Minecraft
How to Craft an Enchanting Table in Minecraft
To craft an Enchanting Table in Minecraft you need four obsidian, two diamonds and one book. On the Crafting Table put the book in the top-middle square, a diamond on each side of a center obsidian, and three obsidian across the bottom. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Enchanting Table| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Book |
1 | Craft on a Crafting Table. Break a bookshelf without Silk Touch to drop three books. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Diamond |
2 | Mine diamond ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune can add extra diamonds; Silk Touch keeps the ore. |
 Obsidian |
4 | Let flowing water touch a lava source block, then mine with a diamond or netherite pickaxe. An iron pickaxe does not drop the block. |
Enchanting Table specs
- Difficulty
- Late game
- Where it lives
- Crafted on a Crafting Table. Place it with air around it if you want bookshelves later.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with four obsidian, two diamonds and one book.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:enchanting_table - Legacy item ID
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minecraft:enchantmenttable - Numerical ID
-
116 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 5
- Blast resistance
- 1200
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:enchanting_table 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Pickaxe | 0.63s |
| Netherite Pickaxe | 0.83s |
| Diamond Pickaxe | 0.94s |
| Iron Pickaxe | 1.25s |
| Stone Pickaxe | 1.88s |
| Wooden Pickaxe | 3.75s |
| Hand | 37.5s · No |
Ingredient specs
Book
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table. Break a bookshelf without Silk Touch to drop three books.
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also stronghold libraries, shipwreck map chests, and some village house chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:book- Numerical ID
340- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Paper
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table. Plant sugar cane on dirt next to water and break the top segments.
- Where it lives
- Crafted from sugar cane that grows beside water in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:paper- Numerical ID
339- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Leather
Early game- Where to get it
- Kill cows in plains and the rest of the Overworld, or trade with a leatherworker. Hoglins in the Nether also drop leather.
- Where it lives
- Overworld herds. Nether hoglins. Some village chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:leather- Numerical ID
334- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Obsidian
Late game- Where to get it
- Let flowing water touch a lava source block, then mine with a diamond or netherite pickaxe. An iron pickaxe does not drop the block.
- Where it lives
- Where water meets lava in caves. Also ruined portals, some chests, and piglin barters.
- Item ID
minecraft:obsidian- Numerical ID
49- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 50
- Blast resistance
- 1200
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
Diamond
Late game- Where to get it
- Mine diamond ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune can add extra diamonds; Silk Touch keeps the ore.
- Where it lives
- Overworld deepslate, Y 15 and below, more common as you go down toward -64.
- Item ID
minecraft:diamond- Numerical ID
264- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
How to craft these materials
Obsidian, diamonds and a book
Pour water onto a lava source so the source turns into obsidian, then break it with a diamond or netherite pickaxe — four blocks. Mine diamond ore with an iron pickaxe or better; two gems go into this craft. The book is three paper and one leather on the same table. You already need diamonds for the pickaxe that harvests the obsidian, so gather extras before you pour the water.
How to assemble it
Open the Crafting Table. Leave the two top corners empty and drop the book in the middle of that row. In the middle row put diamond, obsidian, diamond. Fill the whole bottom row with obsidian. The table appears on the right; place it on a solid floor.
Enchant and bookshelves
Use the block, put a tool, armor piece or book in the left slot and lapis lazuli next to it. Up to fifteen bookshelves, one air block away on the sides, raise the offers toward level 30. Break the table with a pickaxe if you move camp; without a pickaxe it drops nothing.
