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Maps in Minecraft come in many different varieties. Some of them are ideal for hunting for treasure or hidden structures, while others simply keep players appraised of their surroundings. Whatever the case may be, maps are still remarkably useful tools in a game world, especially if fans aren't using commands or mods to help them keep their bearings as they explore.
But how and where can you get each different type of map in Minecraft? Put plainly, some maps are craftable, while others must be traded for with villagers or plundered from generated structure loot.
Whatever the case, no in-game maps are particularly difficult to get a hold of when you know where to look.
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How to get each type of map in Minecraft
Standard maps
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Standard Minecraft maps have two different crafting recipes based on the edition of the game. They can also be crafted with a cartography table in Bedrock or looted from certain in-game structures.
The crafting recipes depending on the edition of the title are as follows:
- Java Edition: Eight pieces of paper surrounding a compass in a crafting table grid. The compass can be crafted by combining four iron ingots and a piece of redstone dust in a crafting table grid in a + formation with the redstone dust at the center.
- Bedrock/Education/Pocket Edition: Nine pieces of paper in a crafting table grid with each piece of paper in its own slot.
Additionally, a single piece of paper can be used on a cartography table to create an empty map. A compass can be added to the paper to create an empty locator map that will mark your location in Bedrock Edition. During world creation in the same edition, you can also find an empty map if you turn on the starter chest option and then open the chest after spawning.
Moreover, standard maps can be found from loot chests in certain in-game structures. They can be found below with their appearance chances:
- Java Edition: Shipwreck map chests (7.7%), stronghold library chests (10.9%), village cartographer chests (46.2% to find 1-3 maps).
- Bedrock/Education/Pocket Edition: Shipwreck map chests (7.7%), stronghold library chests (10.5%), village cartographer chests (46.2% to find 1-3 maps).
Explorer and buried treasure maps
When it comes to explorer maps that find generated structures in Minecraft and buried treasure maps that point out hidden treasure chests, you'll need to either trade for them with villagers or loot them from specific structures.
Explorer maps for ocean monuments, trial chambers, and woodland mansions can be found by trading with cartographer villagers according to the table below:
Explorer map trades without villager trade balance
With the villager trade rebalance, you can also trade for explorer maps that point you toward different villages as well as swamp/witch huts and jungle temples in addition to the three explorer maps shown above.
A table breaking down the trade details in the villager trade rebalance when it is enabled can be found below:
Explorer map trades with villager trade balance
It should be noted that the maps offered in the villager trade rebalance will be dependent on which biome the cartographer villager spawned in. This means you may need to venture to different villages to find the necessary maps since they're no longer tied to a chance-based system.
That leaves buried treasure maps, which can point to buried loot chests often found on beaches and underwater. These maps can be found in shipwrecks as well as underwater ruins. They have the same appearance rates in both Java and Bedrock Editions, which can be found below:
- Shipwreck Map Room Chests: 100%
- Underwater Ruins (Big Ruins) Chests: 43.5%
- Underwater Ruins (Small Ruins) Chests: 41.7%
Additional map types may be introduced to Minecraft by Mojang in the future. However, for the time being, the locations and crafting resources above should be more than enough to help you find the maps you need and ultimately the structures you seek.
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