Obtaining
Bookshelves can be broken fairly easily by hand, but can be broken faster by using an axe. In either case, they will drop 3 books when broken, allowing the reconstruction of the bookshelf with the addition of six wood planks. When broken by an item that is enchanted "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will with silk touch "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will , it will drop itself.
Block | Bookshelf | |
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Hardness | 1.5 | |
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Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time | ||
Hand | 2.25 | |
Wooden | 1.15 | |
Stone | 0.6 | |
Iron | 0.4 | |
Diamond | 0.3 | |
Golden | 0.2 |
- ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
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“ | Bookshelves are expensive things to create. But you can’t put a price on wisdom, can you? Besides which, in Minecraft at least, they add a bit of colour to a room and enhance the power of nearby enchanting tables! | „ | |
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Bookshelves are blocks Blocks may refer to: Block - cubes that make up the Minecraft world as a whole. Blocks music disc This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you that primarily serve to enhance enchanting "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will with an enchantment table Enchantment Table Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Computer: No Pocket Edition: 12 Blast resistance 6,000 Hardness 5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops .
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Trivia
- Bookshelves top and bottom textures by default use the same texture as oak wood planks.
- It takes 90 wood planks, 45 leather and 135 paper to make 15 bookshelves in order to get a level 30 enchantment.
Natural generation
Villages Village Biome Plains, desert, savanna, taiga Consists of See Structure Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History See villages. For how to build the natural village style, see Village Blueprints. “ may contain up to two libraries. Each village library contains seven bookshelves.
Strongholds Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes may contain up to two libraries, each of which may be single-level or have an upper balcony. These featureSpecial attraction some bookshelves arranged in pillars, and more bookshelves arranged in pillars in the walls. Single-level libraries contain 161 bookshelves, while libraries with balconies contain 233.
Bookshelves also naturally generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. .
Crafting
Trading
A bookshelf can be bought from a librarian villager for 3 to 4 emeralds as part of their tier 2 trades.
Enchanting
If an enchantment table Enchantment Table Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Computer: No Pocket Edition: 12 Blast resistance 6,000 Hardness 5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops is placed near a bookshelf, glyph particles will fly from a bookshelf towards the enchantment table. Having bookshelves in the proper position near the table will allow the table to apply higher-level enchantments.
Fuel
Bookshelves can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.
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Achievements
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
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Librarian | Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table Enchantment Table Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Computer: No Pocket Edition: 12 Blast resistance 6,000 Hardness 5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops | Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 20G | Bronze |
History
Classic | |||||
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0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 9 | Added bookshelf. | ||||
Was impossible to obtain without loading a pre-edited map. Destroyed in explosions, and when broken it drops nothing. | |||||
0.28 | Can now be freely placed. | ||||
Indev | |||||
0.31 | Jan. 29, 2010 | Bookshelves can now be crafted. | |||
Alpha | |||||
1.0.11 | Can now be crafted from 3 books and 6 wood planks. | ||||
Beta | |||||
1.8 | Can now be found generated in libraries in villages, and libraries in strongholds. | ||||
Official release | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9-pre3 | Now drops 3 books when broken by a non- silk touch "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will item, and is now necessary to enchant with higher levels for better enchanted items. The number of bookshelves required to reach the maximum enchantment level was 30. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w17a | Crafting 1 book now requires 1 additional piece of leather, so 1 bookshelf now requires 3 additional pieces of leather. | |||
12w21a | Librarian villagers now sell 1 bookshelf for 3 emeralds. | ||||
12w22a | The number of bookshelves required to reach the maximum enchantment level is now decreased to 15. | ||||
1.8 | 14w02a | Librarian villagers now sell 1 bookshelf for 3⃢₀ₓ4 emeralds. | |||
1.11 | 16w39a | Bookshelves now generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. . | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.2.1 | Bookshelves added to creative mode only. | ||||
0.3.0 | Bookshelves added to survival mode. | ||||
0.9.0 | build 1 | Bookshelves now naturally spawn in strongholds and villages. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.1 | build 1 | Bookshelves now generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. . | |||
Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | Added bookshelves. |
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Bookshelves are generated in libraries, inside Strongholds, and within NPC Villages. A single bookshelf can be crafted by arranging six Wooden Planks and three Books. Whenever a Bookshelf is destroyed, it will drop three books. Bookshelves are very important for improving Enchantment Tables. When placed close to one, it will begin to send floating white symbols to the book. This grants the player a chance to receive better enchantments, although this is not guaranteed. To function, a bookshelf must be within a two-block distance of the enchanting table, with one empty space and no obstructions between. The bookshelf will still be in proximity if stacked up to three blocks high. An enchanting table can connect to no more than 15 bookshelf blocks within range. Any additional bookshelves do not contribute to the enchanting effect.
Crafting
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Wooden Planks | Wooden Planks | Wooden Planks |
Book | Book | Book |
Wooden Planks |