Where to Find Cartography Table in Minecraft
A utility block used to clone, zoom out, and lock maps. Also combines maps with glass panes to lock them.
Cartography Table at a glance
The Utility Blocks category of Minecraft holds Cartography Table, a utility item, and this guide sets out the 2 locations, the 2 methods behind it, and the quickest way to hold Cartography Table yourself. All Overworld biomes (crafting) and Villages (Cartographer houses): that is where Cartography Table comes from, and craft using 4 Planks and 2 Paper. On our five point scale Cartography Table sits at 1, very easy, because it is one of the first things a new survival world can supply, needing no special gear or travel. Cartography Table asks for a Crafting Table rather than a journey, which is why this page spends its time on where the ingredients come from and how many you want before you start crafting Cartography Table.
Primary Location
All Overworld biomes (crafting)
Difficulty
Very Easy (1/5)
Version Added
1.14
Stack Size
64
Where to Find Cartography Table
You will meet Cartography Table in All Overworld biomes (crafting) and Villages (Cartographer houses), 2 different places, and the fastest of them depends on what you already have for Cartography Table. Zoom out maps, clone maps, lock maps with glass panes, and rename maps. Paper is crafted from 3 Sugar Cane. Outside the crafting grid, getting Cartography Table means trading with the right villager.
Biomes & Dimensions
- All Overworld biomes (crafting)
- Villages (Cartographer houses)
Best Way to Get Cartography Table
Craft it rather than hunt for it: Cartography Table comes off a Crafting Table from Paper and Oak Planks, and that grid hands you Cartography Table every single time you fill it in, which no chest or mob will do. Gather first and craft after, because Cartography Table takes Paper (craft three sugar cane together) and Oak Planks (crafted from any logs) before the grid does anything. Cartographer villagers sell Explorer Maps that lead to Ocean Monuments and Woodland Mansions. Serves as the job site block for Cartographer villagers. A full stack of Cartography Table is 64, so gather freely: 27 slots turn that into 1728, and that is a session worth of work stored in one block. One note worth having on Cartography Table and its updates: Added in 1.14 (Village & Pillage). As a utility block, Cartography Table is the sort of thing you place once and use constantly, so most players craft an early one and add more as their base grows.
All Methods
- 1Craft using 4 Planks and 2 Paper
- 2Found in Cartographer villager houses
Crafting recipe for Cartography Table
Cartography TableCrafting TableStation: Crafting Table
Tips for Finding Cartography Table
- Zoom out maps, clone maps, lock maps with glass panes, and rename maps
- Paper is crafted from 3 Sugar Cane
- Cartographer villagers sell Explorer Maps that lead to Ocean Monuments and Woodland Mansions
- Serves as the job site block for Cartographer villagers
Version history of Cartography Table
- Added in 1.14 (Village & Pillage)
More notes on Cartography Table
Serves as the Cartographer villager job site block. Locked maps cannot be updated.
Cartography Table elsewhere on Astroworld
Items and guides next to Cartography Table
If you are here for Cartography Table, Loom, Crafting Table, and Lodestone are the neighbours worth knowing, since a route to one tends to pass the others. The item page for Cartography Table has the numbers this guide leaves out.
View the Cartography Table item pageGetting Cartography Table in practice
A cartography table is two paper and four planks, and it saves far more paper than it costs: zooming a map by hand takes eight paper a step, while the table does it with one. It also copies maps and locks them, which is what makes it worth a slot in a base you explore from.
What to watch out for with Cartography Table
Two paper and four planks, and it does what the crafting grid does for maps but cheaper: zooming out costs one paper instead of eight, and copying a map takes a blank one alongside. It also employs a villager as a cartographer, which is the route to explorer maps.
Frequently asked questions about Cartography Table
Where do you find Cartography Table in Minecraft?
Cartography Table is found in All Overworld biomes (crafting) and Villages (Cartographer houses). Craft using 4 Planks and 2 Paper.
What is the best way to get Cartography Table?
The Crafting Table is the answer: Paper and Oak Planks in, Cartography Table out, with no chest and no luck in between.
Can you craft Cartography Table?
Yes. Cartography Table is crafted at a Crafting Table using Paper and Oak Planks.
How hard is it to find Cartography Table?
Finding Cartography Table is rated very easy (1 out of 5): it is one of the first things a new survival world can supply, needing no special gear or travel.
Is there an alternative way to get Cartography Table?
Yes. Besides the main method, you can also obtain it by trading with the right villager profession.
When was Cartography Table added to Minecraft?
Cartography Table was added in the 1.14 update.