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Map
MiscellaneousCraftable

Map

A filled map that records explored terrain. Hold it and travel to reveal surrounding areas of the world.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

map

Map at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Map: an item, and crafting it, chest loot, and trading with villagers is where Map comes from. A single slot takes 64 Map, a hotbar row 576 Map, and 3456 Map fill a double chest of Map.

Every shipwreck map chest contains one, and 4 other kinds of generated chest can hold it as well. Map sits between Magma Cream and Melon Seeds in Miscellaneous, number 80 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe for Map

Crafting
PaperPaper
PaperPaper
PaperPaper
PaperPaper
CompassCompass
PaperPaper
PaperPaper
PaperPaper
PaperPaper
MapMap

How to obtain Map

  • Crafting
  • Chest loot
  • Trading

Notes on Map

A filled map can be zoomed out at a cartography table and cloned by combining it with empty maps.

Frequently asked questions about Map

  1. Paper, Compass going into Map, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Map in Minecraft?

    Map is crafted from Paper and Compass at a Crafting Table, Map in one step. Map also comes from chest loot, and Map from trading with villagers, not just the Map recipe above.

  2. Map on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Map used for?

    A filled map that records explored terrain. Hold it and travel to reveal surrounding areas of the world.

  3. 64 Map drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Map can you stack?

    64 Map fill one slot; 64 Map then costs 512 Paper and 64 Compass: 64 crafts of Map. A double chest of Map is 3,456 Map, over 54 slots of Map.

  4. Map coming forward out of the past, in the game since Alpha

    When was Map added to Minecraft?

    Map was added in the early Alpha development period.

  5. A chest beside Map, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Map in chests?

    Map is chest loot in shipwreck map chests (always), village cartographer chests (about 46%, 1 to 3 at a time), large underwater ruin chests (about 44%), and small underwater ruin chests (about 42%). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds on Map are per chest, and Luck moves Map nowhere at all.

Building with Map

A filled map records the terrain you walk over, and copies of it update together. Framed on a wall in a grid, nine or more maps become a single large picture of the world, which is how most servers end up with a map room.