Three duplicate blank map 0 level 0/4 unknown maps gotten from the same cartography villager chest have no locator and do nothing when used.
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Must be a spawn issue. The seed was first started in 1.19, but the chunk loaded after the 1.20 update. The exact same issue was reported on Reddit 2 years ago once. No other instances seem to be recorded. Here is the link to that person’s post. https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/up46xv/unknown_map_does_nothing_bedrock/
Taken from MCPE-187451
Seed: 7289320886646166922
Coordinates: -3615.32 66.00 119.48
I am unable to fully reproduce this using the seed provided above, as the chest only contains a single "unknown" map 0 level 0/4 map, meanwhile, the behavior described here is that there is meant to be a stack of 3. I only got a stack of 3 papers, not maps. A copy of an affected world is probably necessary here.
Relates to MCPE-37740
I’ve used Minecraft on iOS to test the details given by KR. One attempt generated 3 separate pieces of paper, but two other attempts created the 3 unknown map 0 level 0 situation. They were blank to begin with, but quickly filled in with a map of the area.
I’ve used Minecraft on iOS to test the details given by KR. One attempt generated 3 separate pieces of paper, but two other attempts created the 3 unknown map 0 level 0 situation. They were blank to begin with, but quickly filled in with a map of the area.
Looks like I was mistaken in my prior assessment. Cartographer villager chests will never spawn with empty Locator Maps, unlike in Java Edition. Instead, they spawn with “Unknown/Map 0” maps that will not display the player’s location (see MCPE-12493).
According to the game files, up to 3 of these “Unknown Maps” may spawn in a single cartography house chest. These maps will always spawn the lowest possible level a map can be (0/4).
As for why they may have shown up as blank: since these maps aren’t technically the regular “empty” maps that you can craft on bedrock (rather, that they’ve already mapped an area), they will always only display the area in which you found them. If the player leaves the boundary of said area (the map's), the map will appear blank.
What are the world seed and coordinates where you found these?