Minecraft Map Generator
Turn any image into a Minecraft map in seconds. Upload a picture, tweak brightness and saturation, and download a ready-to-use map file for your world.
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Upload a PNG, JPG, WebP or GIF.
Change brightness, saturation and dithering until the preview looks good.
Download a map.dat file and put the downloaded file in world/data/minecraft/maps/ on Minecraft 26.1 or newer, or in world/data/ on older versions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It turns any picture into a Minecraft map. Download it as a map file you can hold in game, or as a schematic and a block list to build it for real.
PNG, JPG, WebP and GIF. Square pictures fill the whole map, and other shapes are scaled to fit.
A map is only 128 by 128 pixels and uses a small set of colors, so fine detail and dark areas get lost. Bold shapes and bright colors work best.
Yes. Put the map in an item frame and it shows the picture. Servers use map art for logos, rules boards and artwork around spawn.
Stop your server, then put the downloaded file in world/data/minecraft/maps/ on Minecraft 26.1 or newer, or in world/data/ on older versions. On WiseHosting you can upload it with the File Manager in your panel. Start the server again and run the /give command the tool copies for you.
Any number your world hasn't used yet. If a map with that number already exists, it gets replaced. Your world's highest number so far is saved in last_id.dat on 26.1 and newer, or idcounts.dat on older versions.