Even though Books used to be quite rare items that were solely used for decoration, they can now serve as an interesting read, and even a very helpful Enchantment tool. Whether you want to store Enchantments in your Books to apply to items later on, or you simply want to have a decorative Bookcase in your hideaway, here’s how you can easily craft your own Book in Minecraft:
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What you’ll need for crafting Books
- Leather – This ingredient can be found as a dropped item from slain horses, donkeys, cows, llamas, mules and mushrooms. For the purposes of this guide, we will craft Leather using a hide that was dropped by slain rabbits. To craft a Book, you will need 1 Leather piece.
- Sugar cane – Necessary for crafting Paper, Sugar Cane can most commonly be found growing besides a body of water. However, Paper can also be found stored in chests. To craft a Book, you will need 3 paper pieces.
- Crafting Table – Essential for most crafting in Minecraft, a Crafting Table is made by placing one Wood Plank piece into each of the four squares that are located beside your avatar in the Inventory. When made, remember to drag the Crafting Table down into the Hotbar for world placement.
How to craft Leather
If you’ve already obtained leather from one of the animals mentioned above, then you can skip this section. If not, follow these simple steps for crafting leather:
- Open the Crafting Table.
- Place one Rabbit Hide each into the first and the second square of the first row of the Crafting Table.
- Place one Rabbit Hide each into the first and the second square of the second row of the Crafting Table.
- After completion, simply drag the crafted leather into your Inventory.
How to craft Paper
Again, if you’ve already obtained paper from a chest, you can bypass this section. Otherwise, you can craft paper by following these steps:
- Open the Crafting Table.
- Place one Sugar Cane each into the three squares in the middle row of the Crafting Table.
- Then, simply drag the three resulting Paper Sheets into your Inventory. Remember, you will need all three sheets of Paper to craft a Book.
How to craft a Book
Once you’ve gathered or crafted all required elements, here’s how you can finally craft a Book:
- Open the Crafting Table.
- Place one Paper Sheet each into the first and the second square of the first row of the Crafting Table.
- Place one Paper Sheet into the first square of the second row of the Crafting Table.
- Place one Leather piece into the second square of the second row of the Crafting Table.
- Finally, drag the crafted Book into your Inventory.
How to find a Book in Minecraft
Apart from crafting Books, you can also find them in the chests in Stronghold libraries. As they are usually built underground, Strongholds aren’t exactly the simplest places to locate. However, they are quite large in size, and can be incredibly rewarding, considering what you can actually find inside them.
If you want to find Strongholds, the best method is to use an Eye of Ender, which will point you in the direction of the closest Stronghold.
And that’s it! With just two simple ingredients, you can easily craft a Book in Minecraft, or you can even obtain them through a bit of time and effort.
