The Maps

The world as its own players charted it
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Hand-drawn, in game

On TWiTcraft, as on any Minecraft server, players crafted paper maps and filled them in by walking the land. The server saved every one. 680 of them survive with real detail — rendered here straight from the raw save files using Minecraft's own map colours. Each is a snapshot of the world exactly as it looked the last time someone held that map and walked its edges.

955maps saved
680with real detail
8worlds charted
Two kinds of "map". These are the paper maps players made in game — not the 3D web maps of the archive worlds. Because a map's picture is frozen the moment it's last updated, some of these chart worlds that were later wiped in the 2014 reset, and survive only here.

Worlds, stitched back together

Every map placed by its own stored coordinates · the explored extent of each world

Each map records where in the world it was drawn. Laid back down at those coordinates and scales, the scattered pieces reassemble into a portrait of each world — the sprawling survival lands where people mapped their travels, and the dense creative worlds built wall to wall. Click any image for the full-resolution version.

Stitched map of a survival world
Survival world — 205 maps · roughly 6784 × 7488 blocks charted
Stitched map of a survival world
Survival world — 195 maps · roughly 7808 × 8034 blocks charted
Stitched map of a creative world
Creative build world — 108 maps · roughly 1792 × 1536 blocks charted
Stitched map of a survival world
Survival world — 64 maps · roughly 8074 × 6504 blocks charted
Stitched map of a creative world
Creative build world — 42 maps · roughly 768 × 896 blocks charted
Stitched map of a survival world
Survival world — 25 maps · roughly 8384 × 4032 blocks charted
Stitched map of a survival world
Survival world — 15 maps · roughly 3280 × 3648 blocks charted
Stitched map of a survival world
Survival world — 14 maps · roughly 576 × 512 blocks charted

Every map

All 680 detailed maps · grouped by world · click to enlarge

Survival world · 205 maps

map 595map 596map 597map 598map 600map 601map 602map 603map 604map 605map 606map 607map 610map 613map 614map 615map 616map 617map 618map 619map 620map 621map 622map 623map 624map 625map 626map 628map 629map 630map 631map 632map 633map 634map 635map 636map 637map 638map 639map 640map 641map 642map 643map 644map 645map 646map 647map 648map 649map 650map 651map 652map 653map 654map 655map 656map 657map 658map 659map 660map 662map 663map 664map 665map 666map 667map 668map 669map 670map 671map 672map 673map 674map 675map 676map 677map 678map 679map 681map 683map 684map 685map 686map 687map 688map 689map 694map 695map 696map 698map 701map 702map 703map 704map 705map 706map 707map 708map 709map 710map 711map 712map 713map 714map 719map 723map 737map 741map 742map 743map 744map 745map 746map 747map 748map 749map 750map 751map 752map 753map 766map 773map 782map 783map 784map 790map 791map 792map 793map 794map 795map 799map 800map 803map 804map 807map 808map 809map 810map 811map 813map 816map 817map 818map 819map 820map 821map 822map 823map 824map 825map 827map 828map 830map 831map 832map 833map 834map 835map 836map 844map 855map 856map 857map 858map 859map 860map 861map 862map 940map 941map 942map 943map 956map 957map 958map 959map 960map 961map 963map 964map 965map 966map 972map 973map 974map 975map 976map 977map 978map 979map 980map 981map 982map 983map 984map 985map 986map 987map 988map 989map 990map 992map 993map 994

Survival world · 195 maps

map 0map 23map 27map 29map 46map 52map 57map 66map 89map 92map 105map 167map 170map 172map 177map 230map 233map 236map 238map 239map 240map 241map 243map 244map 245map 252map 253map 256map 257map 258map 259map 260map 261map 262map 263map 264map 265map 266map 267map 268map 270map 271map 272map 273map 274map 275map 276map 277map 278map 279map 280map 281map 282map 283map 284map 285map 287map 288map 289map 290map 291map 292map 293map 294map 295map 297map 298map 299map 300map 301map 305map 306map 307map 308map 309map 310map 311map 312map 314map 315map 316map 317map 318map 319map 320map 321map 322map 323map 324map 325map 326map 327map 328map 329map 330map 331map 333map 334map 335map 336map 349map 350map 351map 352map 358map 362map 364map 365map 366map 367map 368map 369map 370map 380map 387map 394map 404map 410map 411map 412map 415map 416map 417map 418map 420map 421map 422map 423map 424map 425map 426map 427map 428map 429map 430map 431map 432map 433map 434map 435map 436map 437map 438map 439map 440map 441map 442map 444map 448map 449map 480map 481map 484map 485map 486map 487map 490map 498map 499map 500map 501map 502map 520map 521map 522map 526map 527map 528map 530map 531map 532map 533map 534map 535map 536map 537map 538map 539map 540map 541map 542map 544map 546map 547map 550map 551map 552map 553map 554map 555map 558map 560map 563map 564map 565

Creative build world · 108 maps

map 106map 228map 229map 269map 286map 296map 332map 338map 339map 340map 341map 342map 343map 344map 345map 346map 347map 348map 359map 360map 361map 363map 371map 372map 373map 374map 375map 376map 377map 378map 379map 382map 383map 384map 385map 386map 393map 405map 406map 407map 408map 409map 419map 446map 447map 450map 451map 452map 453map 454map 455map 456map 457map 458map 459map 460map 461map 462map 463map 465map 469map 470map 471map 472map 473map 474map 475map 476map 477map 478map 479map 488map 489map 491map 493map 494map 495map 496map 497map 503map 504map 505map 506map 507map 508map 509map 510map 511map 512map 513map 517map 518map 519map 529map 543map 549map 556map 557map 559map 561map 562map 566map 567map 568map 569map 570map 571map 572

Survival world · 64 maps

map 1map 2map 3map 4map 5map 6map 7map 12map 13map 14map 15map 16map 17map 18map 19map 20map 21map 22map 24map 25map 26map 28map 30map 31map 32map 41map 42map 45map 47map 48map 49map 50map 51map 53map 54map 55map 56map 58map 59map 60map 61map 62map 63map 64map 65map 67map 79map 80map 81map 88map 90map 97map 100map 101map 102map 103map 104map 165map 166map 168map 171map 178map 182map 184

Creative build world · 42 maps

map 627map 680map 690map 691map 692map 693map 699map 700map 754map 765map 768map 769map 770map 771map 772map 778map 779map 780map 781map 785map 786map 787map 788map 789map 796map 797map 798map 812map 815map 829map 837map 838map 839map 840map 841map 842map 843map 845map 846map 847map 848map 878

Survival world · 25 maps

map 169map 313map 356map 357map 849map 850map 851map 852map 853map 879map 898map 948map 949map 950map 951map 952map 953map 954map 955map 962map 967map 968map 969map 970map 971

Survival world · 15 maps

map 68map 69map 70map 71map 72map 73map 74map 75map 76map 78map 82map 83map 84map 85map 86

Survival world · 14 maps

map 545map 548map 863map 864map 865map 866map 867map 868map 869map 870map 871map 872map 873map 875

Other worlds & fragments · 12 maps

map 77map 87map 91map 242map 353map 354map 355map 443map 611map 814map 876map 877

How this was made

Minecraft stores each map as a 128×128 grid of colour indices in a map_<n>.dat file. All 955 of them were read straight from the archived lobby world, decoded with Minecraft's 1.7-era map palette (36 base colours × four shades), and saved as images at their true one-pixel-per-block resolution. For the composites, each map's stored centre-coordinate, scale and world id place it back where it belongs; finer maps are drawn over coarser ones. No world files were modified. See also the players who drew them and the landmarks they charted.