How to Make a Book

Three sheets of paper and a scrap of leather. A humble book, yet the doorway to bookshelves, enchanting and every story you care to write.

The recipe

Three paper and a piece of leather. Paper itself comes from sugar cane.

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Grab the grids on Astroworld crafting or look up paper and leather.

What books unlock

The book is a gateway ingredient. Here is what it leads to.

Bookshelf

Three books plus six planks. Ring an enchanting table with fifteen for the best enchants.

Enchanting table

A book over two diamonds and four obsidian. The heart of every enchanting setup.

Book & quill

Book plus a feather and an ink sac. Write, sign and copy your own in-game books.

Enchanted book

Carries an enchantment you apply to gear at an anvil, including ones a table cannot roll.

Books and enchanting

Quick answers

What is the recipe?

Three paper and one piece of leather, placed anywhere in the grid. That makes one book; it is a shapeless recipe.

Where does paper come from?

Three sugar cane in a row makes three paper. Sugar cane grows by water, so a small farm keeps you in endless paper.

Why do I need books?

They build bookshelves, which power up an enchanting table, and they are the core ingredient of the enchanting table itself.

How do I write in a book?

Craft a book and quill from a book, a feather and an ink sac. Write your text, then sign it to lock it into a permanent written book.

What is an enchanted book?

A book carrying one or more enchantments, from an enchanting table, fishing or trades. Apply it to gear at an anvil.

How many bookshelves for max enchants?

Fifteen bookshelves placed one block away around an enchanting table unlock the highest-level enchantments.

Apply enchanted books at an anvil, compare every enchantment, or look up the book, paper and sugar cane in the items database.