About Tracking Compass
From SpigotMCTrack Players and Waypoints with a Compass!
Tracking Compass is a plugin that will allow you to track every player on your server. Simply use the command "/compass" to receive a tracking compass that will open a GUI when right-clicked. From there, you can select either to track players or waypoints. Simply clicking the items shown will change the orientation of your compass towards the tracked target which can be a player, the world spawn, your respawn point, your latest death, or even your own custom waypoints.
Left-clicking with the compass will tell you the distance in blocks to the tracked target and its coordinates (if enabled in the config file).
This plugin is also the perfect plugin for manhunt!
Features:
- Right-click with the Tracking Compass in hand to open the GUI.
- Left-click with the Tracking Compass in hand to get the distance in blocks and coordinates to target.
- It can track other players in real-time, the world spawn, your respawn point, your latest death, and custom personal waypoints and global waypoints.
- Admins can add global waypoints that are accessible to everyone on the server. These can be used for putting a tracker on the spawn, a server shop, etc...
- If the tracked player is in a different dimension, the compass will point to his last known location before switching dimensions.
- If the tracked player leaves and was tracked before leaving, the compass will point to his last known location. The same applies to beds when broken.
- Config options for enabling/disabling certain features
- Config option for enabling experience points cost for tracking.
- You can place your own personal waypoints and track them.
- Right-click on a waypoint to configure it or delete it.
- Choose from a variety of items to represent and identify your custom waypoint or use an item of your own.
Commands:
- /trackingcompass
↑ Gives the player a tracking compass.
- /trackingcompassreload
↑ Reloads the plugin's config.yml file.
Permissions:
- trackingcompass.deny
↑ Will deny access to /compass
- trackingcompass.bypassplayercost
↑ Will bypass the experience cost for tracking players regardless if XP costs are enabled.
- trackingcompass.bypasswaypointcost
↑ Will bypass the experience cost for tracking waypoints regardless if XP costs are enabled.
- trackingcompass.denycreatewaypoints
↑ Will deny the ability to create personal waypoints.
- trackingcompass.createglobalwaypoints
↑ Will allow the ability to create global waypoints available to be tracked by anyone.
Config:
- ShowDistance
↑ Default true. Will show distance to tracked point when left-clicking.
- ShowCoords
↑ Default true. Will show coordinates of the tracked target when left-clicking.
- EnableTrackingPlayers
↑ Default true. Will allow the tracking of players.
- EnableWaypoints
↑ Default true. Will allow the tracking of waypoints.
- EnablePlayerXPCost
↑ Default false. Will enable the cost of experience points for tracking players.
- EnableWaypointXPCost
↑ Default false. Will enable the cost of experience points for tracking waypoints.
- PlayerXPCost
↑ Default 10. Amount of experience points (not levels) taken from players when tracking other players if EnablePlayerXPCost is true.
- WaypointXPCost
↑ Default 10. Amount of experience points (not levels) taken from players when tracking waypoints if EnableWaypointXPCost is true.
- EnchantmentGlow
↑ Default true. Will enable an enchantment glow in the compass for better distinction between a tracking compass, and a regular compass.
- MaxWaypoints
↑ Default 50. Determines the max amount of waypoints a player can have.
↑ Max 50 & Min 0.
- ShowTargetDimension
↑ Default true. Will show in which dimension the tracked target is if the player with the compass is in a different dimension than the tracked target.
- TrackLastKnownLocation
↑ Default true. Will track the targetted player's last known location if the target is in a different dimension as the player with the compass.
- DisableCreateWaypoints
↑ Default false. Will disable the ability to create personal waypoints for every player.
- EnableGlobalWaypoints
↑ Default false. Will enable the list of Global Waypoints which can be accessed and tracked by every player in the server unless denied by permissions.
IMPORTANT
The plugin ONLY WORKS in version 1.14.x, 1.15.x, 1.16.x, 1.17.x, 1.18.x, and possibly any other future version.
The plugin DOES NOT WORK in version 1.13 and below...
The plugin is EXCLUSIVE TO SPIGOT and other spigot forks, do not try to use it on bukkit.
You must turn the value of the permission "compass.deny" to false with any player that has all permissions enabled for them to use a tracking compass(by having all permissions enabled, they also have compass.deny enabled). This does not apply if the player has /op.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 5 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.18.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Tracking Compass on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- 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
- 5.6, released 2022-03-27
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.14 to 1.18 (5 versions) | 1.18 |
| Spigot | 1.14 to 1.18 (5 versions) | 1.18 |
From 10 recorded builds of Tracking Compass.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 2022-03-27 | 1.14 to 1.18 (5 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 5.5 | 2022-03-26 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 5.4 | 2021-07-26 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 5.3 | 2021-07-26 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 5.2 | 2021-07-25 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 5.1 | 2021-07-25 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Tracking Compass 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 catalogAdmin & protection
Permissions, moderation, anti-cheat and land protection for the people running the server.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Tracking Compass as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.18 and 4 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorZDavePlays, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree








