Lectern
- Namespaced ID
- minecraft:lectern
- Numeric ID
- 813
- Edition
- Java
The lectern holds a written book or book and quill so anyone can read it, and emits a redstone signal when pages turn. It is the Librarian villager's job site.
How to make a Lectern
Full crafting guide for Lectern → Step-by-step layout and ingredient sources.
What a Lectern does
- •Display a book that multiple players can read without taking it
- •Emit a redstone pulse when a reader changes the page (for page-driven contraptions)
- •Assigns the Librarian profession to a villager
How to use the Lectern
Right-click the lectern with a written book or book and quill to place it. Other players right-click to open and read it. A comparator behind the lectern outputs a signal proportional to the current page, which redstone builders use to make book-controlled inputs.
Villager job site: Librarian — place it near an unemployed villager to assign the profession.
/setblock command
Replace ~ ~ ~ with absolute coordinates to place this block at a fixed location.
Command builder
Set the position and placement mode to generate a ready-to-paste /setblock command for Lectern.
Block properties
- Hardness
- 2.5
- Blast resistance
- 2.5
- Material
- Mineable / Axe
- Diggable
- Yes
- Transparent
- No
- Light emitted
- 0 / 15
- Light filtered
- 0 / 15
- Block state IDs
- 19505 – 19520
Block states
Lectern has 16 blockstates from 3 properties. Set them with /setblock using [property=value], e.g. minecraft:…[facing=north]. The starred value is the default.
- facing
- north ★southwesteast
- has_book
- truefalse ★
- powered
- truefalse ★
Mining time
Break time per pickaxe tier. Tools that can't harvest the block take 5× longer and won't drop the item.
| Pickaxe | Break time | Drops? |
|---|---|---|
 Wooden | 1.88s | ✓ |
 Stone | 0.94s | ✓ |
 Iron | 0.63s | ✓ |
 Golden | 0.31s | ✓ |
 Diamond | 0.47s | ✓ |
 Netherite | 0.42s | ✓ |
Drops
What Lectern drops when mined with the correct tool, from the game's loot tables. Fortune-tagged drops scale with the Fortune enchantment.
| Item | Amount | Drop rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lectern | 1 | Always |