How To Give A Knowledge Book Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a special item called a knowledge book that contains the knowledge of various crafting recipes. When a knowledge book is used by a player in Survival mode, those crafting recipes will be unlocked for the player.
In Minecraft, a knowledge book is an item that you can not make with a crafting table or furnace. Instead you need to use the cheat called the /give command to get this item in the game. It has basically the same functionality as the /recipe command.
Let’s explore how to use cheats (game commands) to add a knowledge book to your inventory.
TIP: The knowledge book can be used in conjunction with the doLimitedCrafting gamerule and the /recipe command.
Requirements
To run game commands in Minecraft, you have to turn cheats on in your world.
Give Knowledge Book Command
Give Knowledge Book Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac), the syntax to give a player a knowledge book using the /give command is:
/give <player> knowledge_book{Recipes:[minecraft_id,minecraft_id,...]} [amount]
Definitions
- player is the name of the player (or a target selector) that you wish to give the knowledge book to.
- minecraft_id is the minecraft id for each crafting recipe that you wish to add to the knowledge book. The minecraft ids are entered as a comma delimited list within the Recipes nbt tag.
- amount is optional. It is the number of knowledge books that you want to give. If you don’t specify an amount, the player will be given 1 knowledge book.
Examples
Example in Java Edition (PC/Mac)
To give 1 knowledge book containing the crafting recipe for conduit to the nearest player in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac):
/give @p knowledge_book{Recipes:[conduit]} 1
To give 1 knowledge book containing the crafting recipes for conduit and beetroot soup to the player named 9Minecraft:
/give 9Minecraft knowledge_book{Recipes:[conduit,beetroot_soup]} 1
How to Enter the Command
1. Open the Chat Window
The easiest way to run a command in Minecraft is within the chat window. The game control to open the chat window depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), press the T key to open the chat window.
2. Type the Command
In this example, we will give 1 knowledge book containing the recipe for conduit and beetroot soup to the player called 9Minecraft with the following command:
/give 9Minecraft knowledge_book{Recipes:[conduit,beetroot_soup]} 1
Type the command in the chat window. As you are typing, you will see the command appear in the lower left corner of the game window. Press the Enter key to run the command.
Once the cheat has been entered, the knowledge book will be added to the player’s inventory.
You will see the message “Gave 1 [Knowledge Book] to 9Minecraft” appear in the lower left corner of the game window. You have now given 1 knowledge book that contains the crafting recipes for conduit and beetroot soup to the player called 9Minecraft.
Congratulations, you have learned how to craft a knowledge book using the /give command in Minecraft.
Things to Do with Knowledge Books
Here are some activities that you can do with knowledge books in Minecraft:
Other Give Commands
You can use other give commands in Minecraft such as:
How to make a Command Block
 How to make a Chain Command Block
 How to make a Repeating Command Block
How to Give a Barrier
How to Give a Debug Stick
How to Give Diamond Horse Armor
How to Give an Enchanted Golden Apple
How to Give a Jigsaw Block
How to Give a Light Block
How to Give a Saddle
Command Generators
If you need help with /give commands, you can use these tools to automatically generate commands in Minecraft:
 Prefilled Chest Generator
 Monster Spawner Generator
 Fireworks Rocket Generator
 Give Armor Generator
 Give Dye Generator
 Give Food Generator
 Give Lingering Potion Generator
 Give Mechanism Generator
 Give Ore Generator
 Give Potion Generator
 Give Splash Potion Generator
 Give Tool Generator
 Give Transportation Generator
 Give Weapon Generator
 Fill Command Generator