Lectern Item ID

Each item in Minecraft has a unique ID assigned to it, known as an item ID, this can be used in commands to spawn the item into the game. The item ID for lectern in Minecraft is shown below:

Lectern Spawn Command

The Lectern item can be spawned in Minecraft with the below command. Cheats must be enabled before this will work.

If you are running the Essentials plugin, you will need to run /minecraft:give instead of simply /give. This is because the Essentials /give command overrides Minecraft's built-in command.

Mining Tools

Below is a table of the tools that can be used to break Lectern blocks, and the speed it will take to break at (in seconds). This is calculated with the formula (1.5 * Block Hardness) / Tool Multiplier.

Tool Speed
Golden Pickaxe Golden Pickaxe 0.31s
Diamond Pickaxe Diamond Pickaxe 0.47s
Iron Pickaxe Iron Pickaxe 0.62s
Stone Pickaxe Stone Pickaxe 0.94s
Wooden Pickaxe Wooden Pickaxe 1.88s
Netherite Pickaxe Netherite Pickaxe 3.75s

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Lectern Information

Lectern
Item ID minecraft:lectern
Stackable Yes
Max Stack Size 64
Hardness 2.5
Material Unknown_material
Diggable Yes
Min / Max State IDs 14833 - 14848

Lectern Crafting Recipes

Below you can find the crafting recipes that can be used to make Lectern.

Ingredients Pattern Result
Oak Slab
Oak Slab
Oak Slab
Bookshelf
Oak Slab
1x Lectern
Spruce Slab
Spruce Slab
Spruce Slab
Bookshelf
Spruce Slab
1x Lectern
Birch Slab
Birch Slab
Birch Slab
Bookshelf
Birch Slab
1x Lectern
Jungle Slab
Jungle Slab
Jungle Slab
Bookshelf
Jungle Slab
1x Lectern
Acacia Slab
Acacia Slab
Acacia Slab
Bookshelf
Acacia Slab
1x Lectern
Dark Oak Slab
Dark Oak Slab
Dark Oak Slab
Bookshelf
Dark Oak Slab
1x Lectern
Crimson Slab
Crimson Slab
Crimson Slab
Bookshelf
Crimson Slab
1x Lectern
Warped Slab
Warped Slab
Warped Slab
Bookshelf
Warped Slab
1x Lectern

Lectern Block States

Block states are values assigned to a block that changes its state. For example, many blocks have a "direction" block state which can be used to change the direction a block faces.

Find a table of all blockstates for the Lectern block below.

Block State Name Type Values
facing enum ?
  • north
  • south
  • west
  • east
has_book bool ?
  • true
  • false
powered bool ?
  • true
  • false