Player Locator Bars
by RedSyven
Player Locator Bars puts a HUD tracking bar on screen so players can follow where other players are, with the bar shown across the top of the view.
What it does
The mod adds a HUD element that tracks other players as icons along a bar. Each icon can show a distance of up to 500 blocks, with transparency changing as a player moves farther away. Two directions are tracked, horizontal and vertical, and up to 10 icons can be displayed at once.
A Player Locator item can be placed in the inventory to start tracking, and taken back out when a player no longer wants to be followed. Players can personalize the look of their own bar with a command, and pick a color for the icon through pigment choice. The bar is aimed at multiplayer groups that want to keep track of one another across a server.
The server has to run the mod, while players may leave it out and still join. The mod is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Files cover 1.21.4 and 1.21.5, with 1.11+mod for 1.21.5 as the latest build. A data pack version is also available for servers.
Key features
Horizontal and vertical tracking
The HUD bar follows other players in two directions, so both their heading and their height can be read from the screen.
Distance shown by transparency
Icons fade as tracked players move away, so distance up to 500 blocks can be judged without reading numbers.
Placeable tracking item
A Player Locator item in the inventory starts tracking, and removing it from the inventory stops it again.
Personal bar settings
A command lets each player change how their own HUD bar looks, including the color of the icons.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a tracking HUD for multiplayer groups, and players on those servers who want to follow friends on the bar.
How it compares
Locator Bar Removed is the opposite of this mod, removing the locator bar, and is open source under the MIT License, with versions 1.21.6 – 26.3. Only the server needs it, and players join without it. Compass Locator is not open source, is published for 1.21.7 – 1.21.8, and runs on either side alone. No Locator Bar is open source under the MIT License, covers 1.21.6 only, and works on a client alone, a server alone or both.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Locator Bars | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-18 |
| Locator Bar Removed | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-28 |
| Compass Locator | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.7 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-19 |
| No Locator Bar | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.6 | Client or server, optional | 2025-06-17 |
Questions
Does Player Locator Bars need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders are supported?
Which game versions does the mod cover?
In the catalog
Player Locator Bars is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Elevate your multiplayer experience with the brand new Player Locator Bar, now available for Minecraft 1.21.4 - 1.21.5! Mojang's preview (1.21.80.20) of this feature has some flaws - this datapack/mod addresses those issues, granting players precise control over tracking, visibility, and appearance.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/player-locator-bars
- Owner
- RedSyven
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15