VILLAGE EXPLORER MAP
1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.
- Last checked
- 11 August 2026
- Java Edition
- 26.2, 1 of 1 row found
- Bedrock Edition
- 1.26.30.5, 0 of 1 matching
- Edition differences
- none, 1 rolled price aside
Village Explorer Map in villager trading
Village Explorer Map is something you buy from villagers rather than sell to them; it does not appear as a raw-material trade, so trading is one of the few survival-friendly ways to stock up on it.
Village Explorer Map is generated against your current world, pointing toward the nearest matching structure. It is created the moment you trade for it, so two players receive maps to different locations.
Villagers that sell Village Explorer Map(you give emeralds, get Village Explorer Map)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartographer | Apprentice |  | | 5same in Bedrock | verified | price computed in game | Points to the nearest village. Five variants exist (plains, desert, savanna, snowy, taiga) |
The cartographer has not one village explorer map trade but 5, each tied to its own villager types: desert village map from a jungle or savanna one, plains village map from a desert, savanna, snowy or taiga one, savanna village map from a desert, jungle or plains one, snowy village map from a swamp or taiga one, taiga village map from a plains, snowy or swamp one.
A villager's type is the biome it spawned in, so this is settled before you ever meet it. Read out of merchant_predicate in each trade's own file. How that check works.
The 1 trade on this item was read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.2 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.30.5 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
Your odds of finding Village Explorer Map
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades village explorer map is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the cartographer (apprentice): 25% of them carry it, so it takes about 4 of them on average before one does.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartographer | Apprentice | 25% (2 in 8)same in Bedrock | about 4 | 24 village explorer map a day2 restocks a day | 1 emeraldwas 8, 7 off |
The chance is the draw size over the pool size in the game's own trade set file for that tier. The Bedrock line under it is the same sum on Bedrock's own table, which splits a tier into groups and draws out of each one separately, so the two editions often disagree. The day figure is the trade's use limit times the 2 restocks a villager is allowed per in-game day (Villager.allowedToRestock), so it is a ceiling and not an average: it assumes you are there for every restock. The cure column is 125 reputation times the trade's own multiplier, floored, and never takes a cost below one. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Who trades Village Explorer Map, and at what price
To buy Village Explorer Map, visit a Cartographer at the Apprentice tier (8 emeralds).
Is trading Village Explorer Map worth it?
Village Explorer Map sells for as little as 8 emeralds, from the Cartographer at the Apprentice tier, and . The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Cartographer will quote you exactly the same.
| BannerExpert | 2 | ||
| Empty MapNovice | 7 | |
 | Item FrameExpert | 7 | |
 | Banner Pattern (Globe)Master | 8 |
What 8 emeralds cost in goods
The Cartographer at its apprentice tier asks 8 emeralds for a village explorer map. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 acacia boats | master Fisherman | 12 | 1.5 village explorer maps |
| 24 book and quills | expert Librarian | 12 | 1.5 village explorer maps |
| 64 raw rabbit | novice Butcher | 16 | 2 village explorer maps |
| 120 sweet berries | master Butcher | 12 | 1.5 village explorer maps |
| 240 beetroot | novice Farmer | 16 | 2 village explorer maps |
| 240 coal | novice Armorer | 16 | 2 village explorer maps |
| 288 white wool | novice Shepherd | 16 | 2 village explorer maps |
| 360 flint | journeyman Toolsmith | 12 | 1.5 village explorer maps |
8 acacia boats against 240 flint for the same 8 emeralds, 30 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 5 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted.
How Village Explorer Map trading works
Every village explorer map offer here locks after 12 uses, and a villager restocks up to twice per Minecraft day, so one is good for 24 of these trades a day and no more.
The earliest village explorer map shows up is the Cartographer's Apprentice tier, level 2 of five, which a villager reaches at 10 trade experience. A freshly employed one is 1 tier short of offering village explorer map at all.
How long Village Explorer Map takes in real time
12 village explorer maps empty one slot at the Cartographer, 2400 ticks (Villager.allowedToRestock) at 20 a second (TickRateManager) refill it 2 real minutes later, and the 24000-tick villager day (Timelines) holds 2 of those fills in 20 real minutes.
So one cartographer moves 24 village explorer maps against 192 emeralds a Minecraft day, a village explorer map every 50 real seconds, 9.6 emeralds a real minute. 27 village explorer maps take 3 fills across 2 Minecraft days, 2 minutes of it watching the cartographer walk back to its cartography table.
Tips for trading Village Explorer Map
- Clearing the shelf: one Cartographer sells 12 village explorer maps before it has to restock, 96 emeralds for the full slot.
- Where the emeralds come from: the same Cartographer pays an emerald per 11 glass panes.
- Cure before a big buy: 96 emeralds for one full slot is enough that curing a zombie cartographer first, which cuts its prices permanently, pays for the golden apple many times over. How curing works.
- Also on the Cartographer's list: compass, swamp explorer map, jungle explorer map, ocean explorer map, trial chambers map, item frame.
Village Explorer Map trading FAQ
How much does Village Explorer Map cost from a villager?
Can you sell Village Explorer Map to a villager for emeralds?
Same trader, other items
The Cartographer works at a cartography table and also trades:
Paper
Compass