How many explorer maps are there in Minecraft?

16 types in total, including the ocean monument, woodland mansion, trial chambers, jungle pyramid and swamp hut maps, five village maps, the buried treasure map, and five newer maps found in abandoned camps.

Which villager sells explorer maps?

The cartographer. Structure maps unlock at Journeyman and Master level, while village and biome maps appear at Apprentice level from cartographers of specific home biomes.

Where do buried treasure maps come from?

From map chests inside shipwrecks, and occasionally ocean ruins. They can't be bought from villagers.

Can explorer maps be zoomed out?

No. Explorer maps and buried treasure maps can no longer be expanded at a cartography table or crafting table — you navigate at their fixed scale.

All Explorer Maps in Minecraft and How to Get Each One

Some structures in Minecraft are so rare that searching for them blind can eat an entire weekend. Explorer maps are the game's answer: a map with a marker showing exactly where the nearest structure of its type sits, and a dot showing where you are. There are now 16 types. Most are bought from one villager — the cartographer — but a handful can only be found out in the world.

The Big Three: Cartographer Structure Maps

Explorer Map	Points To	Cartographer Level	Price
Ocean Monument map	Ocean monument	Journeyman	13 emeralds + 1 compass
Trial Chambers map	Trial chambers	Journeyman	12 emeralds + 1 compass
Woodland Mansion map	Woodland mansion	Master	14 emeralds + 1 compass

Level your cartographer up by trading paper and glass panes. The monument map unlocks elder guardians, prismarine and sponges; the mansion map is your route to totems of undying; the trial chambers map saves you digging blind for the underground combat arena. Any cartographer, from any biome, can sell these three.

Village and Biome Maps: the Cartographer's Home Biome Matters

At Apprentice level, cartographers sell maps connected to their home biome — and the interesting part is they never sell a map to their own village type. The system works like this:

Jungle Pyramid map (finds a jungle temple): from Desert, Savanna or Swamp cartographers.
Swamp Hut map (finds a witch hut — and often a cat to tame): from Jungle, Snowy or Taiga cartographers.
Plains Village map: from Desert, Savanna, Snowy or Taiga cartographers.
Savanna Village map: from Desert, Jungle or Plains cartographers.
Desert Village map: from Jungle or Savanna cartographers.
Snowy Village map: from Swamp or Taiga cartographers.
Taiga Village map: from Plains, Savanna or Swamp cartographers.

So if you're hunting a specific village, breed or cure a cartographer in the right biome first. Village maps are cheap and underrated for relocation: a fresh village means beds, crops, trades and a safe place to land in new territory.

Maps You Find, Not Buy

The buried treasure map never appears in trades. It sits in the map chests of shipwrecks (and sometimes ocean ruins); follow it to the red X and dig for a chest that always contains a heart of the sea. The newest explorer maps — Ancient City, Mineshaft, Desert Pyramid, Warm Ocean Ruins and Abandoned Campsite — come from chests in abandoned camps, with the structure maps appearing in secret chests at roughly a 14.3% chance each. The campsite map itself points you onward to another camp, sometimes chaining you across biomes.

Using an Explorer Map

Hold the map and watch your marker: a white dot at the map's edge means you're far away, and it grows into a proper pointer as you close in. Travel in the direction that moves your dot toward the structure icon. One modern change to know — explorer maps can no longer be zoomed out on a cartography table, so what you buy is the scale you navigate with. It's still far faster than searching on foot.