
Adaptation: Compass
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on Modrinth


Adaptation: Compass adds a progression-based tool that grows stronger as you take damage. The Adaptation Compass (ironic name, I know) tracks each hit you receive, building rotation. When the rotation reaches 6/6, the damage type that completed the rotation becomes a permanent immunity for the player.
All common damage sources are supported, including projectiles, explosions, fire, magic, environmental damage, and modded damage types. Out of World damage is excluded. When a damage type has been adapted, any future damage of that type is fully negated and instead heals the player for the amount it would have dealt.
How It Works
- Each hit adds 1/6 rotation to the compass.
- At 6/6 rotation, the current damage source becomes an immunity.
- Immunities are permanent (as long as they aren't overwritten) and can't stack.
- Adapted damage types no longer harm the player and instead restore health.
- Supports modded damage sources automatically.
Crafting
The compass is created through a smithing upgrade using the Elder's Worn Book, an item obtained from the Cleric villager.
Smithing requirements:
- Template: Elder's Worn Book
- Base item: Compass
- Addition: Netherite Scrap
This creates the Adaptation Compass, which improves as the player encounters new threats.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 adaptation_compass-1.0.1-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.6 MB
- Download link checked 10 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.