Overview#
The Akashic Tome is a single book that stores the guide books and manuals added by other mods. Instead of one hotbar slot per mod book, every book lives inside the tome and can be pulled out on demand.
The tome remembers which mod each stored book came from, so its contents stay readable and organised no matter how many mods are installed.
Crafting the Tome#
Craft the tome with a shapeless recipe:
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Book | 1 |
| Any bookshelf | 1 |
The recipe accepts any block in the common bookshelves tag, so bookshelf variants added by other mods work too.
Adding Books to the Tome#
Place the tome and any mod's book/manual together in a crafting grid. The book is absorbed into the tome and the tome is returned.
- The recipe is shapeless: position does not matter.
- Repeat for every mod book you want to carry.
- Vanilla books are ignored on purpose; the tome is meant for mod documentation.
- An automated crafter works as well as a crafting table.
Using the Tome#
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Right-click while holding the tome | Opens a screen listing every stored book |
| Click a book in that screen | The tome turns into that book, ready to read |
| Left-click the air while holding a book form | Turns it back into the tome |
| Sneak + right-click a block | Turns the tome into the book of that block's mod, if it holds one |
| Sneak + drop | Ejects the current book as a separate item |
While the tome is in a book form it behaves exactly like the original book, so any mod's reader screen opens as usual.
Tooltip Information#
Hovering the tome shows its name and a hint. Holding SHIFT expands the tooltip into the full list of stored books, grouped by the mod that added them.
When the tome is currently in a book form, its name is shown as Akashic Tome (Book Name) so it is never mistaken for the real item.
Configuration#
The config file is generated on first launch and can be edited in the config folder.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
allItems |
false | Allow any mod item to be stored, not just books |
blacklistedMods |
(empty) | Mod IDs whose items can never be stored |
whitelistedItems |
(list) | Specific item IDs that are always storable |
whitelistedNames |
book, tome, lexicon, guide, manual | Name fragments treated as books |
hideBookRender |
false | Hide the decorative book drawn in the tome screen |
Tips#
- The tome stacks to one; keep it in the offhand for quick access.
- Contents survive death, storage, and world reloads because they are stored on the item itself.
- Adding a second copy of a mod's book does not overwrite the first; both are kept and listed separately.
- The tome is safe to add to an existing world at any time.
