Find My Friends
Find My Friends shows each player's name tag above their head at a distance, so a group can locate teammates beyond normal render range.
What it does
Players normally see another player's name only within the render distance, which makes a party hard to track once someone wanders off. This Forge mod keeps name plates visible across longer distances, and the distance at which the name appears above the head can be set. Players who sneak are hidden by default, so a crouching player does not show up for others.
Installation needs the mod on both the server and every client, since the name display is sent between them. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, with its source code and issue tracker public. Forge files cover 1.16.5, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.1 and 1.19.2, with 1.2.14 for 1.19.2 as the latest file.
Key features
Long-range name tags
Name plates stay readable at distances beyond the normal render range, so teammates can be spotted across terrain.
Adjustable name height
The distance at which a player's name is shown above their name plate can be changed.
Sneaking players hidden
Players who are sneaking are hidden from the long-range name display by default.
Shared server and client install
The name display is sent between server and clients, so the mod is installed on both sides.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Group exploration
A party spread across a large map can see where each member is standing without relying on chat coordinates.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can add the mod so that players keep track of friends who travel outside their render distance.
Who it’s for: Players who explore large worlds with friends, and server owners who want teammates to stay visible across distance. The mod is for Forge installs and does nothing on its own without a server side install.
Questions
Does Find My Friends need to be installed on the server?
Which Forge versions does Find My Friends support?
Are sneaking players shown on the map?
In the catalog
Find My Friends is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,817 Social mods for Forge. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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What the author says
Ever get tired of losing your friends when you go exploring? This simple mod renders their name plate over any distance so you always know how to find your way back, even when they're outside your render distance.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/find-my-friends
- Owner
- lukegrahamlandry
- Published
- 2022-11-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-11-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15