Travelers Compass FAQ

Craft a Traveler's Compass, then hold it and use it to open its interface. From there you can bind a target location or structure and the needle will point toward it.

Open the compass interface and choose the option to set a target from your current position. The compass then stores those coordinates and points toward them.

Yes, the compass can target structures and biomes rather than just coordinates. Select the structure or biome type from the interface and it will guide you toward the nearest one.

This usually means no target is bound yet, or you are in a dimension the target isn't in. Bind a target in your current dimension and the needle should settle.

It works in other dimensions, but it can only point to targets within the same dimension you're standing in. A target bound in the Overworld won't guide you in the Nether.

Stand at your base and bind that spot as your target, then carry the compass with you. When you're lost, the needle points straight back to those coordinates.

Yes, open the compass interface and either pick a new target or clear the current one. Rebinding overwrites the old location.

It works alongside most mods and supports modded structures and biomes that register properly. Targets are dimension-specific, so cross-dimension tracking isn't supported.

The compass itself is lightweight and shouldn't impact performance. Searching for distant structures is handled by the game's structure lookup, so heavy searching is the main cost, not the item.

Yes, the mod's config lets you adjust options like which structures or biomes are searchable and how the compass behaves. Check the configuration section for the available settings.

It adds a compass that helps you find any mob, block, or item nearby. The compass always points to the nearest matching object to the player.

It adds a single item called the Traveler's Compass. The compass can track mobs by their drops or spawn eggs, villagers by their goods, and blocks or containers by their contents.

It supports Minecraft 1.21.10, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2, and 26.3.

It is available for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge.

Open the compass menu with right-click, put the block or item you want to find into its inventory, choose your search mode(s), and wait while it searches. You can also Shift + right-click a block or mob to add it to the compass inventory.

Shift + right-click an item in the compass inventory to mark it as priority. Priority items are searched first.

Yes, you can drag and drop items from JEI, REI, or EMI into the compass inventory. Filtering and XP costs still apply, and this compatibility can be disabled in the config.

Yes, it can search Lootr containers by their contents. You can set it to only opened, only unopened, or any, and it can be disabled or restricted.

Yes, you can define search costs in XP levels in travelerscompass-cost.toml. Costs can be set per item ID or per tag.

Yes, the search range (chunks scanned per tick) can be set per compass or globally. Most config values are synchronized from server to client.