


Protect Map Art
Map Protector allows players to sign a given filled map with their name, so it cannot be copied by other players. Keeping rare map arts truely rare.
- Protected from anvil actions & renaming
- Cartography table patched
- No crafting or expanding
Commands
/sign-map- Allows players to sign a map in their hand. Permissionsigned.sign/signature-info- View who signed a signed map. Permissionsigned.signinfo/sign-map-reload- Reload plugin configuration. Permissionsigned.sign-map-reload
Config
item:
# Add the "glow" effect to the item
enchanted: true
# Change the map display name when signed
# Leave empty to use the default
display_name: ""
# Lore appended to the item when signed
signature:
- "<gray>ꜱɪɢɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ %name%"
messages:
# Generic no permission
no_permission: "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold> <red>You do not have permission to do that."
# Response from using /sign
signed: "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold> <green>Map successfully signed! No one can copy this map now."
# Response when /signinfo on a map which isn't signed.
not_signed: "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold><white> This map isn't protected by a signature."
not_map: "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold> <white>Only filled maps can be signed."
sign_info:
- "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold> <white>%name% protected this map %date% (%ago%)"
already_signed: "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold> <white>This map has already been signed. It's protected from further changes."
cannot_copy: "<yellow><bold>ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ <gray>»</bold> <white>This map is copy protected! Use <click:run_command:/signature-info><underlined>/signature-info</underlined> to see the original creator."
Messages

Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as MapProtector.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.0 MB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.