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Book

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The Book is an item that players craft by combining Paper with Leather. It stacks up to 64, so a large supply fits easily in a single inventory slot.

Players use Books as an ingredient in three different recipes. A Book can also be enchanted.

Contents (3)
  1. Sounds
  2. History
  3. See also

Sounds

Taken from this item’s own components and from sound events named after it.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
—Page rustlesitem.book.page_turnsubtitles.item.book.page_turn2116
—Book thumpsitem.book.putsubtitles.item.book.put1116

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also