Enchanted Book


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  • When obtained through the /give command, if you do not include any stored enchantments the enchanted book will have no attached enchantments, but will still shine as if it is enchanted.

Level-30 books

Enchanted books can be found in 72.2% of stronghold 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 minecraft library chests, 5.4% of jungle temple Jungle Temple Biome Jungle Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Jungle temples are generated structures found in jungle biomes. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Puzzle 2.2 Trap 2.3 minecraft chests, 2.5% of stronghold 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 minecraft altar chests, and 4.0% of stronghold 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 minecraft storeroom chests, all in groups of 1.

Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level 30 enchantment on an enchantment table, but treasure enchantments are available and the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.

Random enchantment books

Enchanted books can be found in 23.7% of desert temple Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 minecraft chests, 15.1% of dungeon Dungeon Biome Any Consists of Cobblestone Moss Stone Monster Spawner Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history Dungeons are naturally generated structures that appear in the Overworld. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 minecraft chests, 14.1% of chest minecarts Minecart with Chest Type Vehicles Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable No Internal ID PC: 43 PE: 98 Network ID PC: 10 Entity ID chest_minecart Drops 1 Minecart 1 Chest plus contents Health points 6 () minecraft in abandoned mineshafts Abandoned mineshaft Biome Any Consists of Wooden Planks Fence Rail Torch Cobweb Dirt Monster Spawner Minecart with Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history "Mine" redirects here. For information about mining, see Mining. minecraft , and 15.1% of woodland mansion 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. minecraft chests, all in groups of 1.

These books have an equal chance of having any single enchantment, and an equal chance of any level of the enchantment.

Fishing

Enchanted books can be obtained as a "treasure" item from fishing Fishing is the process of obtaining fish using fishing rods. Contents 1 Catching fish 2 Junk and treasures 3 Fishing rod durability 4 History 5 Issues 6 Trivia Catching fish edit | edit source] A minecraft with a fishing rod Fishing Rod Type Tools Durability 65 Renewable Yes Stackable No Experience Per catch: 1–3 First appearances See History Data value dec: 346 hex: 15A bin: 101011010 Name fishing_rod Fishing rods are tools whose primary purpose is obtaining fish. minecraft as part of the "treasure" category. The book has the equivalent of a level 30 enchantment from an enchantment table, but treasure enchantments are available and the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.

Trading

Enchanted books can be bought from librarian villagers as part of their tier 1, 4 and 5 trades, meaning each librarian villager will sell up to three books. The cost varies from 5-64 emeralds Emerald Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 388 hex: 184 bin: 110000100 Name emerald See the gem. For the ore, see Emerald Ore. For minecraft , based only on the level of the enchantment (for instance, Infinity I and Protection I both cost 5-19 emeralds), although treasure enchantments such as Mending cost double. They may contain any available enchantment at any available level.

Enchanting

An enchanted book with multiple high level enchantments.
An enchanted book with multiple enchantments that can be applied to the same item.

Players can create an enchanted book by enchanting a book Book Type Manufactured items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 340 hex: 154 bin: 101010100 Name book See standard books. For other uses, see Book (disambiguation). Books minecraft on 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 minecraft . Books have a decreased chance of getting multiple enchantments (specifically, if multiple enchantments would be added then one will be removed at random), and have a lower "enchantability level" than most other items. Treasure enchantments such as Mending cannot be obtained from an enchantment table.

Usage

See also: Anvil mechanics See the current mechanics. For anvil mechanics prior to 1.8, see Anvil mechanics/Before 1.8. The Anvil This page explains the mechanics of the anvil. The anvil is primarily used to repair tools, minecraft

In Survival, enchanted books are the only method to obtain certain enchantments on certain tools, such as Unbreaking on shields. Enchanted books have a shine effect on their sprite.

To use an enchanted book, the player must place an item in the first slot in an anvil Anvil Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 6,000 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64), same damage state only Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 145 hex: 91 bin: 10010001 Name anvil See the item minecraft , and a book in the next. In order to complete the enchantment, the player must have the required amount of experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience minecraft . Note that using an enchanted book gets significant discounts at the anvil. Enchanted books themselves can be combined to create a single book with increased or multiple enchantments, similar to combining tools or weapons.

When combining items, the compatible enchantments from the book in the second slot are transferred to the item from the first slot, keeping the highest level of any type. If two enchantments have the same level and a higher level is available, they will combine into the next level. If a book is applied to an item which can`t take all of its spells, the appropriate spells are transferred, while the unusable ones are lost. Enchanted books are single-use.

Enchanted books do not exhibit their enchantment. For instance, a book with Sharpness IV as an enchantment will do no more damage than an un-enchanted book, or any non-weapon item, would when used as a weapon.

