Ore Compass

A Minecraft NeoForge mod (1.21.1) that adds magical compasses capable of detecting and pointing towards nearby ores.

Features

• Animated Compass Needle: The compass needle rotates smoothly to point towards detected ores, just like the vanilla compass
• HUD Ore Indicator: Shows the tracked ore block icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen
• Three Compass Tiers: Basic, Advanced, and Master compasses with increasing detection ranges
• Priority-Based Detection: Detects the rarest ore first, not just the closest one
• Ore Tuning: Tune your compass to search for a specific ore type

Compass Tiers

Ore Detection Priority

When multiple ores are in range, the compass prioritizes by rarity (not distance):

1. Ancient Debris (highest priority)
2. Diamond
3. Nether Quartz
4. Emerald
5. Gold
6. Iron
7. Lapis Lazuli
8. Coal
9. Redstone
10. Copper (lowest priority)

Crafting Recipes

Basic Ore Compass

[Copper Ingot] [Lapis Lazuli] [Copper Ingot]
[Iron Ingot]   [Compass]      [Iron Ingot]
[Redstone]     [Quartz]       [Redstone]

Advanced Ore Compass

[Gold Ingot]      [Diamond]            [Gold Ingot]
[Lapis Lazuli]    [Basic Ore Compass]  [Emerald]
[Redstone Block]  [Amethyst Shard]     [Redstone Block]

Master Ore Compass

[Netherite Scrap]  [Echo Shard]             [Netherite Scrap]
[Ancient Debris]   [Advanced Ore Compass]   [Ancient Debris]
[Netherite Scrap]  [Lodestone]              [Netherite Scrap]

Tuning Recipes

To tune a compass to detect only a specific ore type, combine any Ore Compass with 4 of the target material in a crafting table:

How to Use

1. Craft a compass of the desired tier
2. Hold the compass in your main hand or off-hand
3. Watch the needle - it will point towards the nearest ore (by priority) within range
4. Optional: Tune the compass to search for a specific ore type

Compass Behavior

• Ore Found: The needle points steadily towards the ore location
• No Ore in Range: The needle spins randomly
• Tuned Compass: Only searches for the specified ore type, ignoring all others

Installation

1. Install NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1
2. Download the Ore Compass mod JAR file
3. Place the JAR file in your mods folder
4. Launch Minecraft with the NeoForge profile

Compatibility

• Minecraft Version: 1.21.1
• Mod Loader: NeoForge 21.1.x
• JEI: Fully compatible - all recipes are visible in JEI

License

All Rights Reserved

Author

thalislf