Runic Tome

Version 0.9.0 - 2026-08-21

A major quality-of-life update adding Curios support, book copying, and direct control over automatic absorption.

Curios Support

The Runic Tome can now be equipped in its own Curios slot, keeping it out of your normal inventory.

When Curios is installed:

• A dedicated runic_tome slot is added.
• Newly granted tomes will automatically use the Curios slot when available.
• If the slot is occupied, the tome goes to your inventory instead.
• Equipped tomes are always kept on death, regardless of keepInventory or Curios' own settings.
• The Open Library keybind now correctly detects an equipped tome.

Curios remains completely optional. Without it installed, the tome behaves as before.

Copy Books from the Tome

Every library entry now has a Copy button alongside Extract.

• Creates a physical copy without removing the book from your library.
• Preserves the book's full original data.
• Costs 1 vanilla Book by default.
• Creative players copy books for free.
• Copied books are protected from being automatically reabsorbed.
• The tome screen stays open after copying, making it easy to create several copies.

New settings:

• allowBookCopying = true
• bookCopyCost = 1

The copy cost can be configured from 0–64.

Pause Automatic Absorption

Added an Absorb: On / Off button to the tome screen.

When paused, the tome will stop automatically absorbing books that you:

• Pick up.
• Craft.
• Smelt.
• Carry in your inventory.

The setting is saved per player and remains active through death and dimension changes.

Deliberately adding a book through the tome's crafting recipe or /runictome unlock still works while automatic absorption is paused.

Interface Improvements

• Widened the library screen to comfortably fit both Copy and Extract.
• Moved the unlocked-book count so it no longer sits underneath the Done button.
• Improved screen-reader support for the Copy and Extract controls.

Performance & Reliability

• Different library actions now have separate request limits, preventing one action from slowing down unrelated controls.
• Tome granting is now handled consistently across first join, commands, and respawning.
• Newly granted tomes prefer the Curios slot when available, then the inventory, then the ground.

Compatibility

• Curios is optional.
• Existing worlds and datapacks remain compatible.
• No save migration is required.
• Network protocol updated from 5 → 6.
• Client and server must both use Runic Tome 0.9.0.
• Public API updated from 3 → 4.
• Existing API integrations remain compatible.