Books are items used to make enchantments in Minecraft. It is necessary both to create an Enchantment Table and to prepare specific enchantments, in which case they become an Enchanted Book. To craft a book you will need 3 Papers and 1 Leather . After obtaining them, organize them as follows: You can get Paper by crafting it with 3 Sugar Cane , like this: You can also find Paper in chests in shipwrecks (89.4%) and in chests in libraries (89.2%). Leather is obtained by killing cows and horses, fishing or crafting it with 4 rabbit skins , like this: After crafting your Book, it will look like this:
Using books in enchantments
The first thing you need to do enchantments in Minecraft is an Enchantment Table, and to craft one, you will need 3 Obsidians , 2 Crystals and 1 Book . When obtaining them, organize them like this: Obsidians are obtained by touching water against lava and can only be mined with a diamond pick. Diamonds are only found well below the surface and need to be mined with an iron pick or better. To learn how to enchant items, check out our complete Minecraft enchantment guide!Book Information
- You can create a Bookcase with 3 Books in the middle horizontal row and 6 Boards.
- You can drop 3 Books when mining a Bookcase.
- When crafting an Enchantment Table you unlock the Enchanting achievement.
- By crafting Shelves, you unlock the Librarian achievement.