What is Cartography Table in Minecraft?
A cartography table is a special utility block that makes working with maps much easier and more efficient. It looks like a wooden table with a map and some drawing tools on top. Its main purpose is to help players create, edit, and manage their maps. You can use a cartography table to zoom out maps to cover a larger area, clone maps to share with friends, or lock maps so they cannot be changed. It does all of this using fewer resources than a regular crafting table. It is an essential tool for any explorer who wants to map out their world. A cartography table also serves as the job site block for the cartographer villager.
How to get Cartography Table in Minecraft
There are two main ways to get a cartography table. The first way is to find one that has already been generated in a village. Cartographer houses in villages will always contain a cartography table. You can simply break it with any tool, though an axe is fastest, and pick it up to take it with you. This is a great way to get one early in the game if you are lucky enough to find a village. The second way is to craft it. The crafting recipe is very simple. You will need four wood planks of any type and two pieces of paper. You can get planks from any tree, and you can get paper by crafting it from sugar cane. Once you have your materials, open a crafting table. Place the two pieces of paper in the top row, and place the four planks in a two by two square directly underneath them.
How to use Cartography Table in Minecraft
To use a cartography table, just right click it to open its special menu. It has two input slots and one output slot. To zoom out a map, place your existing map in the top slot and a piece of paper in the bottom slot. The result will be a new, more zoomed out map. To clone a map, place your map in the top slot and an empty map in the bottom slot. This will create a copy of your map. To lock a map, which prevents it from being updated further, place your map in the top slot and a glass pane in the bottom slot. This is useful for creating decorative maps. A cartography table is also the job block for the cartographer villager. Placing one near an unemployed villager will turn them into a cartographer, who offers trades for maps, banners, and emeralds.
How to craft Cartography Table in Minecraft
Crafting Table
What can Cartography Table make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.