How to Get Enchanted Books with Treasure Enchantments in Minecraft

The Only Way to Get Mending and Other Treasure Enchantments in Minecraft

In Minecraft, some enchantments are impossible to get from an enchanting table. These are known as "treasure" enchantments. The most famous example is Mending, which repairs your gear using experience orbs. If you cannot get these from a table, how do you obtain them? The answer lies in the trading system. This guide explains exactly how to acquire these rare books legally in Survival mode.

Why Enchanting Tables Won't Work

The enchanting table mechanic has a hard limit. It can generate almost every enchantment in the game, but it explicitly excludes treasure enchantments. This includes Mending, Frost Walker, and Soul Speed. No matter how many bookshelves you place or how much experience you spend, the table will never offer these specific upgrades. The game design forces players to interact with villages to get them.

The Librarian Solution

Librarian villagers are the key. These villagers work at Lecterns. When you interact with a Librarian, they offer trades. At the Novice and Apprentice levels, one of their trade options is often an enchanted book. The specific enchantment on the book is random when the villager first claims the job site.

The Reroll Method

You do not have to accept bad trades. If a Librarian offers an enchanted book with a useless enchantment like Curse of Vanishing, do not trade with them. Instead, break the Lectern immediately. The villager will lose their profession and become unemployed. Place the Lectern down again. The villager will claim it and generate a new set of trades.Repeat this process until the villager offers the specific book you need, such as Mending. Once you see the correct trade, perform one trade to lock it in. After locking, the trade will never change, even if you break the Lectern later.

Cost and Availability

The cost of enchanted books varies. Basic enchantments cost fewer emeralds. High-level or powerful enchantments cost more. The game calculates the price based on the enchantment level and whether it is a treasure enchantment. Treasure enchantments often have a higher base price. However, by curing a zombie villager or gaining the Hero of the Village effect, you can reduce these costs significantly, sometimes to just one emerald.

Conclusion

Treasure enchantments are exclusive to trading. You cannot find them in chests or create them with tables. By setting up a Librarian trading hall and rerolling trades until you get the right books, you can equip your gear with the most powerful upgrades in the game. This method is renewable, safe, and the only legitimate way to get Mending.