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Useful Spyglass

by BrokenK3yboard · for Minecraft

Viewing a mob or player with a spyglass displays some information on the screen. Also adds a unique enchantment for the spyglass.

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GPL-3.0-onlyLicense
Fabric · Forge +1Loaders

About Useful Spyglass

From Modrinth

Viewing a mob or player with a spyglass displays some information on the screen. Also adds a unique enchantment for the spyglass.

Useful Spyglass

Features:

This mod allows players to view information on mobs when viewing them through a spyglass, such as name, health, armor, and hostility.

Enchantments:

As of 0.6.0, usage of any enchantment will put the spyglass on cooldown. No other spyglass enchantments can be used while the cooldown is active. Marking effects applied through enchantments are only visible to the user as of update 0.7.0.

  • Marking: Pressing the attack keybind marks mobs viewed through a spyglass. Puts the spyglass on cooldown for 0.8x of the marking duration.
  • Precision: Offhanding a spyglass and crouching while using a ranged weapon grants zoom. Projectiles gain perfect accuracy and deal extra damage. 4 second cooldown by default.
  • Spotter: Pressing the attack keybind while looking through a spyglass summons an eye of ender to constantly mark entities near the targeted position. Requires line of sight and can detect invisible entities. Cooldown time is 1.4x the active duration.

Configuration:

  • Block display, entity display, and HUD position can be adjusted in the client side config.
  • Cooldown times and enchantment settings can be adjusted in the server side config.

Compatibility:

  • If Jade is installed, its overlay will be shown instead of the builtin one. This is configurable. Requires version 0.8.0+.
  • If Enchantment descriptions is installed, the details of each enchantment will be displayed in-game.
  • Compatible with Spyglass improvements. Spyglass enchantments can be used if the spyglass is placed in the curio/trinkets slot. Requires Accessories/Accessories compat layer for 1.21.1-0.7.0, curios/trinkets for 1.20.1 or 0.8.0+.
  • Precision can be made compatible with ranged weapons from other mods from versions 1.21.1-0.7.0 or 0.8.0+. Check the github readme for details.

Modpacks:

  • This mod can be included in any Modrinth modpack.

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 4 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Useful Spyglass 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, Forge, 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
1.0.2, released 2026-06-06

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.20.1 to 1.21.1 (2 versions)1.21.1
Forge1.20.11.20.1
NeoForge1.21.11.21.1

From 5 recorded builds of Useful Spyglass.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.0.22026-06-061.21.1Fabric
1.0.22026-06-061.21.1NeoForge
1.0.22026-06-061.20.1Fabric
1.0.22026-06-061.20.1Forge
1.0.12025-11-011.21.1Fabric

Run Useful Spyglass on a Minecraft server

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Useful Spyglass as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.1 and 3 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorBrokenK3yboard, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseGPL-3.0-onlyFree

Useful Spyglass, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Useful Spyglass?

Modrinth lists Useful Spyglass as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Is it free?

Yes. Useful Spyglass is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is GPL-3.0-only.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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