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VOOZH | about |
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VOOZH | about |
| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (16) |
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A written book is a book and quill that has been signed, which prevents its text from being edited and allows copies of it to be crafted. It can also be displayed on a lectern. It has a glint, as if enchanted.
Written books can be obtained by signing a book and quill. After it has been signed, it cannot be edited again. The label does not say "Written Book", but whatever the player titles it. The title appears on the top line of the label, and "by <player>" (the player's username) on the bottom. In Bedrock Edition, this is customizable without commands.
A signed written book can be copied using a crafting table. Books have four generations: "Original", "Copy of Original", "Copy of Copy", and "Tattered". Only books of the generations "Original" and "Copy of Original" may be copied, creating the "Copy of Original" and "Copy of Copy" generations respectively. Books of the generation "Copy of Copy" may not be copied. The "Tattered" generation is unused in normal gameplay.
| Source Generation |
Copiable? | Outcome Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Original | Yes | Copy of Original |
| Copy of Original | Yes | Copy of Copy |
| Copy of Copy | No | N/A |
| Tattered | No | N/A |
Written books can be opened by pressing the use control (or holding down on the touchscreen in Bedrock Edition), and display a GUI allowing the player to read it or turn the page.
The contents of a book are an extra set of data attached to the item. This means that when a book is destroyed, its contents are lost with it.
Written books can be placed on an empty lectern.
The lectern then emits a redstone signal depending on the displayed page in the book. On the last page, the lectern emits a signal strength of 15.
Using the chiseled bookshelf while having a written book in the main hand puts the book inside the chiseled bookshelf.
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Page rustles | UI | When the page of a book is turned | item.book.page_turn | subtitles.item.book.page_turn | 2.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Page rustles | Blocks | When the page of a book is turned on a lectern | item.book.page_turn | subtitles.item.book.page_turn | 2.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 16 | |
| Book thumps | Blocks | When a book is placed on a lectern | item.book.put | subtitles.item.book.put | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Book placed | Blocks | When a written book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf | block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert | subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | 16 | |
| Book taken | Blocks | When a written book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf | block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup | subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| ? | Sound | When the page of a book is turned | item.book.page_turn | ? | 2.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Blocks | When a book is placed on a lectern | item.book.put | ? | 4.8 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Blocks | When a written book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf | insert.chiseled_bookshelf | ? | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | |
| ? | Blocks | When a written book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf | pickup.chiseled_bookshelf | ? | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | |
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 ItemSprite written-book.png: Sprite image for written-book in Minecraft Written Book | written_book | Item | bookshelf_bookslectern_books |
item.minecraft.written_book |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 ItemSprite written-book.png: Sprite image for written-book in Minecraft Written Book | written_book | 511 | Item | minecraft:bookshelf_booksminecraft:lectern_books |
item.written_book.name |
written_book does nothing except add text to the item tooltip. If this component is removed from a written_book item, attempting to use the item will still swing the arm and increment its used statistic, but no UI will appear.
raw or filtered tags in it, it corresponds to [String][NBT List / JSON Array][NBT Compound / JSON Object] raw.
true, the text components have already been resolved by the server. If false, they are resolved either when the book is opened by an operator, when the book is placed into a lectern by an operator, or when the item stack is written to a lectern's Book tag by a command. Defaults to false.| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3.1 | 12w17a | 👁 Image Added written books. | |||||
| 12w21a | Written books can now be sold to librarian villagers, at 1 written book for 1 emerald. | ||||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Written books can now be cloned the same way maps can, but by using books and quills instead of Empty Maps. Multiple copies of the same written book can be cloned by putting more book and quills in the crafting grid. | |||||
| Written books can now be stacked (up to 16 per stack). | |||||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Trading has been changed: librarian villagers now buy 2 written books for 1 emerald. | |||||
| 14w05a | Copying written books now marks them as "Copy of Original" or "Copy of Copy". The copying status of a book is denoted in a separate line in the tooltip, beneath the author's name. Copies of copies cannot be copied. | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w33c | A written book titled "Work in Progress" now generates within a hopper as a part of the end ship in the end cities. It reads: "We will have something else here soon..." and is signed by Searge. | |||||
| 15w41a | End ships no longer contain a written book. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | 👁 Image The texture of written books has been changed. | |||||
| 19w02a | Written books can now be held on lecterns. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Librarian villagers no longer buy written books. | ||||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | Written books can now interact with chiseled bookshelves. | |||||
| 1.20.5 | pre1 | The page limit of written books has now been removed. | |||||
| 1.21.6 | pre3 | The turn page sound is now controlled by the "UI" source. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | 👁 Image Added written books. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | 👁 Image The texture of written books has been changed. | |||||
| Written books can now be held on lecterns. | |||||||
| ? | Written Books are no longer obtainable with the /give Command. | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | 👁 Image Added written books. |
| Written books can be sold to librarian villagers, at 1 written book for 1 emerald.[verify] | |||||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Written books can now be cloned the same way maps can, but by using books and quills instead of Empty Maps. Multiple copies of the same written book can be cloned by putting more book and quills in the crafting grid.[is this the correct version?] | |
| Written books can now be stacked (up to 16 per stack).[is this the correct version?] | |||||||
| Trading has been changed: librarian villagers now buy 2 written books for 1 emerald. | |||||||
| Copying written books marks them as "Copy of Original" or "Copy of Copy". The copying status of a book is denoted in a separate line in the tooltip, beneath the author's name. Copies of copies cannot be copied.[is this the correct version?] | |||||||
| 1.90 | 👁 Image The texture of written books has been changed. | ||||||
| Written books can now be held on lecterns. | |||||||
| 1.91 | Librarian villagers no longer buy written books. | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 387. | |||||
Issues relating to "Written Book" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
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