Chiseled Bookshelf


Chiseled Bookshelf in Minecraft

A chiseled bookshelf is an item with unique properties added to Minecraft as part of the experimental snapshot 22w42a. Chiseled bookshelf will appear in the official version 1.20 along with other innovations.

A chiseled bookshelf cannot be called a new item. A bookshelf was added to Minecraft back in 2009, but they performed only a decorative function and served as an enhancement for the magic table. In the snapshot 22w42a, the developers showed a radically new look at bookshelves, adding several interesting features and changing the appearance. And yes, you can finally really store books in them.

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Modify date: 12/08/2022

Questions about chiseled bookshelf


Here you will find detailed answers to frequently asked questions about chiseled bookshelf.

Chiseled bookshelf does not have images of book spines. That is, after they are created, they are empty. The upper surface of the carved bookshelves now has an interesting ornament.

  • Chiseled bookshelves can be crafted from any kind of wood, but this will not affect the final result in any way. There is only one texture of chiseled bookshelves in the game.
  • The players noticed a strange property, which may be a bug: if the last book is removed from the chiseled bookshelf, it will continue to emit a redstone signal of minimal strength.
  • The player can get chiseled bookshelf only with the help of a tool with a "Silk Touch" charm. In this case, the books that were there will fall out separately, and separately carved bookshelves. When destroyed by any other tools or by hand, only books will fall out, if they were there.

No more books are needed to create a chiseled bookshelf. Chiseled bookshelf is created from 6 wooden boards and three wooden slabs. You can use different types of wood.

Now chiseled bookshelf perform not only a decorative function. You can actually store books in them. You can put on the bookshelf all kinds of books that are in the game: a written book, a book, a book and quill, enchanted book. In total, six books can be placed on one carved shelf. And each of them will have its own unique spine. This is done so that the shelves have a decorative look.

In the original snapshot 22w42a, it was necessary to put and remove books from the chiseled bookshelf in a certain order: the book was placed in the first empty slot, and removed from the last filled slot. In the snapshot 22w46a, the developers changed the mechanics of interaction with the chiseled bookshelf. Now you can put and remove books from the slot that the game cursor is aimed at.

Chiseled bookshelf can be used to create various mechanisms. With the help of a comparator from a chiseled bookshelf, you can get a redstone signal, the strength of which is directly proportional to the number of books on the shelf. And it does not matter what kind of books the shelf is filled with.

With the help of chiseled bookshelf, it is impossible to strengthen the enchantment table, no matter how many of them are standing around the table.

The hopper and dispenser allow you to ins ert and remove books from the bookshelf. Items are extracted from the first cell in which there is an item that can fit in hopper, and inserted in to the first empty cell of the hopper. Dispensers behave similarly when installing books on a bookshelf.

How to craft chiseled bookshelf


Unfortunately, there is no recipe how to craft chiseled bookshelf in Minecraft. But you can see where you can find chiseled bookshelf in Minecraft.

How to craft chiseled bookshelf в Minecraft
Can't be crafted

Unfortunately, chiseled bookshelf cannot be crafted in the inventory or on the workbench in Minecraft.

Chiseled Bookshelf can be obtained using commands in creative mode.

Screenshots of chiseled bookshelf


There are 2 screenshots on the site, which has chiseled bookshelf in Minecraft. Below you can see these screenshots to get a better idea of what chiseled bookshelf looks like in Minecraft.

Command to get chiseled bookshelf


There is a command that allows you to get chiseled bookshelf in Minecraft. Below you can see a detailed description of this command to learn how to create chiseled bookshelf in Minecraft.

Chiseled Bookshelf can be got using a command in creative mode. This requires:

  1. open chat (press "T")
  2. write command /give @p minecraft:chiseled_bookshelf
  3. press "ENTER"

You can also specify the number and who chiseled bookshelf will be given:

/give @p minecraft:chiseled_bookshelf 10
get 10 chiseled bookshelf
/give MinecraftMax minecraft:chiseled_bookshelf
chiseled bookshelf will be given to the player with the nickname MinecraftMax


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