Displaying Coordinates While Mining and Building

Moving the Compass to the Off-Hand

To keep track of your position without sacrificing your main hand, place the compass into your off-hand slot. Open your inventory and drag the compass into the shield slot, or highlight the compass on your hotbar and press your swap key (default F). The action bar at the bottom of your screen will immediately begin showing your position.

Navigating While Performing Tasks

With the compass in your off-hand, your main hand remains completely free to use tools, weapons, or building blocks:

• Branch mining: Monitor your Y-level in the action bar continuously to stay at ideal ore depths without interrupting your mining rhythm.
• Building: Check your X and Z coordinates and facing direction while placing blocks to align walls and structures accurately.

Checking Detailed Debug Data

If you need full coordinate precision while working, press F3 while the compass stays in your off-hand. The debug screen will show vanilla location data because an equipped off-hand compass satisfies the requirement. Put the compass away into your main inventory when you want to return to standard exploration.