Cartography Table

Cartography Table

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	2.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color (Java)	13 WOOD

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A cartography table is a utility block used for cloning, zooming out and locking maps. It also serves as a cartographer's job site block.

Obtaining

Breaking

A cartography table can be obtained using any tool or by hand, although using an axe is the fastest.

Block	Cartography Table
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	3.75
Wooden	1.9
Stone	0.95
Iron	0.65
Diamond	0.5
Netherite	0.45
Golden	0.35
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Cartography tables can generate naturally inside cartographer houses in villages. They can also generate in trail ruins.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Paper + Any Planks

Usage

Placement

Regardless of the player's position during placement, the different textures of the block are always facing the same direction (the texture with the globe in the right corner always faces west, while the one with the compass and map faces up).

Zooming out, cloning, locking maps

The GUI of cartography table in Java Edition.

The GUI of cartography table in Bedrock Edition.

Cartography tables are used for zooming out, cloning, and locking maps (making them unable to be altered). They can also be used for adding pointers to maps, creating empty maps, and renaming maps.‌

Below is a list of brief descriptions of all available functions of the cartography table:

For more detailed information of each of these functions, see Map § Usage.

First slot	Second slot	Result
Map	Paper	Zoomed out map (1 zoom level higher)
Map	Empty map	Two identical maps
Map	Glass Pane	Locked map
Map	Compass	Locator map‌
Empty map	Compass	Empty Locator map‌
Paper		Empty map‌
Paper	Compass	Empty Locator map‌

Zooming out a map always starts with an existing map, not a blank map. Zooming it out makes the map aligned to the grid that would include the area of the original map. To build a set of maps such as for a map wall, a player cannot create several level 0 (base) maps at one location then zoom them out before going out into the world to fill them in; the player must start with a base map created in each area to be covered by the zoomed out map. See more discussion of map alignment at Map.

Profession

If a cartography table has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to cartographer and claim the cartography table as their job site block.

Fuel

A cartography table can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Note blocks

Cartography tables can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e wood sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e wood sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Map drawn	Blocks	When a map is edited using a cartography table	ui.cartography_table.take_result	subtitles.ui.cartography_table.take_result​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Cartographer works	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while a cartographer is working	entity.villager.work_cartographer	subtitles.entity.villager.work_cartographer​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a map is edited using a cartography table	ui.cartography_table.take_result	0.8	1.0
	Blocks	Randomly while a cartographer is working	block.cartography_table.use	0.8	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Cartography Table	cartography_table	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cartography_table

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Cartography Table	cartography_table	455	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.cartography_table.name

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.14			18w44a				Added cartography tables.
							Cartography tables are currently obtainable only from the Creative inventory and do not have any functionality.
			18w46a				The texture of cartography tables has been changed.
			18w48a				Cartography tables now generate in the updated plains villages.
			18w49a				Cartography tables now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy villages.
			18w50a				Cartography tables now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
			19w02a				Cartography tables are now functional and craftable.
							Cartography tables can now be used to clone, extend, and lock maps.
			19w06a				Block sounds have been added for cartography tables.
			19w11a				The crafting recipe of cartography tables now requires four planks instead of only two.
							This also means cartography tables no longer can craft in 2×2 grid.
							Cartography tables now serve as cartographer villagers' job site block.
1.16			20w06a				Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft cartography tables.
1.18			Pre-release 5				The texture of cartography tables has been changed.
1.19			22w11a				Mangrove planks can now be used to craft cartography tables.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Bamboo planks can now be used to craft cartography tables.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Cherry planks can now be used to craft cartography tables.
1.20			23w16a				Cartography tables now generate in trail ruins.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.9.0.2				Added cartography tables which are currently locked behind Experimental Gameplay.
							Cartography tables can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace.
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Cartography tables are now craftable, but with a different recipe than in Java Edition.
							Cartography tables can now generate in cartographer houses in villages.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Cartography tables are now functional.
							Cartography tables are now available outside of Experimental gameplay.
							Cartography tables can now be used to create, clone, extend, mark, and rename maps.
							The crafting recipe of cartography tables has been changed to Java Edition's recipe.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Cartography tables can now be used to lock maps.
			beta 1.11.0.7				The crafting recipe of cartography tables now requires four planks instead of only two.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.22				The texture of cartography tables has been changed.
[hide]PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added cartography tables.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cartography Table" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  In Java Edition, cartography table's UI, showing the map is being zoomed out.

• 

  Cartography table's UI, showing the map is being cloned.

• 

  Cartography table's UI, showing the map is being locked.

• 

  Cartography table in a village.

• 

  Cartography table on the ground.

In other media

• 

  A cartography table in A Minecraft Movie.

External links

• Block of the Week: Cartography Table – Minecraft.net on July 22, 2021