Enchantments in Minecraft are always exciting to explore. From long-lasting equipment to having superpowers in the sandbox game, the possibilities are truly limitless. And you can make an Enchanting table to apply most of these enchantments, but not all. To unlock all the in-game enchantments and their full potential, you need enchanted books in Minecraft. That’s why we will focus on how to use enchanted books in Minecraft in this guide. And as an added bonus, we are dropping some tips that you can use to find them. But before we use these books, we need to craft an anvil but more on that later. So, without further delay, let’s learn how to use enchanted books in Minecraft.
The methodology will remain the same on both Minecraft Bedrock and Java editions. We have tested the method detailed below on the new Minecraft 1.18 update. So, you can expect it to work on any new version of the game without any issues. We will first try to understand what are enchanted books in brief, but you can directly skip to their usage via the table below.
- Chest LootFishing and Mob DropTrading and Bartering
What are Enchanted Books in Minecraft?
Enchanted books are one of the rarest and most diverse types of books in the game. Unlike regular books, these aren’t used to record a text in the game. Instead, each enchanted book holds a different type of enchantment that you can transfer to other items. And not to forget, some special enchantments like curses can only be applied using these books.
Even though finding a specific enchantment is close to impossible, you can find an enchanted book much more easily. That is, as long as you know where to look for it. To keep things easier, we have divided the different ways to obtain these books into separate sections. So, you can quickly find them before learning how to use enchanted books in Minecraft.
Chest Loot
You can find chests containing random enchanted books in the following locations:
Even among these, the books with level-30 enchantments are only found in Jungle temples or Strongholds in Minecraft. Plus, the books with soul speed enchantment are limited to the bastion remnants.
Even though it’s highly unlikely that these methods will work for you, it is possible to obtain enchanted books by fishing and killing mobs. If you are lucky enough, you can obtain enchanted books of up to level 30 as a rare item. Similarly, in the Minecraft Bedrock Edition, killing vindicators and pillagers in raids also have a small chance of dropping an enchanted book with a level 30 enchantment.
If you quickly want to find enchanted books in Minecraft, you should use one of our best Minecraft village seeds. These might land you in a village with a librarian with whom you can trade for enchanted books. The cost of books will depend upon the level and rarity of the enchantment.
How to Create an Anvil to Use Enchanted Books
As mentioned earlier, we need an anvil to use enchanted books in Minecraft. Beyond the enchanted books, the anvil also has the ability to combine enchantments, repair items, and rename items as well. And all you need is a crafting table and iron to make an anvil in Minecraft. Actually, you need a lot of iron. Let’s see how to craft an anvil.
After collecting enough iron ingots, it’s time to make iron blocks. To do so, completely fill the crafting area with iron ingots in every single cell. Doing so will give you a block of iron in Minecraft. We need 3 blocks of iron for an anvil, so you need to use 27 iron ingots in this step.
Finally, to make an anvil in Minecraft, place the 3 blocks of iron in the top row of the crafting area. Then, you need to place 3 iron ingots in the bottommost row. Finally, to finish the recipe, place an iron ingot in the center cell of the middle row. And with this recipe, you now know how to make an anvil.
How to Use Enchanted Books in Minecraft
Now, place your newly created anvil on top of a surface. Unlike most in-game blocks, anvil follows gravity in Minecraft. So, you can’t keep it floating in the air. Also, before you use it, do make sure to collect some experience orbs to pay the cost of each enchantment. Doing so will fill up your experience bar, which is located right under your health and hunger bar at the bottom of the screen.
Once you have enough experience points and enchanted books, it’s time to use enchanted books in Minecraft:
- Once you are sure about the compatibility, open the anvil and place the enchanted book in the right cell. Then, place the item you want to enchant in the left cell. The reverse placement doesn’t function. Now, you will see the cost of enchantment on the anvil, for which you need enough experience points. You can also change the item’s name with the column on top.
How to Get Experience Points to Use Enchanted Books
Experience points or orbs or XP are the fuel to use enchanted books in Minecraft with an Anvil. Fortunately, you can get them through very basic in-game activities. That includes fishing, mining, fighting mobs, and other activities. But, to speed up the process, we have listed some of the best sources to gain experience in Minecraft:
- Ender Dragon provides the highest amount of 12,000 experience on dying. Similarly, killing a Wither provides 50 experience points.Among the non-boss mobs, ravagers and piglin brute provide 20 experience points when killed.Within the common hostile mobs, baby zombie, chicken jocket, and baby zombified piglins provide 12 experience points on death.In terms of mining, diamond and emerald ores can provide up to 7 experience points, which is the highest among all ores. Meanwhile, mining a mob spawner can provide up to 43 experience points.Finally, trading with villagers, breeding animals, and fishing can get you a maximum of 7 experience points.
A Complete List of Minecraft Enchanted Books
Now that you know how to use an enchanted book in Minecraft, check out the complete list of enchanted books (along with their levels) you can find in-game:
Q. Why can’t I use enchanted books in Minecraft?
If you use an item six times on an anvil in survival mode, its enchantments become too expensive. Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this. You have to use another item.
