Knowledge Book

A knowledge book is a utility item that reveals available crafting recipes to the player when used.

Knowledge Book

Rarity tier	Epic
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

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    "title": "Knowledge Book",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "Epic",
            "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "Stackable"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "Knowledge Book"
    ],
    "images": [
        "Knowledge Book.png"
    ]
}

Obtaining

Knowledge books can be obtained only by using commands, as they are not found in the creative inventory.

For example, a player can give themselves a knowledge book that reveals the recipes for buckets and flower pots by running the following command: /give @s knowledge_book[recipes=[bucket,flower_pot]].

Usage

Knowledge books are used to reveal recipes to the player who uses it, by adding it to their recipe book. Using a knowledge book consumes it, removing it from the player's inventory.

Knowledge books are especially useful to mapmakers in conjunction with /gamerule doLimitedCrafting true, because then any item is craftable only if its recipe is unlocked first.

Using a chiseled bookshelf while having a knowledge book in the main hand puts the book inside the chiseled bookshelf.

Trivia

• Until 24w09a (1.20.4) knowledge books were commonly used in data packs, as an output of crafting that was replaced with an item with custom data.

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Book placed	Blocks	When a knowledge book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf	block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert	subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert​	0.8	varies	16
	​Book taken	Blocks	When a knowledge book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf	block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup	subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take​	0.8	varies	16

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Knowledge Book	knowledge_book	Item	item.minecraft.knowledge_book

Item data

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: the item's components tag.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] minecraft:recipes: The recipes that a player unlocks when this knowledge book is used.
    • [String]: The ID of a recipe.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.12			17w13a				Added knowledge books.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of knowledge books has now been changed.
1.20			1.20 Release Candidate 1				Knowledge books can now be placed in chiseled bookshelves.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 453.

Issues

Issues relating to "Knowledge Book" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

See also

• Book
• Enchanted book
• /recipe command
• Recipe book