Minimap CE
by chronicboy
Minimap CE draws a circular minimap and a full-screen map for Legacy Fabric players on Minecraft 1.6.4, with terrain colors read from the game's own textures.
What it does
The minimap reads Minecraft's terrain atlas to pick block colors, so the map matches the textures players see in the world. Topographic shading adds lighting based on height to show terrain depth, and biome tinting colors grass and leaves to match their surroundings. The minimap sits in a circular frame with a beveled edge and compass labels for N, E, S and W.
Entities and waypoints appear on the map and move with the zoom level. Scrolling changes the zoom, and the minimap text scales with the size and zoom of the map. An optional chunk grid overlay can be switched on and off, and a full-screen map can be scaled and dragged across the screen.
Better Than Wolves: CE is required, and Minimap CE is described by its author as working with the lightweight Better Wolves CE 3.0.0 or later. The mod is built for players who want classic minimap behavior that fits old-school Minecraft. It is released under CC0 1.0 Universal and is open source, with its source code and issue tracker public.
Key features
Texture-sampled block colors
Block colors are sampled from the terrain atlas, so the map shows the same tones as the textures in the world.
Topographic shading
Height-based lighting shows terrain depth on the minimap, making hills and valleys easier to read.
Zoom and scalable text
Scrolling zooms the map, entities and waypoints follow the zoom level, and the minimap text scales with the map.
Chunk grid and full-screen map
A toggleable chunk grid can be overlaid on the minimap, and a draggable full-screen map can be scaled to fit the screen.
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 1
Use cases
Classic old-school play
Players who want a minimap that fits older Minecraft versions can add Minimap CE alongside the required dependency.
Who it’s for: Players running Legacy Fabric on Minecraft 1.6.4 who want a classic minimap with terrain-accurate colors and waypoints. Because the mod is client-side only, only the player's own installation needs it.
Questions
Does Minimap CE need Better Than Wolves: CE?
Does the server need Minimap CE installed?
Which version does Minimap CE support?
In the catalog
Minimap CE is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder. 328 mods support Minecraft 1.6.4.
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What the author says
Minimap CE provides all the classic minimap functionality you need, themed to feel right at home with old-school Minecraft and BTW. It runs client-side only.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/minimap-ce
- Owner
- chronicboy
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15