Book Tattering
by pipythonmc
Book Tattering lets players turn a Written Book into a tattered copy by crafting it with a pair of shears in the crafting grid.
What it does
A written book can be tattered with a crafting recipe that combines a Written Book and a pair of shears in the crafting grid. The result is a separate stage of book that is worn in appearance. Written books copied from vanilla can go through two copy steps before the paper is too worn to copy again, and tattered books keep that same cap.
Each copy shows a tooltip that marks it as an original copy, a copy, or a further copy, and the copies behave identically apart from that tooltip text. Tattered books cannot be copied, so a player has to think twice before tattering the original. Tattered books are unobtainable through regular survival play, so they only come from the recipe.
The mod runs on Fabric for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 and is published with source code and an issue tracker. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The license is Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Tattering recipe
A Written Book and a pair of shears crafted together in the grid produce a tattered book.
Copy limit
Written books keep the vanilla limit of two copies before they degrade too far to copy again.
Copy tooltip
The tooltip shows whether a book is the original copy or a copy, with no change to what the book does.
Tattered books cannot be copied
A tattered book cannot be copied, so tattering the original is a one-way step.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival book stages
A survival world can use the tattered stage to mark how many times a book has been copied.
Roleplay props
Worn books suit adventure maps and roleplay servers that want aged documents.
Who it’s for: Players who want an aged look for written books in survival or adventure play, and server owners who want copies to stay limited.
Questions
Does Book Tattering need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Book Tattering support?
Can a tattered book be copied again?
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What the author says
In Vanilla, Writen Books can be copied up to two times, before it becomes too degraded to be copied further. The tooltip will show if a book is Original, Copy of Original, or Copy of Copy. There is another stage, Tattered, that has been in vanilla since 1.8. It functions identical to Copy of Copy, the only difference…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/book-tattering
- Owner
- pipythonmc
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15