Introduced in Minecraft’s Exploration Update, Explorer Maps are items that are incredibly helpful when it comes to finding rare structures like woodland mansions or ocean monuments, they can even be used to find hidden treasure.
Though they can be found in shipwrecks and underwater ruins, the easier method of finding Explorer Maps is via the Cartographer villager, who will trade them to players depending on its profession level.
At the Apprentice level, Cartographers will trade Oceanic Explorer Maps, and at the Journeyman level Woodland Explorer maps will be traded as well.
At the price of a few Emeralds (13 for ocean maps, 14 for woodland) and a compass, trading for these maps is much more efficient than scouring a Minecraft world for shipwrecks or underwater ruins.
Minecraft: Using Explorer Maps
biomes, while Minecraft: Bedrock Edition players can also find these hidden treasures in Mushroom Field or Stone Shore biomes.
However, the rewards are worth the effort, as buried treasure is the only means in Survival Mode to acquire a Heart of the Sea, an integral material along Nautilus Shells to create a Conduit.
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