Minecraft:Explorer Map

Explorer maps are a group of 11 premade Minecraft:map variants which are marked with the locations of various Minecraft:structures.

In the third drop of 2026, three new explorer maps will be added as well as maps for Minecraft:abandoned camps in 8 biomes.

Obtaining

Explorer maps cannot be found in the Minecraft:Creative inventory.

Trading

File:Village Graph.png

A graph showing where the maps from each type of cartographer lead

Generated loot

Buried treasure maps can be found in Minecraft:ocean ruins and Minecraft:shipwrecks.

An abandoned camp map can be found in all Minecraft:abandoned camp common chests, and one of seven types of explorer mapTemplate:Note can be found in all abandoned camp secret chests.Template:Upcoming Template:LootChestItem

Commands

Template:IN, because they are all data variants of the Minecraft:filled map item, they can be obtained with commands such as Template:Cmd, but only when it can find a structure to locate. See Template:Slink for a list of IDs.

Template:INUpcoming, it is possible to obtain each map using the command Template:Cmd, varying its ID; however, the maps will be empty. To obtain a map with a structure, it is necessary to use the Minecraft:item modifier Template:Cd. Below is the complete list of commands for each map. If the structure is not found, the result will be an empty map. With the exception of the buried treasure map, new maps generated from loot or trades never point to the same structure as previous maps.

Usage

File:Explorer Map Comparison.gif

Unexplored and partially explored woodland explorer maps

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 Minecraft:player, the structure depends on when it is graded, where it searches for a structure according to the location of the chest or villager. For loot, the map is generated when the loot is generated (opening the chest, destroying the chest, hopper), for trades, the map is generated when the trade is generated. The structure sought is similar to the command Template:Cmd but with a range of 101×101 if it is generated by loot (maintain the 201×201 range if it is generated by trading), and ignore the structures that have already been found by previous maps, except for the buried treasure map.

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>Template:IN, specifically, biomes in the Template:Tag link 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. Unlike the player icon when inside the map area, the player off-map and off-limits icons do not rotate.Template:Until

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.

Structure icons

Map	Structure	Icon
Template:ItemSprite Buried Treasure MapTemplate:Only Treasure MapTemplate:Only	Template:EnvLink	File:Red X (texture) JE1.pngTemplate:Only File:Target X (texture) BE2.pngTemplate:Only
Template:ItemSprite Desert Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Jungle Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Ocean Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Monument (texture) JE2.png
Template:ItemSprite Plains Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Plains Village (texture) JE2.png
Template:ItemSprite Savanna Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Snowy Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Snowy Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Swamp Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Taiga Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Trial Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Trial Chambers (texture) JE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Woodland Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Mansion (texture) JE2.png
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Template:ItemSprite Abandoned Camp Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Abandoned Camp (texture) JE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Buried Ancient City Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Ancient City (texture) JE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Desert Pyramid Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Desert Pyramid (texture) JE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Buried Mineshaft Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Mineshaft (texture) JE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Warm Ocean Ruins Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Warm Ocean Ruins (texture) JE1.png

The abandoned camps map has 8 variants for the Minecraft:biome of the abandoned camp. They are named like biome Abandoned Camp Map, except the bamboo jungle, which is named "Bamboo Camp Map". The biomes are:

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An abandoned camp never generates an explorer map for an abandoned camp of the same biome. If an abandoned camp cannot be found outside of the biome the map was found in, no map is generated.

Cloning

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 Minecraft:item frames (the map needs to be out of the Minecraft:player's inventory when using pick block, or else that map moves into the active hotbar slot).

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Metadata

{{#lst:Map|metadata}}

Item data

Template:JE: Template:See also An explorer map differs from a Minecraft:map in that its map_color and item_name components are set. Additionally, its map_decorations 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 colors byte array is pre-filled with explorer maps' characteristic land-water boundary lines and water shading.

• Template:Nbt: the item's components tag.

Data component format/item name Used in the map name depending on the structure.Template:Until Used in the name of the abandoned camp map depending on the biome.Template:Upcoming Data component format/map colorTemplate:Until Data component format/map decorations Data component format/map id

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History

Trivia

• Explorer maps fill as the Minecraft:chunks are generated, rather than when the Minecraft:player holds them while in the area; leaving an explorer map while exploring the area still fills the map.
• Template:IN, inventory editors and add-ons can be used to create explorer maps that lead to any structure.

Gallery

Screenshots

• An ocean explorer map in the Minecraft:off-hand, a woodland explorer map in the main hand, and a Minecraft:cartographer villager in between them.
  An ocean explorer map in the Minecraft:off-hand, a woodland explorer map in the main hand, and a Minecraft:cartographer villager in between them.
• A partially-explored explorer map.
  A partially-explored explorer map.
• Two fully-explored maps of the same place, one of which is a woodland explorer map.
  Two fully-explored maps of the same place, one of which is a woodland explorer map.
• An Minecraft:item frame holding a buried treasure explorer map. The player can see the red X on the left side of the map.
  An Minecraft:item frame holding a buried treasure explorer map. The player can see the red X on the left side of the map.
• Purchasing explorer maps from a cartographer.
  Purchasing explorer maps from a cartographer.
• A fully-explored buried treasure map, with the dug up treasure chest to the left of it.
  A fully-explored buried treasure map, with the dug up treasure chest to the left of it.
• An unexplored trial map.
  An unexplored trial map.
• The same trial explorer map after being fully explored.
  The same trial explorer map after being fully explored.

Mojang screenshots

• "Minecraft:Noor is out exploring with one of the new Explorer Maps".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
  "Minecraft:Noor is out exploring with one of the new Explorer Maps".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• A player holding a Jungle Explorer Map.
  A player holding a Jungle Explorer Map.
• A player trades for an Explorer Map.
  A player trades for an Explorer Map.
• A Jungle Explorer Map in an item frame.
  A Jungle Explorer Map in an item frame.

External links

• Template:Mcnet