This page documents the history of map icon textures in Java Edition.
History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 |      Added five map icons: four markers and a white X. | |||
| 1.8 | Pre-release |   Added an unused red triangle and an icon for players not currently within the map. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a |   Added woodland mansion and ocean monument map icons for explorer maps. | |||
| 1.13 | 18w10a |                  Added 17 new map icons: a red X for buried treasure and one for each of the 16 banner colors. | |||
Placeholder textures[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 |  mapicons.png now has eleven spaces filled in with this solid blue color. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w10a |  map_icons.png has been reconfigured to be much larger, and empty spaces are now fully transparent as a result. | |||