When were lecterns added to Minecraft? A lectern was added in the Minecraft 1.14 Village & Pillage update in Java Edition. For Bedrock Edition, the lectern was added in the 1.10 version.

In order to make an "enchanted" Minecraft book and quill, players need to sign it after writing in it. In Java Edition, this can be done by clicking the "use item" button.

The first Java Edition snapshot has been released for Minecraft 1.20. It is technically called version 1.19.3, but it is definitely a step towards the next major update.