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{{about|the maps used to locate structures|the craftable map|Map|others|Map (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox item
| group = Ocean Explorer
| 1-1 = Ocean Explorer Map.png
| 1-2 = Ocean Explorer Map BE.png
| group2 = Woodland Explorer
| 2-1 = Woodland Explorer Map.png
| 2-2 = Woodland Explorer Map BE.png
| group3 = Trial Explorer
| 3-1 = Trial Explorer Map.png
| 3-2 = Trial Explorer Map BE.png
| group4 = Buried Treasure
| 4-1 = Buried Treasure Map.png
| 4-2 = Buried Treasure Map BE.png
| group5 = Jungle, Swamp Explorer; Village<!--if you ever change this name remember to also change the redirects leading to it -->
| 5-1 = Village Map.png
| 5-2 = Village Map BE.png
| *-1caption = {{JE}}
| *-2caption = {{BE}}
| invimage = Ocean Explorer Map
| invimage2 = Woodland Explorer Map
| invimage3 = Trial Explorer Map
| invimage4 = Buried Treasure Map
| invimage5 = ----
| invimage6 = Desert Village Map
| invimage7 = Plains Village Map
| invimage8 = Savanna Village Map
| invimage9 = Snowy Village Map
| invimage10 = Taiga Village Map
| invimage11 = ----
| invimage12 = Jungle Explorer Map
| invimage13 = Swamp Explorer Map
| invimage14 = ----
| invimage15 = Ocean Explorer Map BE
| invimage16 = Woodland Explorer Map BE
| invimage17 = Trial Explorer Map BE
| invimage18 = Buried Treasure Map BE
| invimage19 = ----
| invimage20 = Desert Village Map BE
| invimage21 = Plains Village Map BE
| invimage22 = Savanna Village Map BE
| invimage23 = Snowy Village Map BE
| invimage24 = Taiga Village Map BE
| invimage25 = ----
| invimage26 = Jungle Explorer Map BE
| invimage27 = Swamp Explorer Map BE
| renewable = '''Buried Treasure''': No<br> '''Others''': Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Explorer maps''' are a group of 11 premade [[Minecraft:map]] variants which are marked with the locations of various [[Minecraft:structure]]s.

== Obtaining ==
=== Trading ===
{{Trade sources|Explorer Map|Ocean Explorer Map|Trial Explorer Map|Woodland Explorer Map}}

[[File:Village Graph.png|thumb|A graph showing where each type of cartographer's maps leads to]]
The types of explorer map that can be sold by apprentice cartographers depend on their biome variant.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Explorer maps sold at apprentice level
|-
! {{EntitySprite|villager-desert-cartographer}} Desert
! {{EntitySprite|villager-jungle-cartographer}} Jungle
! {{EntitySprite|villager-plains-cartographer}} Plains
! {{EntitySprite|villager-savanna-cartographer}} Savanna
! {{EntitySprite|villager-snowy-cartographer}} Snowy
! {{EntitySprite|villager-swamp-cartographer}} Swamp
! {{EntitySprite|villager-taiga-cartographer}} Taiga
|-
| [[File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Savanna Village Map
| [[File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Savanna Village Map
| [[File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Savanna Village Map
| [[File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Desert Village Map
| [[File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Plains Village Map
| [[File:Snowy Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Snowy Village Map
| [[File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Plains Village Map
|-
| [[File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Plains Village Map
| [[File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Desert Village Map
| [[File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Taiga Village Map
| [[File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Plains Village Map
| [[File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Taiga Village Map
| [[File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Taiga Village Map
| [[File:Snowy Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Snowy Village Map
|-
| [[File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Jungle Explorer Map
| [[File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Swamp Explorer Map
| &ndash;
| [[File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Jungle Explorer Map
| [[File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Swamp Explorer Map
| [[File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Jungle Explorer Map
| [[File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png|16px|class=pixel-image]] Swamp Explorer Map
|}

If the cartographer is in [[Minecraft:the Nether]] or [[Minecraft:the End]], either spawned or transported, the trades for the map do not unlock. If the world does not generate a particular structure, trades for the map for that structure also do not unlock.

