


Render those pesky Minecraft Maps in everyone's favorite perspective: third person. #thirdpersongang
📖 About
This is a client-side mod. All you have to do is simply hold a Map & be in third person! The Map HUD works exactly as you'd expect:
- Updates in real time
- Works with non-fully explored Maps
- Works at any scale
- Works with both left & right hands
You can force the Map scale in the HUD if you don't like the default size. Please see the file in your config folder.
⚙️ Config
The mod is highly configurable and offers in-game config editing with ModMenu. See the current config options here!
⛓ Dependencies
- Required:
- Optional:
📃 Changelog
Changelogs are available at the GitHub Releases section
📸 Media
Standard Map First Person

Map Rendering in Third Person

Works in Left Hand too

Plays nice with Potion Effects & Map Exploration

Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- 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 third-person-maps-1.5.3+1.21.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 473 KB
- Download link checked 26 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.