About Nature's Compass: Explorer's Edition
From ModrinthAllows you to locate biomes anywhere in the world—a more immersive version of a more immersive version of the original Nature's Compass.
Nature's Compass is an item that allows you to search for a biome's location anywhere in the world. Nature's Compass: Explorer's Edition is a modified version of a modified version of Chaosyr's original mod: Instead of choosing the biome in a GUI or in the cartography table, you have to calibrate the compass using items from the biome you want the compass to point to.
_Note that this deviates from other versions of this mod in that you generally first have to find a biome yourself. You can then use the compass to find the same biome elsewhere or share a calibrated compass with your friends to help them out!_
Features
Right-clicking a cartography table with the Nature's Compass opens the Biome Table, which allows you to calibrate the compass to a biome of your choice.
- Pre-calibrated compasses can be found in dungeons to help you find rarer biomes. _(Can be disabled in the config)._
- The compass always points to the current closest occurrence of a biome, not just to the closest biome at time of calibration.
- When the compass is not pointing at a biome, it will point at the world spawn.
- Support for modded biomes can also be added through the config: Simply define what items calibrate the compass to each new biome!
- Includes integrations for JEI and EMI.
Gallery
_Calibrating the compass using biome-specific items._
_A precalibrated compass in a desert temple._
_Calibration recipes are shown in JEI._
_The crafting recipe._
Modpacks
Yes, you can use this mod in your modpack.
Credits
Based on Chaosyr's original Nature's Compass. Check it out!
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Minecraft 1.20.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Nature's Compass: Explorer's Edition on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.20.1-2.4-fabric, released 2025-03-25
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
From 2 recorded builds of Nature's Compass: Explorer's Edition.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.1-2.4-fabric | 2025-03-25 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.20.1-2.2.3-fabric | 2025-03-22 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project P7dR8mSH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Nature's Compass: Explorer's Edition on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Nature's Compass: Explorer's Edition as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.1
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓Authorlucalabs-de, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0Free