{{IN|JE}}, each cartographer sells its own unique explorer map that points to a different location than other cartographers. Purchasing another explorer map from the same cartographer results in the same explorer map. Unlike {{BE}}, maps from Java Cartographers do not necessarily point to the nearest structure of the type indicated. {{IN|BE}}, a cartographer sells explorer maps that point to the nearest location, regardless of whether it has been previously mapped by another cartographer. 

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{{IN|BE}}, if cartographer map trades are unlocked in an old world, the game stops ticking.

=== Generated loot ===
In contrast to explorer maps, '''buried treasure maps''' (''Java Edition'') or '''treasure maps''' (''Bedrock Edition'') generate in ocean ruins or in shipwrecks.
{{LootChestItem|buried-treasure-map}}

== Usage ==
[[File:Explorer Map Comparison.gif|thumb|217px|Unexplored and partially explored woodland explorer maps.]]

{{See also|Map#Mapping|Map#Map content}}

=== Locating structures ===
An explorer map shows a section of terrain that contains a specific [[Minecraft:structure]], marked with a small icon. The structure shown may not be the nearest such structure to the player. An explorer map differs from a normal map in that it shows the area's land-water outline, with an orange striated texture for water and swamps,<ref>Specifically, biomes in the <code>water_on_map_outlines</code> biome tag.</ref> and the blank map texture for land.

If the player icon is smaller than it would be on a normal map, that means the player is a great distance away. When the player is less than 1027 blocks away from the map border, the icon returns to the proper size. When the player reaches the map's area of land (512×512), the map fills in like a normal map.

The basic functions of a buried treasure explorer map are similar to that of the others. However, instead of showing a structure icon on the map, the treasure's location is marked with a red X. The buried treasure chest is located on the same X and Z coordinates as the middle of the X (the player marker may need to be aligned with the bottom of the middle 2×2 pixel square of the X). To locate the [[Minecraft:chest]] spot, hold the treasure map in the hotbar, not in the offhand slot. It is possible for multiple maps to point to the same treasure or structure, since explorer maps lead to the closest location (relative to where they were created) of their target type.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Structure icons
|-
! Map
! Structure
! Icon
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Plains Village Map}} Plains Village Map
| {{EnvLink|Plains Village}}
| [[File:Plains Village (texture) JE2.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Desert Village Map}} Desert Village Map
| {{EnvLink|Desert Village}}
| [[File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Savanna Village Map}} Savanna Village Map
| {{EnvLink|Savanna Village}}
| [[File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Snowy Village Map}} Snowy Village Map
| {{EnvLink|Snowy Village}}
| [[File:Snowy Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Taiga Village Map}} Taiga Village Map
| {{EnvLink|Taiga Village}}
| [[File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Swamp Explorer Map}} Swamp Explorer Map
| {{EnvLink|Swamp Hut}}
| [[File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Jungle Explorer Map}} Jungle Explorer Map
| {{EnvLink|Jungle Pyramid}}
| [[File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Trial Chambers Map}} Trial Explorer Map
| {{EnvLink|Trial Chambers}}
| [[File:Trial Chambers (texture) JE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Ocean Explorer Map}} Ocean Explorer Map
| {{EnvLink|Ocean Monument}}
| [[File:Monument (texture) JE2.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Woodland Explorer Map}} Woodland Explorer Map
| {{EnvLink|Woodland Mansion}}
| [[File:Mansion (texture) JE2.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
|-
| {{ItemSprite|Buried Treasure Map}} Buried Treasure Map
| {{EnvLink|Buried Treasure}}
| [[File:Red X (texture) JE1.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]{{only|JE|short=1}}<br>[[File:Target X (texture) BE2.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]{{only|BE|short=1}}
|}

=== Cloning ===
{{Crafting
|ignoreusage = 1
|showdescription = 1
|shapeless = 1
|name = [[Minecraft:Explorer Map]]<br>(cloned)|;;;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map|;;;;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map|;;;;;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map|Empty Map|Ocean Explorer Map; Woodland Explorer Map; Buried Treasure Map; Trial Explorer Map; Plains Village Map; Desert Village Map; Savanna Village Map; Snowy Village Map; Taiga Village Map; Swamp Explorer Map; Jungle Explorer Map|;;;;;;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map|;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map|;;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map|;;;;;;;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map;Empty Map
|Output = Ocean Explorer Map,2; Woodland Explorer Map,3; Buried Treasure Map,4; Trial Explorer Map,5; Plains Village Map,6; Desert Village Map,7; Savanna Village Map,8; Snowy Village Map,9; Taiga Village Map,9; Swamp Explorer Map,9; Jungle Explorer Map,9
|type = Miscellaneous
|description = The output has the same map center as the input map, and the same monument, woodland mansion, buried treasure, trial chamber, village, jungle temple or swamp hut marker. Cloned maps are stackable.
}}

