Accurate Maps
Accurate Maps changes how vanilla maps colour terrain, sampling colours from block textures so the map shows closer to the in-game look.
What it does
Vanilla maps pick block colours from a fixed list. Accurate Maps replaces that approach: the client receives extra information about the block a map point represents and calculates its colour from the block texture. Because the colour comes from the texture itself, resource packs that change block appearance are reflected on the map as well.
Maps rendered with the mod fall back to vanilla colours where no additional information is available, and the map system still renders custom content from other mods as before. Accurate Maps is built for Fabric and is published for 1.18.2 and 1.19.2, with 1.0-BETA+1.19 for 1.19.2 as the latest file. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The code is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
Key features
Texture-based map colours
Colours are sampled from block textures instead of a predefined list, so the map reflects what blocks actually look like.
Extra block information
The server sends the client additional data about the block each map point represents, which the client uses to compute its colour.
Resource pack support
Colours follow the textures in the active resource packs, so custom block looks carry over to the map.
Vanilla fallback
Where no extra information exists, the map uses the vanilla colours, and custom map content from other mods still renders.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival map reading
Players who navigate by map can see terrain colours that match the blocks around them more closely.
Modded texture packs
Map colours follow custom textures, which suits worlds that use heavily reworked block appearances.
Who it’s for: Players who use maps in survival or multiplayer worlds, and server owners who want the map colours to match the block textures in use.
How it compares
Anvils Resounded is a Fabric mod for the client only, released under the MIT License, with files for 1.20.1. LockMap is a Fabric server-side mod under a Creative Commons non-commercial license, published for 1.21.10, and it is not open source. Accurate Block Placement Reborn is also open source under the MIT License and runs client-side only, but it changes block placement rather than map colours. Accurate Maps targets the 1.18.2 and 1.19.2 builds and covers map colour rather than the other features those mods add.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accurate Maps | Fabric | 1.18.2 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2022-09-04 |
| Anvils Resounded | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2024-06-07 |
| LockMap | Fabric | 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2026-05-02 |
| Accurate Block Placement Reborn | Fabric | 1.19 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Accurate Maps is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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What the author says
A small quality of life mod that changes the vanilla map coloring to be more accurate to in-game colors. Accurate Maps works by sending extra info to the client about the block being represented in the map. With that extra info, the client can then calculate the color of the block in a more accurate way.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/accurate-maps
- Owner
- D4rkness_King
- Published
- 2022-09-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-09-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15