Runic Tome

Version 0.7.0 - 2026-08-21

A quality-of-life update adding a new crafting-based way to add books to the Runic Tome, including support for vanilla books that are never absorbed automatically.

Add Books by Crafting

You can now place the Runic Tome together with one or more supported books in any crafting grid.

The result is the same tome with those books added to its library.

• Works in both the 2×2 inventory grid and 3×3 crafting table.
• Controlled by absorption.absorbViaCrafting.
• Enabled by default.
• Previously extracted books can be added back this way.
• Blocklisted and excluded items are still refused.
• If an invalid item is placed in the recipe, nothing is crafted, so items are never consumed unexpectedly.

Vanilla Book Support

Vanilla books can now be stored in the tome through crafting.

Supported by default:

• Book
• Book and Quill
• Written Book
• Enchanted Book
• Knowledge Book

Controlled by:

absorption.craftingAcceptsVanillaBooks = true

These books are never absorbed automatically from the world. Crafting is the only way to add them.

Different books are stored separately when their contents differ. For example:

• Two written books with different titles are separate entries.
• A Mending book and Sharpness V book are separate entries.

Written books and Books and Quills can be opened directly from the tome, and extracting them returns the original item.

The tome still stores only one copy of each identical book, so adding another identical copy will consume the duplicate.

Server owners can block individual vanilla books through the #runictome:absorb_blocklist item tag.

Improved Book Names & Icons

The Runic Tome can now use the stored item's actual data when displaying books.

This allows things like written books to show their real title instead of every copy appearing under the same generic name.

The public API has been updated from version 2 to 3, but existing integrations do not need to be changed.

Fixed

• Fixed the Runic Tome being able to absorb itself if incorrectly added to a guide-book tag or configuration.
• The tome is now permanently protected from absorption.
• Fixed extracted-book protection potentially hiding stronger blocklist or exclusion rules.
• Explicit crafting absorption now properly respects all exclusion rules.

Compatibility

• Existing worlds and saves remain compatible.
• Network protocol remains 5.
• Existing datapacks and item tags remain compatible.
• Public API version updated from 2 to 3.
• Existing guide-system adapters remain compatible and require no changes.