How To Make a Bookshelf in Minecraft

Begin your journey into creating enchanted books for your weapons by learning how to make a bookshelf in Minecraft.

Bookshelf in Minecraft
Bookshelf in Minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios | JayDeeMC/YouTube)

Minecraft is one of those games that you can just jump into and while away time while unleashing your creativity. Not only that, but you can also live the illusion of being a wizard as you use magical books to enchant your weapons. For this article, let’s look at how to make a bookshelf in Minecraft.

While it can be peaceful and exciting to sway the days away, the nights are filled with wandering mobs lurking in the shadows. Weapons come in handy for mob-related situations. As you progress through the game, you will come to realize that the weapons you wield are not powerful enough to defend you from each duel you encounter. This is where a bookshelf will prove to be your messiah.

How To Make a Bookshelf in Minecraft

Make a bookshelf in Minecraft
Make a bookshelf in Minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios | JayDeeMC/YouTube)

To craft a book, the main ingredients you require are wood planks and books. Crafting wooden planks may just be the easiest among all the other blocks in the game. For planks, all you require are wood blocks, which are available almost everywhere except the Nether world. Simply mine the wood from the nearest available tree. You can chop down any tree in Minecraft to use for the bookshelf.

After that, you will need to acquire a book. Books for immediate access can be found in villages inside loot chests. If you are lucky, you may just end up finding a bookshelf lying around over there.

The only problem with readily available bookshelves is that you only get books and not the planks after you mine them. If you have to craft a book, you will need three papers, which can be made from sugarcane and leather, which can be sourced by killing cows.

Once you have gathered the ingredients, we can make a bookshelf:

  1. First, open or interact with the crafting table.
  2. Line up the six wooden planks, three on the top row and three on the bottom row.
  3. Now, place the three books in the middle row.
  4. The bookshelf will be ready.

Why is the bookshelf important?

Craft enchantments with bookshelves in minecraft
Craft enchantments with bookshelves in minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios | JayDeeMC/YouTube)

Bookshelves may just look like decorative items when on their own. But gather up a team of 15 bookshelves, and you now have a library capable of creating high-level enchanted books.

Once your enchanted table is set up, line up your bookshelves around the enchanted table with just a block’s worth of space in between. You can place fewer bookshelves if short in supply, but adding 15 will give you the highest level of enchantments, which is 30.


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