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How to craft Lectern in Minecraft
To craft a lectern in Minecraft, place 4× #Wooden Slabs, 1× Bookshelf in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 1 lectern
Lectern crafting recipe
Produces 1× Lectern.
- This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
- Lectern requires a crafting table to craft.
About the Lectern
A Lectern is a block that holds a single book and lets you read it in place. You can place a written book or a book and quill on it, then right-click the lectern to read it.
Key facts:
- Librarian villagers claim lecterns as their job site.
- A comparator next to a lectern outputs a redstone signal based on the page you are reading.
- Break it with any tool, but axes are quickest.
Because the comparator output changes with each page, lecterns are popular in redstone locks, hidden doors, and other contraptions where you want a selectable signal strength.
How to get the Lectern
You can craft a Lectern from four wooden slabs and one bookshelf. The slabs can be any wood type, but the recipe does require a bookshelf, so you need leather and paper first. You can also find lecterns already placed in village libraries, usually near a librarian villager.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× Lectern.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
| Any Wooden Slabs | 4 | 12 valid optionsAcacia SlabBamboo SlabBirch SlabCherry SlabCrimson SlabDark Oak SlabJungle SlabMangrove SlabOak SlabPale Oak SlabSpruce SlabWarped Slab |
| 1 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Any Wooden Slabs | Bookshelf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 64 | 16 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 128 | 32 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 256 | 64 |
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