How to get paper in minecraft
Jessica Hardy
Updated on March 27, 2026

Tutorial explaining the different ways to get paper in loot, status effects, crops, and crafting recipes. Plus once you have paper what crafting recipes you …
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The easiest way to obtain paper in the game short of crafting it is raiding stronghold libraries and looting their chests. But, if you want to make your own paper, you’re going to need sugar cane.
To make paper, place 3 sugar canes in the 3×3 crafting grid. When making paper, it is important that the sugar canes are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the second row, there should be 3 sugar canes. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for paper.
Paper can now be found in the new stronghold library chests. Paper can now be sold to librarian villagers, at 24–35 paper for 1 emerald. Paper can now be used to craft an empty map . Maps start out at their closest zoom level and can be extended by adding more paper. Paper can now be used to craft firework rockets.