Explorer Map

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

The types of explorer map that can be sold by apprentice cartographers depend on their biome variant.

If the cartographer is in the Nether or 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 Java Edition, 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 Bedrock Edition, maps from Java Cartographers do not necessarily point to the nearest structure of the type indicated. In Bedrock Edition, a cartographer sells explorer maps that point to the nearest location, regardless of whether it has been previously mapped by another cartographer.

In Bedrock Edition, if cartographer map trades are unlocked in an old world, the game stops ticking.

In contrast to explorer maps, buried treasure maps (Java Edition) or treasure maps (Bedrock Edition) generate in ocean ruins or in shipwrecks.

{ "item": "Buried Treasure Map", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }

{ "item": "Buried Treasure Map", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.41666666666666663, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }

{ "item": "Buried Treasure Map", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.4347826086956522, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }

An explorer map shows a section of terrain that contains a specific 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,^[1] 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 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.

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).

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition: None

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

An explorer map differs from a 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.

Bedrock Edition:

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

• 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 Edition, inventory editors and add-ons can be used to create Explorer Maps that lead to any structure.

• 👁 An ocean explorer map in the off-hand, a woodland explorer map in the main hand, and a cartographer villager in between them.
  
  An ocean explorer map in the off-hand, a woodland explorer map in the main hand, and a 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 item frame holding a buried treasure explorer map. The player can see the red X on the left side of the map.
  
  An 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.

• 👁 "Noor is out exploring with one of the new Explorer Maps".[3]
  
  "Noor is out exploring with one of the new Explorer Maps".^[3]
• 👁 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.

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

• "Taking Inventory: Explorer Map" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 13, 2019.