Box of Infinite Books

Box of Infinite Books
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	?
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes

The box of infinite books is a joke block introduced in Java Edition 20w14∞ that provides a written book containing random text when used. It uses the texture of oak planks on all but one face, on which it has its own bookshelf-like texture randomized based on its location.

Obtaining

They naturally generate in the "library" and "isolation" dimensions. They can be mined with any axe or none after traveling to either the "library" and/or "isolation" dimensions. They are available in the Creative inventory.

Breaking

Boxes of infinite books can be mined by hand but are broken faster with an axe.

Natural generation

Boxes of infinite books naturally generate in the "library" dimension where they make up the bulk of the dimension’s terrain, and in the "isolation" dimension where 10 boxes can be found in the basement of the house.

Usage

When used, if the block is not on one of its chunk's edges and facing along that edge, a random written book is generated. This book can be thrown into a nether portal to create a Funky Portal.

The random books are tied to the block such that using the same block multiple times always returns an identical book. The title of the random books given by the block is correlated with the location of the block. The title's pattern takes the format <chunk X>/<chunk Z>/<block orientation>/<distance to the chunk's edge to the right of the block>/<block Y>, so books from the same block always has the same title and content.

The author of every book is "Universe itself", obfuscated, and every book has 16 pages filled with random text. No books ever drop if game rule doTileDrops is set to false.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Box of Infinite Books	book_box	Block & Item	block.minecraft.book_box

History

Java Edition
20w14∞	Added the box of infinite books.

Issues

Box of Infinite Books blocks are an unsupported item due to being an April Fools' joke, and therefore such issues relating to them will not be fixed.

Gallery

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  Boxes of infinite books in the library dimension.