Minecraft
How to Craft a Map in Minecraft
To craft a map in Minecraft you need eight paper and one compass. On the Crafting Table drop the compass in the center and fill every other square with paper. Below are the items, the recipe, and how to get those pieces.
| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Paper |
8 | Craft on a Crafting Table. Plant sugar cane on dirt next to water and break the top segments. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Compass |
1 | Craft on a Crafting Table with four iron ingots in a plus around one redstone dust. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Map specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted on a Crafting Table. Also cartographer village chests and shipwreck map chests.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with eight paper around one compass.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:map - Numerical ID
-
395 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:map 1
Ingredient specs
Paper
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table. Plant sugar cane on dirt next to water and break the top segments.
- Where it lives
- Crafted from sugar cane that grows beside water in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:paper- Numerical ID
339- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Iron Ingot
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains. Also buried treasure and village chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:iron_ingot- Numerical ID
265- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Furnace time
- 10 s
Sugar Cane
Early game- Where to get it
- Break the top segments and leave the bottom on dirt, sand, or grass beside water. It grows back.
- Where it lives
- Overworld riverbanks, beaches, swamps, and desert water edges.
- Item ID
minecraft:sugar_cane- Legacy item ID
minecraft:reeds- Numerical ID
338- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0
- Blast resistance
- 0
- Material
- Plant
- Diggable
- Yes
Compass
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with four iron ingots in a plus around one redstone dust.
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also cartographer chests, shipwreck map chests, and librarian trades.
- Item ID
minecraft:compass- Numerical ID
345- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Redstone Dust
Mid game- Where to get it
- Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust.
- Where it lives
- Overworld deepslate and stone, mostly below Y 16 down toward -64.
- Item ID
minecraft:redstone- Numerical ID
331- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
How to craft these materials
Eight paper and a compass
Three sugar cane in a row make three paper, so run that craft a few times until you have eight sheets. The compass is four iron ingots in a plus around one redstone dust on the same table. Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better; the four ingots come from smelting iron as usual.
Compass in the middle
Open the Crafting Table. Put the compass in the very center square. Fill the other eight squares with paper — the whole ring around it. One empty map appears on the right; take it. The inventory 2×2 is too small for this ring.
Use it where you want the center
Hold the empty map and use it. It locks onto the chunk you are standing in and starts drawing as you walk with it in hand. Activate it at the base or biome you actually want in the middle; that center does not move later. Extra paper on a cartography table zooms the same map out if you need a wider view.
