Cartographer
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Cartographer
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A cartographer is a villager that trades various maps, compasses, as well as banners and banner patterns. Cartographers wear a golden monocle and an 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
 Cartographer | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | |
| Probability | Probability | Slot | ||||||
 Novice | 100% | 100% | 1 | 24 ×  Paper |  Emerald | 12 | 2 | 0.05 |
| 100% | 100% | 2 | 7 × Emerald |  Empty Map | 12 | 1 | 0.05 | |
 Apprentice | 50%–67% | 50%–67% | 3–4 | 11 ×  Glass Pane | Emerald | 12 | 10 | 0.05 |
| 133%–150% | 133%–150% | 8 × Emerald +  Compass |  Explorer Map[t 1] | 12 | 5 | 0.2 | ||
 Journeyman | 67% | 67% | 5–6 | Compass | Emerald | 12 | 10 | 0.05 |
| 67% | 67% | 13 × Emerald + Compass |  Ocean Explorer Map[t 2] | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | ||
| 67% | 67% | 12 × Emerald + Compass |  Trial Explorer Map[t 2] | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | ||
 Expert | 33%–50% | 33%–50% | 7–8 | 7 × Emerald |  Item Frame | 12 | 15 | 0.05 |
| 150%–167% | 150%–167% | 3 × Emerald |  Banner[t 3] | 12 | 15 | 0.05 | ||
 Master | 100% | 100% | 9 | 8 × Emerald |  Globe Banner Pattern | 12 | 30 | 0.05 |
| 100% | 100% | 10 | 14 × Emerald + Compass |  Woodland Explorer Map[t 2] | 12 | 30 | 0.2 | |
- ↑ Cartographers can offer multiple explorer maps. Their targets and the number of them vary by biome, which affects the trade probabilities.
Desert
Jungle
Plains
Savanna
Snowy
Swamp
Taiga
Glass Pane trade probability
50% 50% 67% 50% 50% 50% 50% 
Explorer Map trade probability
50% 50% 67% 50% 50% 50% 50% Explorer Map targets
Savanna Village
Savanna Village
Savanna Village
Desert Village
Plains Village
Snowy Village
Plains Village
Plains Village
Desert Village
Taiga Village
Plains Village
Taiga Village
Taiga Village
Snowy Village
Jungle Temple
Swamp Hut
Jungle Temple
Swamp Hut
Jungle Temple
Swamp Hut
- ↑ a b c The target is selected when the villager unlocks the map, and the map is not offered if no target could be found.
- ↑ Cartographers can offer multiple banners. Their colors and the number of them vary by biome, which affects the trade probabilities.
Desert
Jungle
Plains
Savanna
Snowy
Swamp
Taiga
Item Frame trade probability
33% 50% 40% 40% 33% 50% 40% Banner trade probability
167% 150% 160% 160% 167% 150% 160% 
Banner colors
Cyan
Brown
Brown
Green
Blue
Black
Blue
Gray
Green
Pink
Magenta
Cyan
Light Blue
Lime
Green
Yellow
White
Orange
Light Blue
Purple
Pink
Lime
Yellow
Red
Red
Purple
Orange
White
Sounds
Java Edition
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Cartographer works | Friendly Mobs | Randomly while a cartographer is working | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 | 16 | |
Bedrock Edition
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Map drawn | Blocks | Randomly while a cartographer is working | block | subtitles | 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
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added cartographers as a career of the "Librarian" profession. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w50a | Cartographers have been split from librarians and are now their own profession. | |||||
| 1.20.2 Experiment | 1.20.2 Pre-release 1 | Added seven new maps which cartographers can sell. | |||||
| 1.21.5 | 25w07a | The change to cartographer trades above has been moved out of Villager Trade Rebalance and is now available in normal gameplay. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| 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 | Cartographers have been split from librarians and are now their own profession. | |||||
| 1.20.40 Experiment | Preview 1.20.40.20 | Added seven new maps which cartographers can sell. | |||||
| 1.21.70 | Preview 1.21.70.23 | The changes to cartographer trades have been moved from villager trade rebalance and are now available during normal gameplay. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| 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 | Cartographers have been split from librarians and are now their own profession. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Cartographer" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
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Lying plains cartographer -
Lying desert cartographer -
Lying savannah cartographer -
Lying taiga cartographer -
Lying snowy cartographer -
Lying jungle cartographer -
Lying swamp cartographer
Textures
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Cartographer overlay
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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 -
An action figure of a cartographer and a panda. -
The same figures, but unboxed.
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Navigation
Sources
- Cartographer — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3682766.