How to Craft Book in Minecraft
A Book is used in several crafting recipes including bookshelves and enchanting tables.
Overview
A Book is used in several crafting recipes including bookshelves and enchanting tables. Book uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present. A Crafting Table gives you the full 3x3 grid, which you need for any recipe larger than 2x2. You can craft one from four planks, and most bases keep one near the furnaces.
The recipe was added in Minecraft Alpha and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields a single Book.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with paper (craft from sugar cane) and leather (kill cows or horses). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Crafting Table placed, Book is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.
Crafting Recipe
BookMaterials Needed
To make Book you will gather 3x Paper (craft from sugar cane) and Leather (kill cows or horses). Lining these up before you open the Crafting Table saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Open your Crafting Table to access the 3x3 crafting grid.
- Place the following items anywhere in the crafting grid: Paper, Leather.
- Collect your Book from the output slot.
Tips & Notes
- Keep the ingredients for Book in a labelled chest near your crafting area so you can remake it without hunting for materials.
Uses for Book
- Crafting bookshelves
- Crafting enchanting tables
- Crafting book and quill
How Book Fits Your World
Tools determine how fast you gather and what blocks you can mine at all: a pickaxe of the right tier is required to mine higher ores, since mining diamond ore needs at least an iron pickaxe and ancient debris needs a diamond one. Every tool also carries a durability bar that ticks down with use, so enchantments like Unbreaking and Mending dramatically extend how long it lasts before it breaks. For Book specifically, that means it is most valuable for crafting bookshelves, crafting enchanting tables, and crafting book and quill.
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Book on the Astroworld Items Database.