Cartography Table

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.

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

↑ 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:

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
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

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

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	Attenuation distance
	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`

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

History

Java Edition
1.14	18w44a	Added cartography tables.
	18w44a	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.
	19w02a	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.
1.9.0	beta 1.9.0.2	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.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	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.