What do you need to make an enchantment table in Minecraft?
Materials List
To craft an enchantment table, gather: 1 book (3 paper + 1 leather), 2 diamonds, and 4 obsidian. Obsidian is obtained by mining with a diamond or netherite pickaxe, or by letting water flow onto lava.
Diamonds are found deep underground, usually at Y-levels -59 to 16. Books require paper from sugar cane and leather from cows, so you'll need to do a bit of farming or hunting.
- 1 book (3 paper + 1 leather)
- 2 diamonds
- 4 obsidian
- Diamond pickaxe for obsidian
Crafting and Using It
Place the book in the top-middle slot of a crafting table, the two diamonds in the middle-left and middle-right slots, and the four obsidian in the bottom row and the middle-bottom slot. This yields one enchantment table.
To use it, place the table down and right-click. You'll need XP levels and lapis lazuli to enchant. Surrounding the table with bookshelves (15 bookshelves for max level 30) boosts the available enchantments.
- Book top-center
- Diamonds middle-left and middle-right
- Obsidian bottom row and middle-bottom
- Add bookshelves for better enchants
Common mistakes
- Using a stone pickaxe on obsidian—it won't drop; you need diamond or netherite.
- Forgetting lapis lazuli—you can't enchant without it.
- Placing bookshelves too close or too far—they need exactly one block gap from the table.
