Minecraft:Explorer Map

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

Obtaining

Trading

File:Village Graph.png

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.

Explorer maps sold at apprentice level

Template:EntitySprite Desert	Template:EntitySprite Jungle	Template:EntitySprite Plains	Template:EntitySprite Savanna	Template:EntitySprite Snowy	Template:EntitySprite Swamp	Template:EntitySprite Taiga
File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Savanna Village Map	File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Savanna Village Map	File:Savanna Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Savanna Village Map	File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Desert Village Map	File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Plains Village Map	File:Snowy Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Snowy Village Map	File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Plains Village Map
File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Plains Village Map	File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Desert Village Map	File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Taiga Village Map	File:Plains Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Plains Village Map	File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Taiga Village Map	File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Taiga Village Map	File:Snowy Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png Snowy Village Map
File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png Jungle Explorer Map	File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png Swamp Explorer Map	–	File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png Jungle Explorer Map	File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png Swamp Explorer Map	File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png Jungle Explorer Map	File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png 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.

Template:IN, 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 Template:BE, maps from Java Cartographers do not necessarily point to the nearest structure of the type indicated. Template:IN, a cartographer sells explorer maps that point to the nearest location, regardless of whether it has been previously mapped by another cartographer.

Template:IN, if cartographer map trades are unlocked in an Minecraft: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. Template:LootChestItem

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. 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 water_on_map_outlines Minecraft: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 Minecraft: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.

Structure icons

Map	Structure	Icon
Template:ItemSprite Plains Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Plains Village (texture) JE2.png
Template:ItemSprite Desert Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Desert Village (texture) JE1 BE1.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 Taiga Village Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Taiga Village (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Swamp Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Swamp Hut (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Jungle Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Jungle Pyramid (texture) JE1 BE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Trial Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Trial Chambers (texture) JE1.png
Template:ItemSprite Ocean Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Monument (texture) JE2.png
Template:ItemSprite Woodland Explorer Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Mansion (texture) JE2.png
Template:ItemSprite Buried Treasure Map	Template:EnvLink	File:Red X (texture) JE1.pngTemplate:Only File:Target X (texture) BE2.pngTemplate:Only

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

Template:JE: Template:ID table

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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 Data component format/map color 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.

See also

• Minecraft:Map
• Minecraft:Ocean Monument
• Minecraft:Woodland Mansion
• Minecraft:Jungle Pyramid
• Minecraft:Swamp Hut
• Minecraft:Village
• Minecraft:Shipwreck
• Minecraft:Buried Treasure
• Minecraft:Trial Chambers

External links

• Template:Mcnet