❔ About
This datapack reworks the lectern, which in vanilla has a static book with a default GUI, adding animations and interactions to it and removing the boring GUI, displaying the text directly above the lectern.
💿 Installation
This datapack/mod is installed like any other.
- If you're installing datapack, don't forget to install and enable the resource pack.
🔍 How To Use
Hold Shift when placing the book on lectern.
- If you don't hold Shift, lectern will work as default.
🛠️ Compatibility
✅ This datapack should work in multiplayer and will work with most datapacks.
📨 Feedback
If you have ideas for improving the datapack (both from the content and from the technical side), please open issue on github or message me in Discord.
Discord - @bimbusick
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.6
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java resource packs walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as Lectern-Overhaul-v1.0-1.20.6.zip
- Download size: 407 KB
- Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.