Bird’s Eye View

Bird’s Eye View transforms Minecraft into a top-down adventure while preserving the familiar survival experience.

The new perspective is built directly into the normal F5 camera cycle. Movement becomes screen-relative, so pressing W, A, S, or D moves your entire character in that direction. Your body and head turn toward movement and interaction targets, making exploration and combat much easier to read from above.

Features

• A fully playable bird’s-eye camera added to the F5 perspective cycle
• Screen-relative movement with natural body and head rotation
• Terraria-inspired mouse targeting for mining, building, combat, and interaction
• Green and red cursor feedback for valid, blocked, or unreachable targets
• Hold left click for continuous mining
• Attack mobs with left click and interact with them using right click
• Crouch and use the mouse wheel to zoom between 6 and 24 blocks
• A clean, one-pixel crosshair without a dark outline
• Improved character facing during mining, placing, interacting, and combat
• Normal Minecraft reach and line-of-sight rules remain enforced

Controls

• F5: Cycle through first-person, third-person, front-facing, and bird’s-eye perspectives
• W/A/S/D: Move relative to the screen
• Mouse: Aim the bird’s-eye cursor
• Left click: Mine blocks or attack mobs
• Right click: Place blocks, use items, or interact
• Crouch + mouse wheel: Zoom in and out

The F5 and crouch controls use Minecraft’s normal keybinds and can be changed in the Controls menu.

Compatibility

• Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.1
• NeoForge 21.1
• Client-side only
• No server installation required

Bird’s Eye View is ideal for exploration, building, survival, adventure maps, and anyone who wants Minecraft to feel more like a top-down action RPG.