Locator Compass
by Starshooter
Locator Compass makes the compass show a locator bar instead of the experience bar, so the XP level stays visible while the compass is held.
What it does
In 1.21.6 Minecraft replaced the experience bar with the locator bar whenever a player holds a compass, which hides the current level and XP progress. Locator Compass changes this so the locator bar only appears while a compass is in hand, and the regular experience bar stays on screen the rest of the time. The mod runs on the client alone, so players can join servers without installing it.
Builds are published for Fabric and Quilt, covering the 1.21.6 – 26.1.2 range, with the latest file for 26.1.2. Snapshot builds are published too. The code is not open source and is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Experience bar kept visible
The regular experience bar stays on screen, so the current level remains in view while collecting experience points.
Locator bar on demand
The locator bar appears only while a compass is held, which keeps the vanilla behavior for the compass.
Compass with a second role
The compass gains another purpose by pointing to where a player is in the world without replacing the XP display.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Locator Bar Removed takes a different route: it is a server-side mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, published for 1.21.6 – 26.3 under the MIT License. Locator Lodestones is client-side only, licensed under the MIT License, and covers 1.21.6 – 26.2 on Fabric and Quilt.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locator Compass | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-05-15 |
| Locator Bar Removed | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-28 |
| Locator Lodestones | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-18 |
Questions
Does Locator Compass need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Locator Compass is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Minecraft 1.21.6 added the Locator Bar, a new bar that appears instead of the XP progress bar that indicates where players are in the world. However, this has the disadvantage of hiding your current progression to the next level when not actively collecting experience points.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/locator-compass
- Owner
- Starshooter
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15