Cartography Table is crafted from two paper above four planks in the standard pattern. The device opens a two-input interface with operations dedicated to map handling. Cloning produces a duplicate of an existing map without exploration progress lost. Expanding zooms a map out one level (up to a maximum of four times), revealing more terrain at the cost of detail. Locking copies a map into a fixed snapshot — useful for room maps that should not update as the world changes outside.

The block also unlocks recipes that were previously cumbersome at the regular crafting grid: combining an empty map with a glass pane to produce a locked map, or placing two adjacent maps to merge their explored areas into one. The block also serves as the workstation of the cartographer villager profession; placing one in an unstaffed village recruits an unemployed villager who then trades empty maps, banner patterns, and most importantly the rare explorer maps that lead to ocean monuments and woodland mansions.