NikiBroPol Vanilla Plus (nbpvanillaplus)
by NikiBroPol
NikiBroPol Vanilla Plus is a Fabric mod for players who want vanilla Minecraft with a few quality-of-life additions and a small amount of new content, on client and server.
What it does
Its aim is to keep the feel of vanilla Minecraft while making everyday play smoother. Compasses held in either hand show coordinates, and a clock in the inventory shows the number of days passed. Recovery Shards upgrade the Recovery Compass, which helps find the coordinates of a last death.
Coordinates can be recorded with a Sculk Catalyst, so the Recovery Compass is no longer needed to avoid losing a location, and they can be rewritten the same way. The mod also adds a few crafting recipes that the author felt were missing from vanilla, and it modifies stone, cobblestone, deepslate and cobbled deepslate.
Strange Beetroot Seeds come from a Sniffer, while Dream Seeds are obtained by digging up Suspicious blocks inside Ocean Ruins. The mod requires Fabric API and Sodium, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 26.2, under the MIT License, and the source code is public.
Key features
Coordinates on held compasses
A compass in either hand displays the player's coordinates without opening a menu.
Days in the inventory clock
The clock item shows the number of days elapsed in the world while it is in the inventory.
Recovery Shard upgrade
Recovery Shards upgrade the Recovery Compass, which points toward the last place of death.
Sculk Catalyst coordinate records
Coordinates can be saved and rewritten at a Sculk Catalyst, so a location is kept without a compass.
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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
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want vanilla Minecraft with small quality-of-life changes and a little extra content. Server owners can add it to a Fabric server, since clients and the server both run it.
How it compares
EzCompass is a Fabric client-side only compass mod for 26.1.2 that is not open source under the MIT License. Useful Compass is also client-side only for 26.1.2 and is open source under the MIT License. GeometryHUD is open source and client-side only under the MIT License for 26.2 – 26.3, so it covers the same version as this mod. NikiBroPol Vanilla Plus differs by also running on the server and by adding Sculk Catalyst records and new seeds.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NikiBroPol Vanilla Plus (nbpvanillaplus) | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-15 |
| EzCompass | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-05-11 |
| Useful Compass | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-03 |
| GeometryHUD | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does NikiBroPol Vanilla Plus need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which Minecraft version is supported?
In the catalog
NikiBroPol Vanilla Plus (nbpvanillaplus) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This is a mod to make Minecraft easier and more QoL, but you'll have to work for it. It reflects what I’d like to see in vanilla Minecraft. Unique item - Recovery Shard This is an upgrade to the Recovery Compass.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nikibropol-vanilla-plus
- Owner
- NikiBroPol
- Published
- 2026-09-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15