Cartography Table

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	2.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes

A cartography table is a cartographer's job site block that generates in villages. It is used for cloning, zooming out and locking maps.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

A cartography table can be obtained with any tool, including the player's hand, although using an axe is most efficient.

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

↑ 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[]

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 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 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" sound.

Sounds[]

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Java Edition:

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
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wood.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	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
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wood.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.wood.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

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Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
?	?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.wood`	?	1.0	0.8	?
?	?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.wood`	?	0.4	1.0	?
?	?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.wood`	?	0.23	0.5	?
?	?	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	?
?	?	Blocks	Walking on the block	`step.wood`	?	0.3	1.0	?
?	?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`use.wood`	?	1.0	0.8	?

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