Minecraft wiki entry for Achievement_guide, associated text: Then use the cartography table to create an empty map. Just place paper on one of the input slots and you will get an empty map in the output slot. So you only need 11 paper (2 to craft a cartography table, and 9 for 9 empty maps) After you create 9 empty maps, you can create a map by pressing use, and since scale level is 0 it is easy to explore. Once all 9 maps completely explored, place it in each empty map you arranged in 3x3 block.