Mac is a GameRant writer, who has been gaming for over 40 years. He mostly plays multiplayer or co-op games, with the same group of friends he has played with online for 25 years. Minecraft is a ...

Everyone has their own fond recollection of their first time playing Minecraft, usually loaded with the same warm nostalgia of a child waking up early on Christmas morning. Minecraft is a heated ...

Maps are an important tool in Minecraft. That’s especially true once you start moving away from your initial spawn spot. Of course, we don’t need to preach the importance of a map. You’re here because ...

You can make a map in "Minecraft" by combining a compass with eight pages of paper. If you hold a map as you travel, it'll track your location and record information about the land around you. Once ...

Jourdan Silva is a writer and editor based in Houston, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Corporate Communications Studies back in 2018. Since then, she has ...

A Minecraft map can be basically whatever you want it to be. The joy of one of the best sandbox games is the freedom it offers to fill your world with incredible Minecraft builds or to just spend ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Maps are crucial if you have long-term plans to play in any Minecraft world. As the name suggests, maps allow you to chart specific areas in the world ...

This is the biggest map you can create! Image used with permission by copyright holder If you created a realm using the “flat” type, you don’t need a map. They’re only 256 x 256 blocks, meaning you’ll ...