Chiseled bookshelves are blocks that can hold books, books and quills, written books, enchanted books and knowledge books.
Obtaining
Breaking
Chiseled bookshelves can be destroyed with any tool, but an axe mines it the fastest. When broken, all contained books are dropped as items. The block itself drops only when broken using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.[1]
| Block | Chiseled bookshelf | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 2.25 | |
| Wooden | 1.15 | |
| Stone | 0.6 | |
| Iron | 0.4 | |
| Diamond | 0.3 | |
| Netherite | 0.25 | |
| Golden | 0.2 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Planks + Any wood Slab |
Usage
Holding books
All of the chiseled bookshelf textures before Java Edition 22w46a.
Chiseled bookshelves can hold up to six books, books and quills, written books, enchanted books, and/or knowledge books. There is no GUI; books are instead added into the bookshelf by using on a slot with a book. Doing so will place a book in that slot. Using on an occupied slot will remove the book from that slot.
Chiseled bookshelves do not increase the power of enchanting tables.
Redstone signal
The correspondences between slot and signal power.
A redstone comparator sends a signal (1–6) indicating the last slot interacted with. When no slot has been interacted with yet, it outputs 0.
An observer can detect when a book is added or removed from the bookshelf.
Hoppers, minecarts with hopper, and droppers
Hoppers and minecart with hoppers can insert and remove books from the bookshelf. As with any other container, items are taken from the first slot that has an item that can fit in the hopper and are inserted into the first empty slot. Droppers behave similarly when inserting books into the bookshelf.
When a hopper that is not already 100% full fails to remove a book from a non-empty bookshelf because there is no room for the book in the hopper's inventory, that is still counted as an "interaction" with the slot. Thus, a hopper that cannot remove any of the books will effectively set the last-interacted slot to the last non-empty slot in the bookshelf.[2]
Fuel
Chiseled bookshelves can be used as fuel in furnaces to smelt 1.5 items.
Note Blocks
Chiseled bookshelves can be placed under note blocks to produce a "bass" sound.
Sounds
Generic
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | step | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | step | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | 0.18 | 1.0 |
Unique
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book placed | Blocks | When a non-enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf | block | subtitles | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | 16 | |
| Enchanted Book placed | Blocks | When an enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf | block | subtitles | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | 16 | |
| Book taken | Blocks | When a non-enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf | block | subtitles | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | 16 | |
| Enchanted Book taken | Blocks | When an enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf | block | subtitles | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | When a non-enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf | insert | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | |
| Blocks | When an enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf | insert_enchanted | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | |
| Blocks | When a non-enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf | pickup | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | |
| Blocks | When an enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf | pickup_enchanted | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiseled Bookshelf | chiseled_bookshelf | Block & Item | block.minecraft.chiseled_bookshelf |
| Name | Identifier |
|---|---|
| Block entity | chiseled_bookshelf |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiseled Bookshelf | chiseled_bookshelf | -526 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.chiseled_bookshelf.name |
| Name | Savegame ID |
|---|---|
| Block entity | ChiseledBookshelf |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the bookshelf is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing it. |
| slot_0_occupied | false | truefalse | Whether there is a book in the upper-left slot. |
| slot_1_occupied | false | truefalse | Whether there is a book in the upper-middle slot. |
| slot_2_occupied | false | truefalse | Whether there is a book in the upper-right slot. |
| slot_3_occupied | false | truefalse | Whether there is a book in the lower-left slot. |
| slot_4_occupied | false | truefalse | Whether there is a book in the lower-middle slot. |
| slot_5_occupied | false | truefalse | Whether there is a book in the lower-right slot. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| books_stored | Not Supported | 0
| 0 — 63 | Unsupported | The confguration of the books in the bookshelf. |
| direction | Not Supported | 0 | 0123 | Unsupported | The direction the bookshelf is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing it.
|
Block data
A chiseled bookshelf has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.
- Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities
- Items: List of books in the bookshelf.
- : An item, including the slot tag. The valid slot numbers are 0-5.
- Tags common to all items
- : An item, including the slot tag. The valid slot numbers are 0-5.
- last_interacted_slot: Last interacted slot (0–5), or -1 if no slot has been interacted with yet.
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Power of Books | Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator | Adventure | Place a comparator on any side of a chiseled bookshelf or the chiseled bookshelf against a comparator to trigger the advancement. | adventure/read_power_of_chiseled_bookshelf
|
History
| October 15, 2022 | Chiseled bookshelves were announced at Minecraft Live 2022. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 22w42a |        Added chiseled bookshelves behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack. | |||
| 22w44a | Hoppers, minecart with hoppers, and droppers can now interact with chiseled bookshelves. | ||||
| Order of books in the Item tag has been reversed. | |||||
| 22w45a | Added unique sounds for chiseled bookshelves, which previously used wood sounds and wood placing sounds for interacting. | ||||
| 22w46a | Books are now added and removed by interacting directly with the six slots, versus the former behavior of inserting into the first empty slot and removing from the last filled slot. | ||||
| Block texture now indicates which slots are filled. | |||||
| 1.19.3-pre1 | The book is now removed from an occupied slot even if a book is currently held in hand. | ||||
Added last_interacted_slot to block NBT data. | |||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Chiseled bookshelves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack. | |||
| 1.20 Release Candidate 1 | Knowledge books now can be placed inside chiseled bookshelves. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Next Major Update (Experimental) | beta 1.19.50.21 |        Added chiseled bookshelves behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||
| beta 1.19.60.20 | Added unique sounds for chiseled bookshelves, which previously used wood sounds and wood using sounds for interacting. | ||||
| Hoppers can now interact with chiseled bookshelves. | |||||
| beta 1.19.60.22 | Books are now added and removed by interacting directly with the six slots, versus the former behavior of inserting into the first empty slot and removing from the last filled slot. | ||||
| The book is now removed from an occupied slot even if a book is currently held in hand. | |||||
| beta 1.19.60.24 | Droppers and minecart with hoppers can now interact with chiseled bookshelves. | ||||
| Minecart with hoppers only can remove books. | |||||
| 1.20.0 | beta 1.20.0.21 | Chiseled bookshelves are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to "Chiseled Bookshelf" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- There are 119 (2,357,947,691) different ways to craft a chiseled bookshelf, as each of the nine slots in the crafting grid can contain planks or slabs of any of the eleven wood types.
Gallery
Books arranged in a heart pattern.
Chiseled bookshelves and wool.
Chiseled bookshelves and wool.
Sunny in front of a chiseled bookshelf door.
Renders
Official artwork
Efe looking at chiseled bookshelves.
Redstone behind the chiseled bookshelves.
Efe putting a book inside the chiseled bookshelf.
Efe looking at an enchanting table.
References
External Links
- Block of the Month: Chiseled Bookshelf – Minecraft.net on June 29, 2023