What is Empty Map in Minecraft?
An empty map is a craftable item in Minecraft that allows you to chart and record the world around you. When you first create it, it is blank, but once you use it, it starts to fill in with a top down view of the terrain you explore. This makes an empty map an essential tool for any adventurer who wants to explore without getting lost. You can use maps to remember where your base is, mark important locations, or even create a giant, detailed wall map of your entire world by placing multiple maps in item frames. It is the perfect tool for navigation and for keeping a visual record of your travels and discoveries.
How to get Empty Map in Minecraft
The most common way to get an empty map is by crafting it. There are two different recipes. The first, and most common, is to combine one compass with eight pieces of paper. Place the compass in the center of a crafting table and surround it completely with the paper. The second recipe, which creates a map without a player marker, is to just fill the crafting grid with nine pieces of paper. You can also find an empty map in certain chests. They have a chance to appear in shipwreck map rooms and in stronghold library chests. Another way to get one is by trading with a cartographer villager. A journeyman level cartographer will sell you an empty map for a few emeralds.
How to use Empty Map in Minecraft
To use an empty map, hold it in your hand and right click. This will turn it into an active map and it will begin to draw the area around you. As you walk around, the map will fill in with details of the terrain. If you crafted your map with a compass, you will see a white marker on the map that shows your current location. You can expand a map's view by combining it with paper on a cartography table. You can also clone a map by combining it with another empty map. One of the coolest uses is to place a filled map in an item frame to display it on a wall. If you place multiple adjacent maps together, you can create a huge, seamless map of your world.
How to craft Empty Map in Minecraft
Crafting Table
What can Empty Map make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.