Cartographer Trades in Minecraft: Every Trade by Level

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Cartographers buy paper (24), glass panes (11) and compasses, and sell empty maps (7 emeralds), village maps (8 emeralds plus a compass), ocean monument maps (13 emeralds plus a compass), trial chambers maps (12 emeralds plus a compass), item frames (7), colored banners (3), the globe banner pattern (8) and woodland mansion maps (14 emeralds plus a compass). Give one a cartography table and never explore blind again.

What you need

A cartography table and an unemployed villager
A sugar cane farm for the paper trade
Compasses (4 iron ingots and 1 redstone dust each) for the explorer maps

Step by step

Novice: buys 24 paper for 1 emerald; sells an empty map for 7 emeralds.
Apprentice: buys 11 glass panes for 1 emerald; sells a village map for 8 emeralds plus a compass - it points to a village your cartographer's biome type does not have.
Journeyman: buys a compass for 1 emerald; sells ocean monument maps for 13 emeralds plus a compass and buried trial chambers maps for 12 emeralds plus a compass.
Expert: sells item frames for 7 emeralds and any-color banners for 3 emeralds.
Master: sells the globe banner pattern for 8 emeralds and the woodland mansion map for 14 emeralds plus a compass.
Best emerald route: a big sugar cane farm feeds the novice paper trade, and a glass smelter covers glass panes - both fully renewable.
Explorer map tip: buy the map once, travel to the structure, then buy the same map again from another cartographer for a fresh target when you need more than one.
Level the cartographer with paper and compasses, keep the cartography table reachable, and cure it to cut the map prices.

Java vs Bedrock

The cartographer is the exploration profession: paper and compasses in, maps to villages, monuments, trial chambers and mansions out.

Versions: Trade amounts are the same on Java and Bedrock, with small offer-probability differences. The village map and trial chambers map trades reflect the current trading table as of 26.x.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a woodland mansion map?

Level a cartographer to master and buy the woodland explorer map for 14 emeralds plus a compass. It marks the nearest unvisited woodland mansion.

What do cartographers buy for emeralds?

Paper (24) at novice, glass panes (11) at apprentice and compasses at journeyman. A sugar cane farm makes the paper trade the easiest emerald income on this profession.

Can I buy more than one explorer map?

Yes, but a given cartographer's map points to the same structure. Trade with a different cartographer (ideally far from the first) to get a map to a new mansion or monument.