Cartographer







| Workstation | |
|---|---|
| Buys | |
| Sells |
{
"title": "Cartographer",
"rows": [
{
"field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BlockSprite cartography-table.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Cartography Table|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Cartography Table article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Cartography Table</span>)</span>",
"label": "(link to Workstation article, displayed as Workstation)"
},
{
"field": "\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite paper.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Paper|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Paper article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Paper</span>)</span>\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BlockSprite glass.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Glass Pane|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Glass Pane article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Glass Pane</span>)</span>\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite compass.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Compass|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Compass article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Compass</span>)</span>",
"label": "Buys"
},
{
"field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
"label": "Sells"
}
],
"invimages": [],
"images": [
"Plains Cartographer.png",
"Desert Cartographer.png",
"Savanna Cartographer.png",
"Taiga Cartographer.png",
"Snowy Cartographer.png",
"Jungle Cartographer.png",
"Swamp Cartographer.png"
]
}
A cartographer is a villager that trades various maps, compasses, as well as banners and banner patterns. Cartographers wear a golden monocle and a empty map pack.
Spawning
An unemployed villager turns into an cartographer when an unclaimed cartography table is nearby.
Natural generation
The workstation of cartographers, the cartography table, generates in cartographer houses in villages.
Drops
In Java Edition, a cartographer can drop various items by throwing them as a gift towards a nearby player with the Hero of the Village effect. The gift is randomly selected from the following list:
Trading

| Level | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probability | Probability | Slot | ||||||
| 100% | 100% | 1 | 24 × | 12 | 2 | 0.05 | ||
| 100% | 100% | 2 | 7 × | 12 | 1 | 0.05 | ||
| 50% | 100% | 3 | 11 × | 16 | 10 | 0.05 | ||
| 100% | 100% | 4 | 8 × + | 12 | 5 | 0.2 | ||
| 67% | 50% | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0.05 | |||
| 67% | 50% | 13 × + | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | |||
| 67% | 100% | 6 | 12 × + | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | ||
| 12% | 100% | 7 | 7 × | 12 | 15 | 0.05 | ||
| 100% | 100% | 8 | 3 × | Any color Banner[t 3] | 12 | 15 | 0.05 | |
| 100% | 100% | 9 | 8 × | 12 | 30 | 0.05 | ||
| 100% | 100% | 10 | 14 × + | 12 | 30 | 0.2 | ||
- ↑ The structure that the map leads to depends on the biome the villager is from. Each of the three possible maps are counted as independent trades, so a villager trading multiple maps is possible.
- ↑ a b In Java Edition, all copies of the map traded by a particular villager lead to the same structure. In worlds that do not have the structure, this trade is not offered. In Bedrock Edition, cartographers adopting the profession in the Nether or the End do not offer explorer maps.
- ↑ The list of possible offers contains individual offers for each color, so multiple colors may be offered by the same villager as separate trades.
Village maps
The maps that apprentice cartographers sell depends on their biome variant. The table below shows which maps each biome variant can have in stock.
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Sounds
Java Edition
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Cartographer works | Friendly Mobs | Randomly while a | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Bedrock Edition
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Randomly while a | block | 0.8 | varies [sound 1] | |
- ↑ Can be 1.0 or 0.92 for each sound
Data values
Cartographers have the data value minecraft:cartographer in Java Edition.
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added cartographers as a career of the "Librarian" profession. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w50a | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.3 | Added cartographers as a career of the "Librarian" profession. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 Experiment | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added cartographers as a career of the "Librarian" profession. |
| 1.91 | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Cartographer" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
The specific instructions are:
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Plains cartographer asleep.
Textures
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Cartographer overlay
In other media
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Artwork of a jungle cartographer -
A cartographer with a swamp cleric and savanna farmer -
A poisonous potato cartographer featured in Java Edition 24w14potato -
A cartographer as seen in A Minecraft Movie
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