Hey everybody, it’s UnderMyCap, and welcome back to another video! Today, I’m going to teach you all about maps. I’ll show you how to craft maps, how to use the cartography table, and a whole bunch of features within the cartography table, which includes expanding maps, duplicating maps, and locking maps. The list just goes on, covering everything from using banners to exploring villages. Now, before we get into the video, don’t forget to leave a like and subscribe. It would be greatly appreciated, and you’ll also get to see a lot more content from my channel, which is really super cool. Without further ado, let’s get straight into it. First of all, if you don’t know how to craft a map, here’s the recipe: you need eight pieces of paper and a compass. A compass is crafted with one piece of redstone and four iron ingots. Once you do this, you get a map. If I place a compass in the middle and wrap it around with paper, it’s like wrapping up a Christmas present, and I get a map. To use a map, all you have to do is right-click on it with your mouse. You’ll see a map like this, which is super cool. One interesting fact is that each pixel represents one block, which is why people can create pixel art using this feature—pretty neat! Another cool thing you can do is name a map. For example, if I name it “Hi, I’m a map,” that’s pretty creative, and now it’s a unique map. I just realized that’s basically naming random things, but anyway, moving on! Now that you know how to get a basic map, let’s move on to the cartography table, which unlocks a whole bunch of possibilities with this map. A cartography table is made with two pieces of paper and four pieces of wood. It allows you to have much greater control over your maps. You can copy and duplicate them, expand them, and lock them. So, if you want to preserve a map and ensure you don’t accidentally override it when you open it, this will help you keep a history of your world, I guess. Starting with duplicating maps, if you have a map and want to make a copy for another player, it’s really simple. All you need is another empty map. As you know, crafting a map is straightforward, so just place the empty map in the bottom square and your map, “Hi, I’m a map,” right above it. Now we have two “Hi, I’m a map” copies. You can give one of these to your friend. I didn’t think they would stack, but they do—so that’s really cool! What if you want to expand your map and make it larger? You can do this with the cartography table, too. Just grab a piece of paper, place it underneath the plus sign, and put the map you want to expand on top of it. You’ll notice a cool visual effect showing that the map will get smaller when you expand it. It increases in size by a power of two, meaning that the ratio will now be that each pixel represents two blocks, which is how you get color blending on a map. Pretty cool! Locking maps is also very useful. If you want to preserve history in a world without damaging anything on the map, you can lock a map using a glass pane. If I take this map, you can see that it pops up nicely. If I fly around and place a whole bunch of orange sand, you’ll notice that orange spots appear on the map. Now, if I lock a map—using a glass pane and placing it in the appropriate position—you’ll see a lock icon pop up. This means the map will now be permanently locked. If I go back and decide I don’t want all that orange sand anymore, you’ll see that the orange sand stays. So, this map is officially locked. Those are the three main functions of the cartography table, and I have to say, they are super useful! I wish I had known this in my world; I would have definitely locked a map like this. Another feature you might not know is that you can place maps like this. If you get a perfect chunk map, you can put them all together. I don’t know if this would make it look like an island… Oh, it does! You can place your maps together like this to create a really cool layout, and you can rotate them, etc. You’ll also notice the name we gave the map shows up, which is super cool. Now, the next feature is how to mark a spot on the map. This is super simple! You just need to use a banner. If I get my map and click on the little part of the banner, a banner pops up on the map and stays there permanently, allowing me to know where I am. To demonstrate, I have a little beacon here showing the location of my other banner. If I click on this banner, it pops up as white, while I also have a blue banner here. If I want to remove it, I just click on it again. Banners also show up on maps, so if I click on this, you’ll see the banner is there now. The last part of the tutorial is about the cartographer villager, who is super cool! When you level them up, you gain access to certain maps that lead to treasures, such as ocean explorer maps and woodland explorer maps. If I have compasses and emeralds, I can trade these for these maps, which is super neat. I’ve actually never seen a map like this; they look so cool! Now, here’s the unique part: you can actually duplicate these special maps! If I have a woodland mansion map, I can duplicate it to get another woodland mansion explorer map. They are both the same, just duplicated. So, if a friend wants one, you can give them a copy, which is super cool. That’s about it for the tutorial! If you enjoyed it, don’t forget to leave a like and subscribe. Hopefully, this video helped you out a bit. I’ve seen a few people unsure about all this, so I hope this clarified things for you. If you enjoyed this video, I have a whole bunch of other videos, including a choose-your-own-adventure video to the left of me, which is super cool. I think there are 27 videos and 10 endings—it’s so cool! Or if you want to check out one of my best videos, the debug stick video, you can find it to the right of me. 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