Antique Atlas
by tyra314
Holding an Antique Atlas opens a map screen that builds a picture of the land the player has walked through, one 16 by 16 block chunk at a time.
What it does
The Atlas is a craftable item. Right-clicking and holding it opens a map screen, and the map is generated from the biome of each chunk the player has visited, so the terrain fills in as the player travels. Players drag the map to move around it and scroll to zoom, and on-screen buttons add or remove markers and hide them. A map image can be exported as a PNG that includes the map dimension the player is in.
Crafting an Atlas with empty Atlases makes copies, and crafting several Atlases together merges their contents, so a player can keep a spare without losing progress. Custom biomes added by other mods receive a default texture set based on their type, and texture packs can be registered through the Forge BiomeDictionary to supply custom textures. Modders can build on the Atlas API, and the mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
Antique Atlas needs Architectury API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API. Both the server and the client need the mod installed. Files are published for Fabric and Forge across six release versions, and the latest builds, 7.1.1, target 1.18.2.
Key features
Map screen
Holding the craftable Atlas item opens a full-screen map of the explored terrain.
Drag and zoom
The map is moved by dragging and zoomed with the scroll wheel.
Markers and export
On-screen buttons add, remove and hide markers, and the map can be exported as a PNG image.
Atlas copies and merging
Crafting with empty Atlases produces clones that share map content, and crafting Atlases together merges their contents.
Custom biome textures
Biomes added by other mods get a default texture set, and custom texture packs can be registered through the BiomeDictionary.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Required by 3 mods
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want an in-game map that records the terrain they have travelled, and modpack makers who add custom biomes or textures.
How it compares
Map Atlases is a Fabric-only client and server mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, open source, for 1.16.2 – 26.1.2. SurveyorFactions is a Fabric-only client and server mod under the MIT License, open source, for 1.20.1. Antique Atlas instead runs on Fabric and Forge under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antique Atlas | Fabric and Forge | 1.16.2 – 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2023-03-30 |
| Map Atlases | Fabric | 1.16.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-27 |
| SurveyorFactions | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-28 |
Questions
Which loaders does Antique Atlas support?
Does Antique Atlas need to be on the server?
Is there a build for newer Minecraft versions?
In the catalog
Antique Atlas is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
Antique Atlas is a craftable item that enables a special map screen. You can navigate the map via click & drag, zoom via the scroll wheel. Additionally, on-screen buttons let you add/remove/hide markers, export the map to an image file. Both server and client need to have the mod installed.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/antique-atlas
- Owner
- tyra314
- Published
- 2022-05-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-03-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15