





🧭 Village Compass
Tired of using external web tools like Chunkbase just to find a village? Village Compass is a lightweight, highly optimized server-side plugin that allows players to craft a special compass to locate the nearest village in real-time.
🛠️ Crafting Recipe
The recipe is completely shapeless (you can place the items anywhere on the crafting grid):
- 1x Compass
- 1x Emerald
Once crafted, you will receive your specialized Village Compass!
🌍 Real-Time Client Translation
This plugin features an intelligent localization system that checks the player's game language every second (20 ticks). The item name and its lore will dynamically translate inside your inventory without any commands!
Currently Supported Languages:
- 🇪🇸 Spanish: "Brújula de Aldeas" with localized chat messages.
- 🇺🇸 English: "Village Compass" with a clean default interface.
- 🇯🇵 日本語: 「村のコンパス」 Full native text support.
- 🇨🇳 中文: 「村庄指南针」 Full native text support.
⚡ Performance & Technical Features
- Zero Server Lag: The heavy structure-searching logic (
locateNearestStructure) only runs exactly when a player right-clicks. The background translation task uses 0% CPU as it only reads already saved data. - GeyserMC Bedrock Support: Since the plugin utilizes purely native items and text components, Bedrock Edition players (mobile, console) can use it perfectly, and the compass needle will point accurately on their screens.
- Highly Compatible: Built on top of the stable
StructureTypeAPI, ensuring compatibility across modern Paper and Purpur releases.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as villagecompass-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 8 KB
- Download link checked 13 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.