Xaero's Drawing
Xaero's Drawing lets players paint directly on Xaero's World Map and Xaero's Minimap, with brushes, shapes, stamps and up to three layers.
What it does
The mod places a paint set over Xaero's World Map and Xaero's Minimap. A freehand brush has an adjustable size from 1 to 64 blocks, and an eraser samples painted pixels or the rendered map color, terrain included. Lines, rectangles and ellipses show a live ghost preview with outline or filled modes, and one-click symbols such as arrows, pins, hearts, skulls and chests scale with the brush. A 32-color 8-bit palette (DB32) is built in, and hex input accepts RRGGBB and RRGGBBAA values for transparency.
Drawings are anchored to world coordinates and pan and zoom with the map, then show up on the minimap and while traveling. Three independent layers can each be toggled, and drawings are saved locally per world or server and per dimension, next to the Xaero map data. The mod suits route plans, marked dig sites, outlined builds and similar notes for a player's own use.
Xaero's World Map is required. It is published for Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 26.2, and the code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Freehand brush and eraser
A resizable brush and an eraser that can sample painted pixels or the rendered terrain color.
Shapes and symbols
Lines, rectangles and ellipses preview live, and preset symbols such as pins, hearts and chests can be placed in one click.
Palette and hex input
A built-in 32-color palette, a hover swatch that shows its hex value, and direct hex entry with optional alpha.
Independent layers
Three layers that can each be toggled on or off, so separate sets of drawings stay apart.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
XaeroShare runs on Fabric only, for 1.21.1 – 26.3, is client-side only and is open source under the MIT License. Hoofprint is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, client-side only, and covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2. MapStitch runs on Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21 – 26.3 as a client and server mod under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xaero's Drawing | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client required, server optional | 2026-07-19 |
| XaeroShare | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-12 |
| Hoofprint | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-03-30 |
| MapStitch | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
Questions
Does Xaero's Drawing need Xaero's World Map?
Does the server need Xaero's Drawing?
Which loaders and versions does Xaero's Drawing support?
In the catalog
Xaero's Drawing is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Draw on your map. Xaero's Drawings adds a full paint toolkit on top of Xaero's World Map and Xaero's Minimap — sketch route plans, mark dig sites, outline builds, doodle on your friend's base. Your drawings are anchored to world coordinates, so they pan and zoom with the map and show up on your minimap as you travel…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/xaeros-drawing
- Owner
- pancakethepuppy
- Published
- 2026-07-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15