About Placeable Maps
From ModrinthPlace any maps without an item frame, make them glow with glow ink sacs or lock them with a glass pane, all in world! Who needs cartography tables?
Without adding any new items, blocks, or entities, this mod adds the ability to place down maps directly. Without the need of an Item Frame first.
This mod was born out of me and some friends wanting to remove item frames in a personal modpack, but still wanting maps to be able to be placed down.
By only manipulating events and a mixin, this mod achieves that. Simply shift and right click on a surface to place a map down.
You can use glow ink sacks on a placed down map to make it glow, as if it were on a glow item frame.
You can lock a map by shift + using a Glass Pane (or any item in the "placeable_maps:map_locking_items" item tag).
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Credits:
- 29Naybla - Lead, programming
- Lognok - Art
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Minecraft 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Placeable Maps 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
- NeoForge
- 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
- 1.1.0, released 2026-09-06
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 2 recorded builds of Placeable Maps.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.0 | 2026-09-06 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.0.0 | 2026-08-17 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
Run Placeable Maps 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 catalogMaps & scenarios
Custom maps, arenas and scenarios to play on.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Placeable Maps as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- NeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-03Open ↗
- ✓Author29Naybla, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
