Minecraft is a fantasy game with elements resembling the real world. For example, consider paper – a highly useful material in the game! In this guide, we'll show how to make paper in Minecraft as well as explore its practical applications and where to find the essential resources to craft it.

What is paper in Minecraft?

Paper in Minecraft has a couple of cool uses. It has various uses like crafting maps and books, or you can exchange it with librarian Villagers for an emerald (getting one emerald for every 30 pieces of paper). Making paper requires sugar cane, typically found near any natural water source.

Paper In Minecraft
Paper in Minecraft has a couple of cool uses.

If you're lucky, you might stumble upon paper in Stronghold library chests, and sometimes you can find it in chests from shipwrecks (starting from version 1.13). Another neat thing is that you can use paper with anvils to fix up your maps. Cool, right?

How to make Paper in Minecraft

Creating Paper in Minecraft is a breeze! Just follow these steps:

How To Make Paper In Minecraft
1. Make a Crafting Table using 4 Wood Planks of any type (like Oak Wood Planks or Jungle Wood Planks).
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2. Get 3 Sugar Cane which you can find near water in most biomes.
How To Make Paper In Minecraft
3. Put your Crafting Table on the ground and open the 3x3 crafting grid by interacting with it.
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4. Place 3 Sugar Cane in the middle row to craft 3 Paper. Make sure to drag the Paper into your inventory.

Keep an eye out for Paper in treasure chests found in shipwrecks and enemy strongholds!

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How to use Paper in Minecraft

Paper in Minecraft is a versatile material that can be combined with other items to create several useful things. Check out all the cool stuff you can do with paper:

  1. Craft a Map: Put a Compass in the middle of the Crafting Table and surround it with 8 Papers to make an Empty Locator Map. This helps you sketch your surroundings. You can also use Paper to make banners and a Cartography Table to customize your map.
  2. Create Fireworks: Combine Paper with Gunpowder to craft Firework Rockets. Add Firework Stars for dazzling displays or to boost yourself while flying with the Elytra.
  3. Trade for Emeralds: Librarian villagers are ready to trade your Paper for Emeralds, allowing you to acquire rare items with them.
  4. Craft Enchanted Books: Forming a book entails using a Crafting Table and arranging 2 Papers in the first and second slots of the top row, 1 Paper in the middle of the second row, and 1 Leather in the center of the bottom row. When you enchant a book via an Enchantment Table, you gain the ability to transfer that enchantment to other items. Great, right?
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Craft Enchanted Books with paper.

How To Make Paper In Minecraft: FAQs

How to make a paper in Minecraft without using Sugar Cane?

No, you can't make Paper in Minecraft without Sugar Cane. To gather a significant amount of paper, initiate a garden by planting Sugar Cane on dirt or sand adjacent to water in a well-lit area. When harvesting Sugar Cane, be sure to leave the bottom block so it continues to regrow. This way, you can sustain a steady supply for crafting paper.

Is it possible to add writing to the paper in Minecraft?

Certainly! You can create a Book and Quill by combining a Book, a Feather, and an Ink Sac. Once crafted, equip it and utilize it to jot down notes in Minecraft.