Learn how to expand or enlarge a map in Minecraft with this guide

     Being one of the most famous video games today, 'Minecraft' It gives you great opportunities to successfully develop in each of the environments that it offers you and thus enjoy with your friends the different feats that they can develop during the tour.  

     'Minecraft' has a variety of tools that you must know well to later use them when it is necessary to do so, and in this way achieve the proposed goals that guarantee success.

     One of the tools available in this famous video game is the 'Map', being a fundamental element for the route of its stages exploring and having fun, which you can do yourself, even adapt it to the size you want, in this guide we will tell you how to do it, enlarge it, expand it and also using Pocket Edition.

 How to make a map in Minecraft'

    Your main role as a player in 'Minecraft' It's basically exploring, and every explorer needs a map to guide them on their journey so they don't get lost. For it, you need certain materials and you can not miss a crafting table. First of all, it is important that you keep in mind that only the territory that you have explored will be reflected on your map. And, as you keep doing it, it will be automatically added to your map.

     The materials you need are: 8 sheets of paper and a compass, but these must be manufactured in the following way:

     To make the compass you need: 9 sugar canes, 4 iron ores, a red stone and fuel, 4 blocks of wood or one of coal, when you have these materials you must do the following:

• Smelt the iron ores and for this you must go to the oven and melt them in order to obtain the bars.
• Work table or Crafting. On the work table you must place the red stone in the center and around the blocks, and thus you will obtain the compass.

     To make the sheets of paper. Put the sugar canes on the work table, placing them in each grid. Next, go to the 'objects' section and select the drawing that is shaped like paper, and you will have obtained the 9 sheets of paper you need.

You already have the compass and the sheets of paper, place the compass in the center and the sheets of paper around it and voila, you will have your map. Remember that only the places you explore during the game path will be reflected.

How to enlarge a map in Minecraft?

     To be able to advance and overcome obstacles during your journey in Minecraft, you must explore your entire game environment, this is its original essence, and this is how you will achieve success. So the 'Minecraft' team puts at your disposal a variety of tools. Those tools will help you get the resources you need for that purpose.

      An elementary tool for the player is the 'Map', this must contain the necessary information to be able to locate ourselves in the space traveled and the one that we still have to travel. But the information that we can visualize in this originally is limited, but there are ways to expand it and then we will tell you how to achieve it.

Follow the steps to expand the map

     It's easy to expand the map in 'Minecraft' You just have to have the necessary materials, which are: the sheets of paper you have in your inventory, a map and the work or crafting table, now follow these steps:

• Open the work or crafting table and place the map in the center of the table, and you must surround it with sheets of paper completely. Here you will have already obtained the enlarged size map, and you must remove it in the external box.

    You can do this procedure up to 4 times.. It is important to note that by zooming in on the map you will be able to visualize remote villages, but small elements of the environment will not be easily noticeable.

How can you enlarge a map in Pocket Edition?

     There is also the possibility of enlarging a map from your mobile with the Android or iOS version of Minecraft, in the Pocket Edition option. The way to do it is relatively different from when we use a computer, but this does not mean that it is complicated, on the contrary, it is quite simple. only, too You must have certain materials to get down to work.

     The materials you need They are: an anvil, a minimum of 8 sheets of paper, but if you have more in your inventory include them, and a map. Having all these materials, perform the following steps:

• open the anvil and inside it, place the map in the first box you see.
• 8 sheets of paper or more. In the following boxes place the 8 sheets of paper or the ones you have available in your inventory. And automatically you will see in the last box the map of greater size, that is, enlarged. Here you can take it and save it in your inventory.

     You can follow this procedure up to 3 times, depending on how big you want your map to be. So now you can start your work as an explorer and immerse yourself in the world of Minecraft like a professional explorer.