Netherite Compass
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
This mod adds the Netherite Compass to your game which helps you track down Ancient Debris blocks in you world.
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Netherite Compass
About the mod
This mod adds the Netherite Compass to your game which helps you track down Ancient Debris blocks in you world.

Behaviour:
Tracking:
The Netherite Compass will point to the nearest Ancient Debris in you 3x3 chunk area. If it finds an Ancient Debris block it will lock onto it and will point to it (even if you move and another Ancient Debris is closer) until the block is broken.

Locating:
If the compass didn't managed to find Ancient Debris in your nearby are it will start spinning. This means its continuously looking for them while you have it on you.

Changing Dimensions:
If you go to another dimension and your compass is locked onto an Ancient Debris, it will warn you in its description that the Ancient Debris is in another dimension. It will start wobbling around like the default compass when it can't find its target.

Using the compass:
When you right click the compass it will try to search for a new target if it already had one. This action will give you a five second cooldown before you can use it again (just like the ender pearl when thrown).
Droped and Item frames
The compass will not change its state if its droped or in an Item frame. For example, if its in the "Locating..." state and you put into an Item frame it will not lock onto an Ancient Debris if you place one nearby, like it would if you had in in your inventory.
Crafting
- Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
- Recovery Compass
- Netherite Ingot

- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9
- 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 CurseForge — 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 netherite_compass-1.8.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 51 KB
- Download link checked 26 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.