Terraria Bookcase Guide: All Bookcases, How to Craft, & Required Materials

The Bookcase in Terraria is a piece of furniture that can also be a crafting station for making specific weapons. At the time of writing, 35 craftable bookcases exist in the game, along with 6 non-craftable options. Keep reading as we guide you on how to get these bookcases and how to use them in different versions of the game.

Bookcase Crafting Recipes in Terraria

Introduced in version 1.06, players can craft a Bookcase in Terraria from different crafting stations. Here’s a list of all craftable bookcases separated by various crafting stations.

Ancient Manipulator

• Nebula Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Nebula Brick
• Solar Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Solar Brick
• Stardust Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Stardust Brick
• Vortex Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Vortex Brick

Bone Welder

• Bone Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Bone

Decay Chamber

• Lesion Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Lesion Block

Flesh Cloning Vat

• Flesh Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Flesh Block

Glass Kiln

• Glass Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Glass

Honey Dispenser

• Honey Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Honey Block

Ice Machine

• Frozen Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Ice Block

Lihzahd Furnace

• Lihzahd Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Lihzahd Brick

Living Loom

• Living Wood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Wood

Sawmill

• Ash Wood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Ash Wood
• Balloon Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Any Balloon
• Bamboo Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Bamboo
• Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Wood
• Boreal Wood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Boreal Wood
• Cactus Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Cactus
• Crystal Bookcase: 10x Book and 50x Crystal Block
• Dynasty Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Dynasty Wood
• Ebonwood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Ebonwood
• Granite Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Smooth Granite Block
• Marble Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Smooth Marble Block
• Martian Holobookcase: 10x Book and 20x Martian Conduit Plating
• Meteorite Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Meteorite Brick
• Mushroom Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Glowing Mushroom
• Palm Wood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Palm Wood
• Pearlwood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Pearlwood
• Pumpkin Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Pumpkin
• Reef Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Reef Block
• Rich Mahogany Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Rich Mahogany
• Sandstone Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Smooth Sandstone
• Shadewood Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Shadewood
• Spider Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Spider Nest Block
• Spooky Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Spooky Wood

Sky Mill

• Skyware Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Sunplate Block

Solidifier

• Slime Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Slime Block

Steampunk Boiler

• Steampunk Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Cog

Work Bench

• Cactus Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Cactus
• Pumpkin Bookcase: 10x Book and 20x Pumpkin

Apart from the bookcases mentioned above, players can also find non-craftable variants around the map. These options, and their locations, are the following:

• Gothic Bookcase: Found in the Dungeon
• Blue Dungeon Bookcase: Found in the Dungeon
• Green Dungeon Bookcase: Found in the Dungeon
• Pink Dungeon Bookcase: Found in the Dungeon
• Obsidian Bookcase: Found in ruined houses in the underground layers
• Golden Bookcase: Chance to drop from defeating Pirates

Note: Defeat Skeletron to gain access to the Dungeon.

Bookcase Usage

The Bookcase in Terraria is either a typical piece of furniture or a crafting station. In particular, this item’s purpose for the game’s vanilla PC version is to decorate homes and spaces. However, it can become a crafting station for certain weapons in the console, mobile, and tModLoader versions of the game. The items you can craft with a Bookcase in Terraria (if you’re playing the game in a particular system) are the following:

• Crystal Storm: 1x Spell Tome, 20x Crystal Shard, and 15x Soul of Light
• Cursed Flames: 1x Spell Tome, 20x Cursed Flame, and 15x Soul of Night
• Golden Shower: 1x Spell Tome, 20x Ichor, and 15x Soul of Night

Note: 30x Crystal Shard, Cursed Flame, and Ichor are required to craft the items if you’re playing the Nintendo 3DS and Windows Phone versions of Terraria.