---
id: envelope:letter
title: Letter
type: item
related_items: ["envelope:letter_and_quill", "envelope:sealed_letter"]
custom:
    Mailable: "Yes"
---

A **letter** is a [letter and quill](@envelope:letter_and_quill) that has been folded,
which prevents its text from being edited and allows copies of it to be crafted.\
Can be sealed, mailed or placed on a wall.

## Obtaining
### Folding
Letters can be obtained by folding a [letter and quill](@envelope:letter_and_quill). After it has been folded, it cannot be edited again.\
Unlike [written books](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Written_Book), letters do not have title or an author.

### Copying
A folded letter can be copied using a [crafting table](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Crafting_table) by crafting it with [letter and quill](@envelope:letter_and_quill).\
Letters do not have a generation and can be copied indefinitely.

## Usage
<div style={{ display: "flex", flexWrap: "wrap", width: "100%", alignItems: "flex-start" }}>
    <div style={{ flex: 1, marginTop: "-20px"}}>
        Letters can be opened by pressing the use control, to display a GUI allowing the player to read it.

        While the GUI is open, item in player's hand will reflect the open state, showing an unfolded model.
    </div>

    <center style={{ marginLeft: "1rem", marginRight: "0.2rem" }}>
        <Asset location="envelope:gui/letter" width={370} />
        <div style={{ marginTop: "6px"}}>*Letter interface*</div>
    </center>
</div>

### Placing
<div style={{ display: "flex", flexWrap: "wrap", width: "100%", alignItems: "flex-start" }}>
    <div style={{ flex: 1, marginTop: "-20px"}}>
        Letters can be placed on a wall by pressing the use control while sneaking. Clicking on a placed letter will open the same reading GUI as the item.

        Placed letter does not have a collision, and will drop if the block it's attached to is broken.

        <Callout variant="info">Contents of a placed letter can be controlled by a loot table. Useful for generated structures or premade maps.</Callout>
    </div>

    <center style={{ marginLeft: "1rem", marginRight: "0.2rem" }}>
        <Asset location="envelope:block/placed_letter" width={305} style={{ borderRadius: "10px" }} />
        <div style={{ marginTop: "6px"}}>*Placed Letter on a [Collapsed Mail Hub](collapsed_mail_hub)*</div>
    </center>
</div>

### Tattering
<div style={{ display: "flex", flexWrap: "wrap", width: "100%", alignItems: "flex-start" }}>
    <div style={{ flex: 1, marginTop: "-20px"}}>
        Visual effect that makes a letter look torn and faded. Item type is not changed by tattering.\
        Tattering occurs when a [fox](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fox) spits out a letter from its [mouth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth).\
        <Asset location="envelope:item/letter_tattered" width={80} /> *- Item texture*
    </div>

    <center style={{ marginLeft: "1rem", marginRight: "0.2rem" }}>
        <Asset location="envelope:gui/letter_tattered" width={370} />
        <div style={{ marginTop: "6px"}}>*Tattered Letter interface*</div>
    </center>
</div>

### Sealing
Letter can be sealed with a [seal stamp](@envelope:seal_stamp), creating a [sealed letter](@envelope:sealed_letter).