GUI Compass
Modby Serilum
🧭 [Client] Shows direction and coordinates in the GUI/HUD with a compass in the inventory.
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
1,585,682
CurseForge ID
347595
Modrinth Downloads
622,050
Modrinth ID
ZORMkttv
Last Updated
Sep 9, 2026
Description
GUI Compass is a minimalistic configurable client-side mod which shows the direction and coordinates in the GUI with a compass in the inventory. By default the compass is positioned in the top left, but you can change that and the height in the config.
The format of what is visible on the screen can be changed via the 'guiCompassFormat' config value.
Default format: Direction: X, Y, Z
You may also be interested in GUI Clock.
All available config options:
Show SpoilerguiCompassFormat default "FXYZ"
What of the GUI compass should be displayed. Default: [FXYZ]. F: facing (direction), X: x coord, Y: y coord (depth), Z: z coord.
mustHaveCompassInInventory default true
When enabled, will only show the GUI compass when a compass is present in the inventory.
compassPositionIsLeft default true
Places the GUI compass on the left.
compassPositionIsCenter default false
Places the GUI compass in the middle.
compassPositionIsRight default false
Places the GUI compass on the right.
compassHeightOffset default 5, min 0, max 3000
The vertical offset (y coord) for the Compass. This determines how far down the coordinates and direction should be on the screen. Can be changed to prevent GUIs from overlapping.
drawTextShadow default true
If the text displayed should have a shadow drawn below it.
RGB_R default 255, min 0, max 255
The red RGB value for the compass.
RGB_G default 255, min 0, max 255
The green RGB value for the compass.
RGB_B default 255, min 0, max 255
The blue RGB value for the compass.
Example of the compass while rotating the player:
You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.
Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.
For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!
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