Simple Compass HUD
A lightweight Fabric client-side mod that adds a smooth and minimal compass HUD to your Minecraft screen.
The compass shows cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) and diagonals, with smooth movement based on player yaw.
✨ Features
- Clean and minimal compass bar at the top of the screen.
- Smooth yaw interpolation for natural HUD movement.
- Cardinal and diagonal points (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW).
- Highlighted North (N) in red for easy orientation.
- Lightweight rendering – negligible performance impact.
📦 Requirements
- Minecraft: 1.21.6 - 1.21.8
- Fabric Loader: >=0.17.2
- Fabric API: ~0.128.2
🔗 Notes
- Client-side only (no server installation required).
- Can be combined with other HUD or minimap mods without conflicts.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as simplecompasshud-1.0.0+1.21.6.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 13 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.