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NeoCompass

by Winter

NeoCompass draws a minimal compass strip across the top of the screen, showing the player's facing direction at a glance.

NeoForgeClient-side onlyAll rights reserved1.21.1

What it does

A HUD compass in the top of the screen shows the direction the player faces. The strip stays visible during play, so a player can check heading without opening a map or running a command. The mod is a simple heads-up display addition for the NeoForge loader and is built for the 1.21.1 game version only.

The HUD is drawn with thin lines on a transparent background, so it stays out of the way of the rest of the interface. Temperature-based colors mark the cardinal points: cold cyan to the north and warm orange to the south. Its scale, its vertical offset from the top edge and its visibility can be set through the mod config, and the author describes the performance cost as negligible.

Because only the client draws the compass, a server does not need to install it, and players who join a server without it see nothing different. The license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source. NeoCompass is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with a single file, version 1.0, released on 2025-11-12.

Key features

  1. Direction strip

    A compass strip at the top of the screen keeps the facing direction visible while the player moves and looks around.

  2. Temperature-based colors

    North is drawn in cold cyan and south in warm orange, so the two ends of the strip can be told apart by color.

  3. Minimal design

    Thin lines on a transparent background keep the compass unobtrusive, so it does not draw attention from the game view.

  4. Configurable placement

    Scale, vertical offset from the top edge and visibility are each set in the mod config, and a toggle hides the compass.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want a permanent direction readout on the HUD and do not want a map overlay. The mod suits anyone on a NeoForge 1.21.1 client, in single-player or on a multiplayer server that does not require it.

Questions

Does NeoCompass need to be installed on the server?

No. Only the player's game needs it, and servers run without it.

Which loader and version does NeoCompass support?

NeoCompass is built for NeoForge and targets Minecraft 1.21.1 only. The latest file is version 1.0, published on 2025-11-12.

Can the compass be moved or hidden?

Yes. The scale, the vertical offset from the top of the screen and the visibility toggle are all set through the mod config.

In the catalog

NeoCompass is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,588 Adventure mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

Adventure mods19,031NeoForge modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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What the author says

# NeoCompass Minimalist HUD compass displaying your direction at the top of the screen. Adjust via mod config: - enabled — toggle compass visibility - yOffset — distance from top of screen - scale — compass scale
Winter, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Winter
Published
2025-11-12
Updated on Modrinth
2025-11-12
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Adventure
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