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You might need to do that if you lose the original map. Sleeping in a bed resets your spawn point but not your compass, so this method falls out of date as soon as you move to new dwellings and update your spawn point.Ī compass is actually more useful when transformed into a map, see “Mapping, or There and Back Again” on page 217. Think of that point as the magnetic north pole-it’s not a GPS. The only problem with a compass is that it always points to your original world spawn point. It takes some redstone and iron, and both are relatively easy to obtain with some assiduous mining. You’ll probably wander around a bit, but eventually you’ll get there and the map will help you get your orientation and head off in the right general direction. Your goal is to shift those X and Z values back toward those you originally recorded. When you need to return-and I should warn you that this can take some experimentation and a little practice-turn and take a few steps while tracking the change in your current coordinates. If you become lost, you can always find your way back to your original spawn and, presumably, your first shelter by traveling in a direction that will bring both X and Z back to those noted values.

(Y shows your current level above bedrock.) Jot down the current values. The coordinates are based on the world’s center where X and Z equal 0. In this screenshot I’ve also turned off the HUD for a better view.

FIGURE 3.3 Point your down to view the map.
