Cartography Table

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
Default	3.75
Wooden	1.9
Stone	0.95
Iron	0.65
Diamond	0.5
Netherite	0.45
Golden	0.35

Natural generation

Cartography tables can generate naturally inside cartographer houses in villages.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper + Any Planks

Usage

Cartography tables are used for cloning, expanding, locking (making them unable to be explored further), and zooming out maps. Cartography tables can also be used for adding pointers to maps, creating empty maps and renaming maps.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Below is a list of the recipes available with the cartography table:

First slot	Second slot	Result
Map	Paper	Expanded map + Cleared
Map	Empty map	Cloned map
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 clears the image but leaves 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

Java Edition:

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
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	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

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Form	Translation key
Cartography Table	cartography_table	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cartography_table

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Cartography Table	cartography_table	454	Block & Item	tile.cartography_table.name

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.
					Cartography tables now serve as cartographer villagers' job site block.
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.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					Added cartography tables.

Issues

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Gallery

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  Cartography table in a village.

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

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

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

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  A cartography table in Bedrock Edition, where a map is being renamed.

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  The cartography GUI for Java Edition.