How to make a book in Minecraft
Books in Minecraft have one major use; crafting an enchantment table. A book is needed to make an enchantment which is in turn used to level up your weapons and armor, among other things. Books can be found in chests in mineshafts and temples but they’re easy to craft. If you need a book, whether it’s for a a book shelf or for an enchantment table, it’s best to craft one.
Book in Minecraft
To make a Book in Minecraft you need paper and leather. The two items are easily available. Leather is obtained from cows, llamas, mules, donkeys, and mooshrooms. Paper has to be crafted.
Make paper in Minecraft
Making paper in Minecraft is easy but you need to gather resources for it. Paper is made from sugar cane. To get sugarcane, look for water sources. Any water source that has sand blocks around it can have sugarcane. Sugarcane grows as a stalk and a single stalk can have 1-4 segments. Each segment gives one sugarcane. You can plant it and get more which makes it an easily renewable resource.
To make a book, you need three pieces of paper. To make the paper;
- Collect three blocks/segments/pieces of sugarcane.
- Place one block in each cell of the middle row of the crafting table.
- Collect three pieces of paper.
Make a book in Minecraft
Assuming you have the leather and the paper, you’re ready to make a book.
- Open the crafting table.
- Place the leather in the middle cell of the last row.
- Place one piece of paper in the first cell of the second row, and in the second cell of the second row.
- Place the third piece of paper in the first cell of the last row.
- Collect the book.
Book vs enchanted book
Enchanted books are different from the normal books that are crafted using the crafting table. Enchanted books are used to apply a specific enchantment on a tool or item using the anvil. Players can create an enchanted book by placing it on an enchantment table, or they can obtain them from chests, by trading with villages, and even by fishing.
Conclusion
Books have a decorative purpose when they are used to create a book shelf but with they’re also needed if you plan on using enchantments. You can play Minecraft without enchanting anything. Brewing is far more important but given that you fight witches, phantoms, and an ever growing variety of zombies, having enchanted weapons is a great idea.
