Eccentric Tome
With the Eccentric Tome, a player stores many guide books inside one item and pulls any of them back out when needed.
What it does
Eccentric Tome introduces one new item, built to keep a player's collection of guide books in one place. Books are attached to the Tome in a crafting grid, and a right-click while holding the Tome opens a selection screen for choosing which stored book to use. Single-use items placed in the Tome stay single use.
Holding the Tome and shift-right-clicking a block converts the Tome into the book belonging to that block, and shift-Q ejects a book from a converted Tome. If a stored item such as the Tome of Helmets or the Galactic Tome disappears or breaks, the Tome disappears or breaks too, taking every book inside it. The Eccentric Tome is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code and issue tracker are public. Files exist for Forge and NeoForge across 12 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.1.1.
Key features
Book storage
Many books can be combined into one Tome, so a collection takes up a single inventory slot.
Selection screen
A right-click while holding the Tome opens a list of the stored books to choose from.
Block conversion
Shift and right-click on a block turns the Tome into the book associated with that block.
Ejecting books
Shift and Q while holding a converted Tome removes a book from it.
Crafting attachment
Books are attached by placing them with the Tome in the crafting grid, and a book and bookcase craft the Tome itself.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Carrying guide books
A player who collects guide books from several mods can keep them together in one item instead of carrying each one separately.
Who it’s for: Players who carry several guide or manual books and want them grouped under a single item, and modpack builders who ship many such books.
How it compares
No Recipe Book is a client-side only mod for Fabric and NeoForge, released under All rights reserved and not open source, and it covers 1.18 – 26.3. Zelash's Clutch Items is a client and server mod for NeoForge on 1.21.1 under the MIT License, and it is open source. Book Tooltip is a client-side only Forge mod for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 under the MIT License, and it is not open source. The Eccentric Tome differs from these by storing books, not changing their display or recipes.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eccentric Tome | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.1.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-05 |
| No Recipe Book | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-25 |
| Zelash's Clutch Items | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-07 |
| Book Tooltip | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-01-29 |
Questions
Does the Eccentric Tome need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does the Eccentric Tome support?
What happens to stored books if a converted Tome is lost?
In the catalog
Eccentric Tome is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 11,522 mods support Minecraft 26.1.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds a single item: the Eccentric Tome. The Tome solves a single problem: managing all of your guide books.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/eccentric-tome
- Owner
- EccentricVamp
- Published
- 2022-05-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15