Field Notes
by KURONAMI
Field Notes is a KURONAMI adventure mod that records each advancement a player earns, with the time and place, into a journal kept in the world.
What it does
When a player earns an advancement, vanilla or from another mod, Field Notes captures the in-world day, real-time timestamp, coordinates, dimension and biome, and stores them as an entry. The journal lists these entries with the advancement's icon, title, description, frame type and task, goal or challenge. Dimension and biome names are localized to the client language. Long playthroughs are easier to look back on this way, for example to recall the day a world's Ender Dragon was defeated.
The journal opens with the K key, which can be rebound, and it avoids the default J key used by JourneyMap. It is built as a spread-page book styled after Patchouli, showing four entries per spread with vanilla page-turn arrows, keyword search and a filter by frame type. The journal is also an item; players can obtain it through the auto-granted Welcome Field Notes advancement on first join, by crafting a shapeless book, or by combining a leather book with a rabbit hide, which is listed under the Tools and Utilities creative tab. Field Notes requires Fabric API and Patchouli.
Key features
Advancement recording
Each earned advancement is saved with its in-world day, real-time timestamp, coordinates, dimension and biome.
Spread-page journal
Entries appear as a book with four per spread, page-turn arrows, keyword search and a frame-type filter.
Rebindable opening key
The journal opens with K by default, which can be changed, so it does not clash with JourneyMap's J.
Three ways to get it
Players receive the journal on first join, craft it as a shapeless book, or combine a leather book with a rabbit hide.
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 2
How it compares
Pale Advancement is a server-required mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge that targets 1.21.4 and is not open source, licensed under the MIT License. Simple Notes is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, and covers 1.20.4 – 1.21.4 on Fabric. Adventure Notes is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that the client must run while the server stays optional, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field Notes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-12 |
| Pale Advancement | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-01-20 |
| Simple Notes | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-01-20 |
| Adventure Notes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client required, server optional | 2026-03-26 |
Questions
Does Field Notes need Fabric API on Forge?
Does the server need Field Notes?
Does Field Notes change how advancements work?
Which game versions does Field Notes support?
In the catalog
Field Notes is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A field journal that builds itself as you play: every advancement you earn is recorded with the time, place, and context, then browsable in a spread-page book. Long playthroughs blur together — you remember beating the Ender Dragon, but not that you did it on world day 47, in a swamp, in the rain. Field Notes keeps…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/field-notes
- Owner
- KURONAMI
- Published
- 2026-05-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15