How to Make a Bookshelf in Minecraft
Harvest bookshelves in NPC villages (optional)., Gather sugar cane., Turn the cane into paper., Turn the paper into books., Combine books and planks to make a bookshelf.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Harvest bookshelves in NPC villages (optional).
Villages and strongholds often include libraries with bookshelves.
Harvest these with an axe to get three books from each one.
If you do this, you can skip down to the last crafting step.
Otherwise, continue to the next step.
Check out this article for help finding a village. if you have a tool with the silk touch enchantment, you can harvest the whole bookshelf instead. -
Step 2: Gather sugar cane.
You might think of these tall, green plants as reeds or bamboo.
Find these growing near water, and harvest them with any tool.
You'll need nine pieces of sugar cane per bookshelf. , Open your crafting table.
Place three pieces of sugar cane in a horizontal row.
You should get three sheets of paper each time.
Repeat this for the remaining sugar cane to get a total of nine sheets of paper (for one bookshelf). , Three sheets of paper make one book, and you'll need three books to make a bookshelf.
The recipe for this is a little different depending on how you're playing Minecraft:
All PC and console versions:
Get leather by killing cows.
Put one piece of leather and three pieces of paper in your crafting area to make a 2x2 square.
The exact placement does not matter.
Minecraft Pocket Edition:
Place three pieces of paper in a vertical column.
You do not need leather. , Place three books in the middle row of your crafting table.
Fill the top and bottom rows with wood planks to make a bookshelf.
As you probably know, you can get wood planks by placing logs in a crafting table.
Get the logs by chopping down trees with an axe.
You can use any type of wood planks for this recipe, and they all do not need to be the same. -
Step 3: Turn the cane into paper.
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Step 4: Turn the paper into books.
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Step 5: Combine books and planks to make a bookshelf.
Detailed Guide
Villages and strongholds often include libraries with bookshelves.
Harvest these with an axe to get three books from each one.
If you do this, you can skip down to the last crafting step.
Otherwise, continue to the next step.
Check out this article for help finding a village. if you have a tool with the silk touch enchantment, you can harvest the whole bookshelf instead.
You might think of these tall, green plants as reeds or bamboo.
Find these growing near water, and harvest them with any tool.
You'll need nine pieces of sugar cane per bookshelf. , Open your crafting table.
Place three pieces of sugar cane in a horizontal row.
You should get three sheets of paper each time.
Repeat this for the remaining sugar cane to get a total of nine sheets of paper (for one bookshelf). , Three sheets of paper make one book, and you'll need three books to make a bookshelf.
The recipe for this is a little different depending on how you're playing Minecraft:
All PC and console versions:
Get leather by killing cows.
Put one piece of leather and three pieces of paper in your crafting area to make a 2x2 square.
The exact placement does not matter.
Minecraft Pocket Edition:
Place three pieces of paper in a vertical column.
You do not need leather. , Place three books in the middle row of your crafting table.
Fill the top and bottom rows with wood planks to make a bookshelf.
As you probably know, you can get wood planks by placing logs in a crafting table.
Get the logs by chopping down trees with an axe.
You can use any type of wood planks for this recipe, and they all do not need to be the same.
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