How do exploration maps work and where can I get them?
Minecraft 1.11 just came out. With it, a new item was added: Exploration maps.
The only thing I know about them so far is that they can be used to find a woodland mansion or an ocean temple, and can be bought from a villager. The minecraft wiki knows about the same, so I'd like to know:
Can the map be obtained elsewhere than from a villager?
What's the cost of the map?
Mainly, how can the map be used to find a structure?
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An ocean explorer map can be bought from a cartographer villager for 12–20 emeralds and a compass, and a woodland explorer map can be bought from a cartographer for 16-28 emeralds and a compass, as their 4th trade. I guess that means that we have to find an unexplored village to find cartographers
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How do you get exploration maps?
The easiest way to get an explorer map is to trade it from a Journeyman-level cartographer villager, which have a good chance to sell them for the low, low price of a single compass and 12 emeralds. If you get unlucky, then level up the cartographer with a bit more trading, and eventually they'll figure out how to make ...How do you get the ocean explorer map in Minecraft?
Ocean explorer maps can be obtained via trading. They are sold by Cartographer villagers, who have an equal chance of spawning in any village. Cartographers can also be made by having an unemployed villager stand near a cartography table.What is an explorer map in Minecraft?
An exploration map is an item added to Minecraft as part of The Exploration Update. It marks nearby locations where treasure or certain structures can be found in the Overworld.Minecraft Exploration Maps - How to Find, How to Use (Woodland Mansion, Ocean Monument)
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When you start moving and your dot ( character ) moves then you take out your map and keep moving, you should try to Direct to your dot to the structure. When your dot arrives you look for the structure and go to it.
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