Minecraft is a game that has a huge legion of fans around the world. One of the keys in this game is that we constantly discover new elements thanks to how wide its universe is, with many different concepts and objects. Therefore, new tricks are always being discovered to be able to advance in it. Something that many users want is to know the way in which they can craft libraries in Minecraft.
If you want to be able to craft a library in Minecraft, we are going to show you the steps that we have to follow next, so that this process will be much easier for you at all times. Crafting is something of great importance in this game, so it is important to know the way in which we are going to be able to craft certain objects or gadgets in our account.
We tell you what a library is in Minecraft, the way in which it is possible to manufacture it on our own, as well as the ingredients that are needed in this recipe in the game and the way in which we can obtain these ingredients as well. With this information it will be possible for you to create your own libraries in the popular block game on your devices.
What are libraries in Minecraft and what are they for
Bookseller (also known as bookshelf or library, terms that you will find a lot) is a block in Minecraft that is used to improve an enchantment table. In addition to this, it can also be used as a decoration or as a fuel for an in-game oven. When a library is broken in the game, you get three books in exchange, although that wood from it is lost and we can never recover it again.
A library in Minecraft helps us to access higher levels of enchantments when we use an enchantment table on our account. If we want to reach the maximum enchantment level (it is level 30), we will have to make a total of 15 libraries. This requires a total of 45 books and 90 units of wood, or use 135 sugar canes / papers, 45 skins and 22,5 logs.
On the other hand, the bookstores in the game can also be used as a fuel in the furnace. Although it is a fuel that is not efficient, since the duration of said combustion is the same as that of a wooden unit, but its preparation has required a greater amount of ingredients, so it does not really compensate us. It is something that we can use as fuel in cases where we have no other alternative, but it should not be the usual thing.
How to craft a library in Minecraft
The library recipe in Minecraft is composed of two main ingredients: wood and book. The wood can be any type of plank that we find. It is compatible with oak, fir, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, crimson or even distorted planks, so we have quite a few options in this regard when it comes to having wood that we can use for this process.
Next to wood, we have to have to paper. This paper is obtained by means of sugar canes, which are normally found next to a block of water (river, lake or sea). We can then locate it on the ground and in the sand. We can then remove the sugar cane simply by selecting it and clicking. Typically three reeds are needed to be able to create three papers in total.
The paper can be crafted in the inventory and manufacturing box. There you must place these sugar canes horizontally and then you can get that paper. Three reeds suppose that three roles are obtained in this process. Although books are used to obtain the bookstore, not just paper, so we still need leather to be able to have the book. What we have to do now is get cows, which we can kill with any sword.
As cows are annihilated, leather is added to our inventory, which we can then use to craft that book. The recipe in question asks us to place the paper horizontally and place the leather either above or below the paper. This allows us to get a book and since we need three, we repeat the process so that we get three books at the end of the process.
Craft the library
In total, you will need six planks of some type of wood from those mentioned in the previous section and three books, which we have shown you how we can manufacture in our account in the game. Once this is done, we are now ready to manufacture our own library in the game. The recipe is as follows, which you can see in the photo above:
- Three horizontal planks at the top.
- Three horizontal papers in the central part.
- Three horizontal wooden planks at the bottom.
With these steps we have made our own library in Minecraft. The crafting process of it is not complicated, since what really takes us the longest is to manufacture the books that we are going to use later in this library. If we have enough materials, we can make several libraries on our own, if we want. Although obtaining these ingredients is something that can be expensive.
Get libraries
Minecraft allows us to make our own library, something that we have already seen. Although, as we have mentioned, the process itself can be expensive because we have to wait for the sugar canes, kill the cows and have enough wood at all times. But actually it is also possible to get libraries in the game, since are generated naturally in two places in the Minecraft universe. It is good to know more about this, because we may find them in our advance in the game.
In the villages in the game, in those that have a library, seven libraries are generated within the building in question. Therefore, if we visit a village with a library, we can see that there are these bookshelves inside. We are given the possibility to negotiate with the villagers in said village about a bookstore or several. You will be able to trade, so that you get one in a way that is more beneficial than having to build it.
In addition, Also in the fortresses we find bookstores. In the fortresses, at least one library is usually generated with bookshelves arranged in pillars and along the wall. In each library there are about 224 bookstores. As they are generated naturally in this environment, we can obtain some if when we are there we see that there is one that we can take with us.
As we progress through the game and visit villages or a fortress, then we can see these bookstores as we go. Not only can we manufacture them ourselves, with the time and resources that this entails, but they can also be obtained in these places, because in those places they are generated automatically. So we can choose the fastest way and get those libraries in a simpler way than having to craft them.
Properties
There are some properties about libraries in Minecraft that should be known, so that we are prepared at all times to work with them. An important aspect is that in the event of a fire or explosion, these shelves can be destroyed very quickly, so it is important to be careful. If this happens, we are interested in changing your position so that nothing will happen. Everything that has cost us to build them will be destroyed, so we must act quickly.
As we mentioned before, libraries help us with in-game enchantments. This is something that can be seen clearly if we place an enchantment table near a library in Minecraft. If we do this, we can see that a series of particles will appear that they come out of those books and that they will then reach the table of enchantments we just placed. This is something that is going to help level up those enchantments, the main reason many users use the libraries in the game.
Bookcases can be freely positioned. At the beginning, the game did not give this possibility, but later the option of being able to place a library where we wanted was added. So you can play as you like with that location in the game. As we have mentioned, it is better to keep them at a distance from something that can cause fire or explosions, so that nothing will happen to them.
With these data you already know everything about the libraries in the game. You can now craft your own library in Minecraft, as well as find out where in the wide universe of this game they originate naturally, which can be a way of saving you from this process of having to craft it yourself. Without a doubt, they are a good help if we want to improve our table of enchantments, so it is convenient to have some in the game.