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How Many Bookshelves For Level 30 Enchantments in Minecraft Answered
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How Many Bookshelves For Level 30 Enchantments in Minecraft? Answered

With so many books to read, you'll definitely reach your Goodreads goal.

Enchantments are incredibly useful and powerful in Minecraft, not to mention difficult to obtain. It’s not just finding enchantments, but locating the right materials you need to build an enchantment table in the first place. However, you’ll quickly notice enchantments in Minecraft have levels, the strongest of which are level 30.

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How Many Bookshelves You Need in Minecraft For Level 30 Enchantments

Let’s cut right to the chase: in order to unlock level 30 enchantments in Minecraft, you need 15 bookshelves. Furthermore, you’ll need to place the bookshelves in a specific area in order for the enchantment table to count.

  1. Gather sugar cane to make paper.

    Sugar cane is typically found along rivers, streams, and oceans. For every x3 Sugar Cane, you’ll get x3 pages, and three pages make one book, and three books make one bookshelf. Altogether, you’ll need x135 Sugar Cane!how to make paper in minecraft

  2. Gather Leather for your books.

    To craft a book, you need x3 Paper and a single piece of leather. You’ll need to craft 45 books altogether, which translates to x45 leather.how to make books in minecraft

  3. Gather wood for bookshelves.

    To craft a bookshelf, you need x3 books and x6 wooden planks. For 15 bookshelves, that’s 90 wooden planks. The good news is that you can mix together the different wood variants, so there’s no need to match.how to make a bookshelf in minecraft

Now, in order for the bookshelves to count towards your enchantment levels, they have to be placed really close. The maximum is two blocks lateral, like so:

another way to set up bookshelves around an enchantment table in minecraft
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That’s not bad, but you can also stack one block higher than where the enchantment table is. For a nicer setup, here’s my personal favorite:

one way to set up bookshelves around an enchantment table in minecraft
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Pretty nice, right? Corner bookshelves do count and will help you unlock level 30 enchantments in Minecraft. Now, if only you could get your hands on some good enchantments. You’ll want to start by finding the best armor enchantments as well as the best sword enchantments, too!


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Brady Klinger-Meyers
Brady is a Freelance Writer at Twinfinite. Though he's been at the site for only a year, Brady has been covering video games, and the industry itself, for the past three years. He focuses on new releases, Diablo 4, Roblox, and every RPG he can get his hands on. When Brady isn't focused on gaming, he's toiling away on another short story.