Found often in Minecraft villages but also craftable by players themselves, Cartography Tables are a must-have for prospective adventurers hoping to explore the reaches of their world.

4) Creating Empty Maps An empty map (Image via Minecraft) In Java Edition, players can only create new and empty maps using the crafting table.

To do this, you'll need to use a Cartography Table. Now that you're there, you'll need to place the map you have in the top left slot and a piece of paper in the bottom left slot.

Maps & the Cartography Table Don't wait to start mapping. Minecraft is full of stunning vistas, villages and fortresses full of rare blocks and items, and other things worth finding again.

Learning how to make, copy, and level up a map in Minecraft is pretty easy to do, and we'll show you how it's done.

Minecraft's new Village and Pillage update is live. Find out everything new and changed in the 1.14 patch notes, here.