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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

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.

Contents

• 1 Obtaining
  • 1.1 Breaking
  • 1.2 Natural generation
  • 1.3 Crafting
• 2 Usage
  • 2.1 Zooming out, cloning, locking maps
  • 2.2 Changing profession
  • 2.3 Fuel
  • 2.4 Note Blocks
• 3 Sounds
  • 3.1 Generic
  • 3.2 Unique
• 4 Data values
  • 4.1 ID
• 5 History
• 6 Issues
• 7 Trivia
• 8 Gallery
• 9 External Links

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

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

Block	Cartography Table
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	3.75
Wooden	1.9
Stone	0.95
Iron	0.65
Diamond	0.5
Netherite	0.45
Golden	0.35

1. ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[]

Cartography tables can generate naturally inside cartographer houses in villages.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper +Any Planks

Usage[]

Zooming out, cloning, locking maps[]

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.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

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

For more detailed information of each of these function, 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[Bedrock Edition only]
Empty map	Compass	Empty Locator map‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Paper	Empty map‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Paper	Compass	Empty Locator map‌[Bedrock Edition only]

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.

Changing profession[]

If a village has a cartography table that has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby villager who hasn't chosen a job site block has a chance to change their profession to a cartographer.

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:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuationdistance
	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
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

1. ↑ a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

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
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuationdistance
	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:

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	Translation key
Cartography Table	cartography_table	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cartography_table

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Cartography Table	cartography_table	455	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.cartography_table.name

1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
2. ↑ Available with /give command.
3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

History[]

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.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			Added cartography tables.
					Cartography tables can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Cartography tables are now craftable, but with a different recipe than Java.
					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 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.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					Added cartography tables.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Cartography Table" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• The Cartography Table is most likely made out of Dark Oak Planks, judging by the color of its wood.

Gallery[]

• 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.

External Links[]

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

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