
	Stronghold	Library chest	1–3	88.3% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.8829194743853341, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Library chest" }
	Village	Plains house chest	1	12.1% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12068353467250137, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
	Village	Desert house chest	1	14.3% { "item": "Book", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14254173828500694, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper + Leather

Grindstones

Disenchanting an enchanted book at a grindstone yields a normal book and a small amount of experience (unless the enchanted book has a Curse of Binding or a Curse of Vanishing on it).

Villager gifts

in Java Edition, librarian villagers throw books at players under the Hero of the Village effect.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

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

Chiseled bookshelf

Using the chiseled bookshelf while having a book in the main hand puts the book inside the chiseled bookshelf.

Enchanting

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

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
Villager	JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives
Apprentice Librarian	67%	100%	4 ×	Emerald
Apprentice Librarian	67%	50%	5–64 × Emerald +	Enchanted Book^{[t 1]}
Expert Librarian	50%	33%	5–64 × Emerald +	Enchanted Book^{[t 1]}
Journeyman Librarian	67%	50%	5–64 × Emerald +	Enchanted Book^{[t 1]}
Novice Librarian	67%	50%	5–64 × Emerald +	Enchanted Book^{[t 1]}

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d The enchantment is chosen randomly with equal chance of any enchantment type occurring (except for Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst) and equal chance to get any level of the enchantment, meaning high-level enchantments are as likely as low-level enchantments. It is possible for a librarian to sell the same book more than once. The price in emeralds depends on the enchantment level and "treasure" status. The minimum price of a book is given by 2 + 3 * (enchantment level), while the maximum price is 6 + 13 * (enchantment level). The possible values are 5–19 emeralds for Lvl I, 8–32 for Lvl II, 11–45 for Lvl III, 14–58 for Lvl IV, and 17–71 for Lvl V. For treasure enchantments the price is doubled. The cost is capped at 64 emeralds. All values below this cap are equally probable.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Enchanter	Construct an Enchantment Table.	Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output.	20	Bronze
		Librarian	Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table.	Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output.	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Insert an item in an enchanting table, then apply an enchantment.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Book placed	Blocks	When a book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	`block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert`	`subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert`	0.8	varies ^{[sound 1]}	16
	Book taken	Blocks	When a book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	`block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup`	`subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take`	0.8	varies ^{[sound 2]}	16

↑ Can be 1.0, 0.85, or 1.1 for each sound
↑ Can be 1.0, 0.8, or 1.1 for each sound

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	`insert.chiseled_bookshelf`	0.8	varies ^{[sound 1]}
	Blocks	When a book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	`pickup.chiseled_bookshelf`	0.8	varies ^{[sound 2]}

↑ Can be 1.0, 0.85, or 1.1 for each sound
↑ Can be 1.0, 0.8, or 1.1 for each sound

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