Available items

See also: Enchantments "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 minecraft

Enchanted books can enchant the usual items that can be enchanted at an enchanting 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 minecraft , but unlike an enchanting table, they are able to boost enchantments such as Sharpness or Thorns to their maximum power, and may apply the following enchantments to items:

Enchantment Items not enchantable
at an enchanting table
Note
Efficiency "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 minecraft
Increases mining speed
Thorns "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 minecraft


Will inflict damage on attacker
Unbreaking "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 minecraft





Increases durability
Sharpness "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 minecraft
Increases damage
Smite "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 minecraft Increases damage to "undead" mobs
Bane of Arthropods "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 minecraft Increases damage to "arthropod" mobs
Frost Walker "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 minecraft
Creates walkable ice layer over water
Mending "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 minecraft

















Uses XP Orbs to repair tool / weapon damage
Curse of Binding







Prevents removal of cursed armor
Curse of Vanishing




















Cursed item is destroyed upon death

Creative mode

The player can enchant any item with any enchantment in creative mode, allowing any applied effects to exhibit themselves. For instance, a stick can be enchanted with Silk Touch to allow the player to successfully dig grass blocks. The enchanted item can still be used in Survival mode without any loss of enchantments.

Enchantments which are normally incompatible are still incompatible; for instance, Protection and Blast Protection cannot be both applied to the same item, even in Creative mode.

If a block is enchanted, it will lose the enchantments upon being placed in the world.

Data values

Enchanted books have a data value of 403 , and an ID name of minecraft:enchanted_book. They use their item data to determine what enchantments are stored for enchanting in anvil.

Item data

Enchanted books use an NBT tag StoredEnchantments to indicate the enchantment. The allowed sub-tags are id and lvl, equivalent to the format of the ench tag which is used for enchantments applied to items.

The following NBT structure is provided to show how the StoredEnchantments tag is organized, and is not comprehensive above the tag tag. The full NBT for an item can be found here.


  • Entity data

    • Item: The item

      • tag: Additional information about the item. This tag is optional for most items.

        • StoredEnchantments: The list of enchantments on this book.

History

Official release
24 Nov. 2012 Dinnerbone stated that he wanted to add a way to enchant items in an anvil using paper at MineCon 2012.
6 Dec. 2012 Dinnerbone released the first image of enchanting a diamond sword using an enchanted book that has Looting II for 6 levels. He also stated that "this is the reason I originally added the anvil".
1.4.6 12w49a Enchanted books added. Their enchantments can be applied to any item.
12w50a In Survival mode, enchanted books now can be used with limited kind of items. In Creative mode, they can still be used with any item. It was stated that the remaining functionality in Creative mode is intentional.
Librarian villagers would sell enchanted books at a cost of 1 book at 5⃢₀ₓ64 emeralds Emerald Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 388 hex: 184 bin: 110000100 Name emerald See the gem. For the ore, see Emerald Ore. For minecraft . The cost depended on the enchantment level, and the cost could occasionally go above 64 emeralds; see Trading/Before 1.8 for more details.
Enchanted books will now spawn in dungeon Dungeon Biome Any Consists of Cobblestone Moss Stone Monster Spawner Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history Dungeons are naturally generated structures that appear in the Overworld. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 minecraft , abandoned mineshaft, desert and jungle temple, stronghold 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 minecraft and village blacksmith chests.
1.4.6-pre Enchanted books are added to the creative inventory.
1.5.1 13w11a The player can now combine enchanted books of the same level to create a higher level variation.
1.7.2 13w36a Enchanted books can be obtained by fishing Fishing is the process of obtaining fish using fishing rods. Contents 1 Catching fish 2 Junk and treasures 3 Fishing rod durability 4 History 5 Issues 6 Trivia Catching fish edit | edit source] A minecraft as a "treasure" item. It is possible for the book to have multiple enchantments.
13w39a When enchanting books, books can now gain multiple enchantments.
1.8 14w02a Trading changed: emerald cost is now doubled for treasure enchantments, and cost is capped at 64.
14w25a Enchanted book Depth Strider added, can go up to Level III and allows for faster underwater moving.
1.9 15w42a Enchanted book Frost Walker "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 minecraft added, can go up to Level II and turns water into frosted ice.
Enchanted book Mending "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 minecraft added, which repairs tools/armor upon receiving experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience minecraft .
15w43a More than tripled the average yield of enchanted books found in stronghold 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 minecraft library chests.
15w44a Substantially increased the average yield from desert temple Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 minecraft , mineshaft and dungeon Dungeon Biome Any Consists of Cobblestone Moss Stone Monster Spawner Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history Dungeons are naturally generated structures that appear in the Overworld. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 minecraft chests. The enchantments on these books are now fully random, rather than enchanted only at level 30.
1.11 16w39a Enchanted books are now found in the new woodland mansion 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. minecraft chests, with fully random enchantments.
Enchanted book Curse of Binding added, prevents removal of cursed armor.
Enchanted book Curse of Vanishing added, cursed item is destroyed upon death.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1 build 1 Added enchanted books.
Console Edition
TU14 CU1 1.04 Patch 1 Added enchanted books.

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