How to get paper in Minecraft

Paper is one of the oldest elements in Minecraft, having been added since Alpha. It was originally implemented in the game to create books, but has since found many other uses. It can be used to create cards, banner designs and more! It has become a valuable and essential element in the survival and multiplayer worlds.

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Getting paper is easy, although it may take some time to get the resources needed for a steady supply. This guide explains how to get paper by crafting and other ways to get paper in your survival world. At the bottom of the guide, we have provided the item code and data for creative mode players.

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To make paper, you must first find its resource: sugar cane. This resource is found on the banks of rivers and oceans. It can only be placed and generated on blocks directly adjacent to water source blocks.

Once you find the candy cane, take it to a crafting table. Place three in a row (it doesn't matter which one), and it will produce three pieces of paper!

Note: If you don't have much sugarcane but want a steady supply of paper, we recommend growing several blocks of sugarcane on the edge of the water.

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Chest

Paper can be found in pre-generated world chests. The list below shows you all of the chests they can spawn in and the chances of that happening.

• shipwreck
  • Supply Chest
    • Quantity: 1-12
    • Chance: 49.4%
  • Map Chest
    • Quantity: 1-10
    • Chance: 89.4%
• Bastion
  • Library Chest
    • Quantity: 2-7
    • Luck: 89,2% (bedrock: 88,3%)
• village
  • Cartographer's Chest
    • Quantity: 1-5
    • Chance: 61.2%

Other ways

• Villager: A cartographer in a village can drop paper on the player if they have the Village Hero trait active.
• Creative: Paper can be found in the Miscellaneous (Lava Bucket) tab of the Creative Inventory.
• Command: Paper can be given to a user using the /give command.
  • Java: / give PlayerName minecraft: papier
  • Bedrock: / gives the paper "PlayerName"

Did you know you can also put messages on signs instead of paper? Check out our guide to creating and using Signs in Minecraft!