Book

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Book
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Blank books can be crafted by the player in order to write a story or any text.

Creation

You can craft a book using the following ingredients:


Ingredients Crafting Recipe
2x Leather
8x Parchment

Leather

Paper-parchment

Leather




Book-normal-brickred


Paper-parchment

Paper-parchment






Variations of the book's cover

In the crafting grid, if you use colored leather in the top and the bottom slot to craft the book, you can obtain a different color for the book's cover.

Variations of the book's cover
Cover color Leather color (top) Leather color (bottom)
Brick red
Brick red Leather Leather
Cherry red Red leather Red leather
Dark beige Yellow leather Leather
Dark gray Gray leather Black leather
Dark green Green leather Black leather
Dark olive Green leather Gray leather
Gray Gray leather Gray leather
Olive Yellow leather Green leather
Orange Orange leather Orange leather
Orange-brown Orange leather Leather
Purple Purple leather Purple leather
Purple-orange Orange leather Purple leather
Teal Blue leather Green leather

Usage

  • With ink and quill in the off-hand and a blank book in the active hotbar slot, you can right-click to open the book and and write some text.
  • To create more versatile book pages, you can use VTML .
  • Books are limited to a maximum of 90 pages per book.
  • Click on the Save button to save the written text. You can complete the story later.
  • Click on the Sign button to save the text and prevent any more modifications.
  • You will not need to have anything in the left hand to read a book that was previously written in.

Storage

Books can be stored in stationary containers, shelves , display cases or placed on the ground. But the more efficient way to store them is to place them in a bookshelf .


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