Chiseled Bookshelf

Chiseled Bookshelf

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1.5
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes‌[JE only] No‌[BE only]
Map color	13 WOOD
Note block instrument	Bass

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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.

Block	Chiseled Bookshelf
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	12.25 (JE) 2.25 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks + Any Wooden Slab

Usage

Chiseled bookshelves cannot be moved by pistons.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Holding books

All of the chiseled bookshelf textures before 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 places a book in that slot. Using on an occupied slot removes 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 hoppers, and droppers

Hoppers and minecarts 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 effectively sets the last-interacted slot to the last non-empty slot in the bookshelf.

Fuel

Chiseled bookshelves can be used as fuel in furnaces to smelt 1.5 items.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e chiseled_bookshelf sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.chiseled_bookshelf.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.chiseled_bookshelf.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.chiseled_bookshelf.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.chiseled_bookshelf.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.chiseled_bookshelf.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e chiseled_bookshelf sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.2	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	step.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.18	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Book placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When a non-enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert	subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert​​​	0.8	varies	16
	​Enchanted Book placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When an enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert.enchanted	subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert_enchanted​​​	0.8	varies	16
	​Book taken​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When a non-enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup	subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take​​​	0.8	varies	16
	​Enchanted Book taken​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When an enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup.enchanted	subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take_enchanted​​​	0.8	varies	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	When a non-enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	insert.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.8	varies
	​ ?	Blocks	When an enchanted book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	insert_enchanted.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.8	varies
	​ ?	Blocks	When a non-enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	pickup.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.8	varies
	​ ?	Blocks	When an enchanted book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	pickup_enchanted.chiseled_bookshelf	​ ?	0.8	varies

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Chiseled Bookshelf	chiseled_bookshelf	Block & Item	block.minecraft.chiseled_bookshelf

Name	Identifier
Block entity	chiseled_bookshelf

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Chiseled Bookshelf	chiseled_bookshelf	781	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -526)	tile.chiseled_bookshelf.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	ChiseledBookshelf

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the bookshelf is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing it.
slot_0_occupied	false	true false	Whether there is a book in the upper-left slot.
slot_1_occupied	false	true false	Whether there is a book in the upper-middle slot.
slot_2_occupied	false	true false	Whether there is a book in the upper-right slot.
slot_3_occupied	false	true false	Whether there is a book in the lower-left slot.
slot_4_occupied	false	true false	Whether there is a book in the lower-middle slot.
slot_5_occupied	false	true false	Whether there is a book in the lower-right slot.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
books_stored	Not Supported	0	0 — 63	Unsupported	The configuration of the books in the bookshelf.
direction	Not Supported	0	0 1 2 3	Unsupported	The direction the bookshelf is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing it. 0: facing South 1: facing West 2: facing North 3: facing East

Block data

A chiseled bookshelf has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] Items: List of books in the bookshelf. Represents the minecraft:container component.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: An item, including the slot tag. The valid slot numbers are 0-5.
      • An item stack in a container slot see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
  • [Int] last_interacted_slot: Last interacted slot (0–5), or -1 if no slot has been interacted with yet.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	The Power of Books	Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator	Place a comparator on any side of a chiseled bookshelf, or the chiseled bookshelf against a comparator with the back of the comparator running into it.

History

Announcement

October 15, 2022							Chiseled bookshelves were announced at Minecraft Live 2022.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Added chiseled bookshelves behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			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.
			pre1				Top and bottom textures are no longer directional.
							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.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Cherry planks can now be used to craft chiseled bookshelves.
1.20			23w12a				Chiseled bookshelves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			Release Candidate 1				Knowledge books now can be placed inside chiseled bookshelves.
1.20.2			23w32a				Chiseled bookshelves now emit a block_change vibration of frequency 11 when receiving books from hoppers.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added chiseled bookshelves behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.60 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 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.
			Preview 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.
			Preview 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			Preview 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. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• There are 13⁹ (10,604,499,373) 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 thirteen wood types.

Gallery

Renders

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Screenshots

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  Books arranged in a heart pattern
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  Chiseled bookshelves and wool
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  Chiseled bookshelves and wool
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  Sunny in front of a chiseled bookshelf door

In other media

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  Steve opening a door made of chiseled bookshelves
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  Efe looking at chiseled bookshelves
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  Redstone behind the chiseled bookshelves
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  Efe putting a book inside the chiseled bookshelf
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  A wallpaper of Efe looking at an enchanting table
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  Another wallpaper, showing Efe spooking Makena using a zombie head, with chiseled bookshelves above them
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  Chiseled bookshelves in A Minecraft Movie McDonalds commercial

See also

• Shelf
• Bookshelf

External links

• Block of the Month: Chiseled Bookshelf – Minecraft.net on June 29, 2023