The parts of the world that have already been explored and mapped are copied, and newly explored areas appear on both instances. In Creative mode, cloned explorer maps can be obtained by pick blocking on the explorer map displayed on item frames (the map needs to be out of the player's inventory when using pick block, or else that map moves into the active hotbar slot).

== Sounds ==
{{JE}}
{{SoundTable
| type = java
| {{SoundLine
|sound =Drawmap1.ogg
|sound2=Drawmap2.ogg
|sound3=Drawmap3.ogg
|subtitle=Map drawn
|source=block
|description=When an explorer map is edited using a cartography table
|id=ui.cartography_table.take_result
|translationkey=subtitles.ui.cartography_table.take_result
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
| distance = 16
}}
}}

{{BE}}: ''None''

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{JE}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Map
|spritetype=item
|nameid=filled_map
|form=item
|translationkey=item.minecraft.filled_map, filled_map.monument, filled_map.mansion, filled_map.explorer_jungle, filled_map.explorer_swamp, filled_map.village_desert, filled_map.village_plains, filled_map.village_savanna, filled_map.village_snowy, filled_map.village_taiga, filled_map.buried_treasure, filled_map.trial_chambers
|foot=1}}

{{BE}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Map
|spritetype=item
|nameid=filled_map
|aliasid=map
|id=358
|form=item
|translationkey=item.map.name, item.map.exploration.monument.name, item.map.exploration.mansion.name, item.map.exploration.jungle_temple.name, item.map.exploration.swamp_hut.name, item.map.exploration.village_desert.name, item.map.exploration.village_plains.name, item.map.exploration.village_savanna.name, item.map.exploration.village_snowy.name, item.map.exploration.village_taiga.name, item.map.exploration.buried_treasure.name, item.map.exploration.trial_chambers.name
|foot=1}}

=== Metadata ===
{{see also|Bedrock Edition data values}}

{{#lst:Map|metadata}}

=== Item data ===
{{JE}}:
{{see also|Data component format}}
An explorer map differs from a [[Minecraft:map]] in that its <code>map_color</code> and <code>item_name</code> components are set. Additionally, its <code>map_decorations</code> component includes an entry for its target structure. Its map item entry is identical to that of a normal map, except that by the time the player sees it, its <code>colors</code> byte array is pre-filled with explorer maps' characteristic land-water boundary lines and water shading.

<div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound|components}}: the item's '''components''' tag.
{{:Data component format/item_name}}
{{:Data component format/map_color}}
{{:Data component format/map_decorations}}
{{:Data component format/map_id}}
</div>

