How do you get Paper in Minecraft?

Paper is crafted from Sugar Cane at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3. It also comes from chest loot, and Paper from trading with villagers, not just the recipe above.

Where do you find Paper in chests?

Paper is chest loot in shipwreck map chests (about 89%, 1 to 10 at a time), stronghold library chests (about 89%, 2 to 7 at a time), village cartographer chests (about 61%, 1 to 5 at a time), and shipwreck supply chests (about 46%, 1 to 12 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

What is Paper used for?

Paper is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Book, Cartography Table, Empty Map, Firework Rocket, and Map.

When was Paper added to Minecraft?

Paper was added in the early Alpha development period.

How many Paper can you stack?

64 Paper fills a slot, and that slot costs 66 Sugar Cane, since each one returns 3, which is 22 crafts at the crafting table.

MiscellaneousCraftable

Paper

A crafting ingredient made from sugar cane. Used to make maps, books, banner patterns and firework rockets.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Paper at a glance

Paper, an item out of crafting, chest loot, and trading with villagers, sits under Miscellaneous. A slot of Paper holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Keep Paper around: 5 recipes here call for it, which makes it worth a slot in the storage room rather than something you gather per project. Of the 4 kinds of generated chest that can hold Paper, shipwreck map chests are the best bet at about 89% per chest. It sits between Painting and Phantom Membrane in Miscellaneous, number 95 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Sugar Cane
Sugar Cane
Sugar Cane
Paper3
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Paper has the grid for Paper

Used to craft

From Book to Map, 5 recipes use Paper, and 4 of those sit in Miscellaneous. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Paper in it.

How to obtain

Crafting
Chest loot
Trading

Notes

Three sugar cane in a horizontal row yields three paper.

Frequently asked questions about Paper

How do you get Paper in Minecraft?
Paper is crafted from Sugar Cane at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3. It also comes from chest loot, and Paper from trading with villagers, not just the recipe above.
Where do you find Paper in chests?
Paper is chest loot in shipwreck map chests (about 89%, 1 to 10 at a time), stronghold library chests (about 89%, 2 to 7 at a time), village cartographer chests (about 61%, 1 to 5 at a time), and shipwreck supply chests (about 46%, 1 to 12 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
What is Paper used for?
Paper is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Book, Cartography Table, Empty Map, Firework Rocket, and Map.
When was Paper added to Minecraft?
Paper was added in the early Alpha development period.
How many Paper can you stack?
64 Paper fills a slot, and that slot costs 66 Sugar Cane, since each one returns 3, which is 22 crafts at the crafting table.

Building with it

Three sugar cane give three paper, and paper makes books, maps, fireworks and banner patterns. A cane farm therefore feeds enchanting, exploration and celebration at once, which is why sugar cane appears in almost every base regardless of style.

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