How to Open Enchanted Books and Read Lore

Holding and Using an Enchanted Book

Enchantment Lore Mod lets you open Enchanted Books directly in your hands, functioning the same way vanilla Written Books work. You do not need a special crafting recipe or extra item to unlock the text.

1. Place any Enchanted Book into your hotbar and select that slot so the book is in your main hand.

2. Aim your crosshair into the air or at a plain block like stone or dirt. Avoid aiming at interactive blocks such as chests, anvils, crafting tables, or chiseled bookshelves, as right-clicking those will interact with the block instead of your held item.

3. Press your Use Item / Place Block button (right-click by default).

Reading Descriptions Without Losing the Book

Once opened, the book screen displays detailed descriptions and storytelling lore for the enchantment stored inside. Reading an Enchanted Book is completely safe and non-destructive: opening and closing the interface does not consume the book, use up experience levels, or strip the enchantment away. When you finish reading the lore and checking what the enchantment does, close the book screen and apply the Enchanted Book at an Anvil as normal.