{{Calculator|decimalColor}}

{{BE}}:
{{see also|Bedrock Edition level format/Item format}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Treasure Hunter}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w39a|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added woodland and ocean explorer maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=16w41a|Explorer maps can no longer be zoomed out.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w10a|[[File:Map (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added buried treasure maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w11a|Buried treasure maps now generate in the [[Minecraft:chest]]s of shipwrecks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Map (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures for explorer maps have now been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.2|dev=pre1|Updated structure icons on explorer maps sold by cartographers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.2|exp=Villager Trade Rebalance|dev=pre1|[[File:Jungle Explorer Map JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Explorer Map JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Desert Village Map JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Plains Village Map JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Savanna Village Map JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Snowy Village Map JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Taiga Village Map JE1.png|32px]] Added jungle, swamp, desert, plains, savanna, snowy, and taiga village maps, which cartographers can sell.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|exp=Update 1.21|dev=24w12a|[[File:Trial Chambers Map JE1.png|32px]] Added trial chambers maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21|dev=24w18a|Trial chambers map has been renamed to trial explorer map.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w07a|The new explorer maps sold by cartographers have been added and thus are no longer behind the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental toggle.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added explorer maps.<ref>{{Mcnet|discovery-update-pocket-and-win-10-soon|The Discovery Update: on Pocket and Win 10 soon|March 29, 2017}}</ref>
|Explorer maps are not yet obtainable in Survival mode.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=alpha 1.1.0.3|Explorer maps are now obtainable as trades from cartographer villagers.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|[[File:Treasure Map BE1.png|32px]] Added treasure maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.2.20.1|Treasure maps now generate in underwater ruins chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Buried Treasure Map BE2.png|32px]] The textures for explorer maps have now been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.4|Trading has now been changed, woodland and ocean explorer maps now cost a [[Minecraft:compass]] and 12 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s.
|Journeyman-level cartographer villagers no longer sell 2 type of explorer map as they now have {{frac|1|3}} chance to sell woodland explorer maps, {{frac|1|3}} chance to sell ocean explorer maps, or {{frac|1|3}} chance to sell other [[Minecraft:item]]s<!-- empty locator map--> as part of their trades.
|Woodland explorer maps can now be bought from fletcher [[Minecraft:villager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12.0|dev=beta 1.12.0.3|Journeyman-level fletcher villagers no longer sell woodland explorer maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.100|dev=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of maps has been changed from <code>map</code> to <code>filled_map</code>.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.40|exp=Villager Trade Rebalancing|dev=Preview 1.20.40.20|[[File:Jungle Explorer Map BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Explorer Map BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Desert Village Map BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Plains Village Map BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Savanna Village Map BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Snowy Village Map BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Taiga Village Map BE1.png|32px]] Added jungle, swamp explorer maps, desert, plains, savanna, snowy, taiga village maps, which cartographers can sell.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.80|exp=Update 1.21|dev=Preview 1.20.80.23|[[File:Trial Chambers Map BE1.png|32px]] Added trial chambers maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.0|dev=Preview 1.21.0.23|Trial chambers map has been renamed to trial explorer map.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.70|dev=Preview 1.21.70.23|The new explorer maps sold by cartographers are no longer behind the "Villager Trade Rebalancing" experimental toggle.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|psvita=1.52|ps4=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added explorer maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|[[File:Map (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added buried treasure explorer maps.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map JE2.png|32px]] The textures for explorer maps have now been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.19|[[File:Woodland Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ocean Explorer Map JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added explorer maps.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Explorer maps fill as the chunks are generated, rather than when the player holds them while in the area; leaving an explorer map while exploring the area still fills the map.
* {{IN|Bedrock}}, inventory editors and add-ons can be used to create Explorer Maps that lead to any structure.

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Explorer Maps.png|An ocean explorer map in the off-hand, a woodland explorer map in the main hand, and a cartographer villager in between them.
File:Partial Explorer Map.png|A partially-explored explorer map.
File:ExplorerToNormal Map Comparison.png|Two fully-explored maps of the same place, one of which is a woodland explorer map.
File:Buried Treasure Explorer Map.png|An item frame holding a buried treasure explorer map. The player can see the red X on the left side of the map.
File:Purchase.png|Purchasing explorer maps from a cartographer.
File:ComposerLumos Buried treasure map screenshot .png|A fully-explored buried treasure map, with the dug up treasure chest to the left of it.
File:Unexplored Trials Map.png|An unexplored trial map.
File:Fully Explored Trials Map .png|The same trial explorer map after being fully explored.
</gallery>

=== Mojang screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Noor is out exploring with one of the new Explorer Maps.jpg|"Noor is out exploring with one of the new Explorer Maps".<ref>{{mcnet|minecraft-java-edition-1-20-2|Minecraft Java Editiom 1.20.2 Now Available|September 21, 2023|Java Team}}</ref>
File:MCV SpringDrop testing Feb12 General 1280x720 (7).jpeg|A player holding a Jungle Explorer Map.
File:MCV SpringDrop testing Feb12 General 1280x720 (6).jpeg|A player trades for an Explorer Map.
Treasure Map Table.jpg|A Jungle Explorer Map in an item frame.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Map]]
* Ocean Monument
* Woodland Mansion
* Jungle Pyramid
* Swamp Hut
* Village
* Shipwreck
* Buried Treasure
* Trial Chambers

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Mcnet|taking-inventory--explorer-map|Taking Inventory: Explorer Map|November 13, 2019|Duncan Geere}} 

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