How to Duplicate and Downgrade Enchanted Books

Once you obtain a rare enchantment, you do not need to grind villagers or enchanting tables to get more copies. You can use any anvil to multiply existing enchanted books or step down their power levels.

Copying Enchanted Books

1. Craft or gather between one and four regular, unenchanted books.

2. Right-click an anvil to open its interface.

3. Place the enchanted book you want to copy into the left input slot.

4. Place up to four normal books into the right input slot.

5. Spend the required experience levels to collect your duplicated enchanted books from the output slot.

Lowering an Enchantment Level

If a book carries an enchantment tier higher than what you want to apply or combine, you can intentionally downgrade it:

1. Open the anvil menu and put the enchanted book into the left slot.

2. Place a single piece of flint into the right slot.

3. Retrieve the modified book from the output slot with its enchantment level reduced.

Combining duplication and flint downgrading lets you keep a master library of max-level books while still producing lower-tier versions whenever a specific build calls for them.