How do you get Compass in Minecraft?

Compass is crafted from Iron Ingot and Redstone Dust at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from trading with villagers, and Compass from chest loot, not just the recipe above.

When was Compass added to Minecraft?

Compass was added in the early Alpha development period.

How many Compass can you stack?

64 Compass fills a slot, and that slot costs 256 Iron Ingot and 64 Redstone Dust, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table.

What is Compass used for?

Compass is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Empty Map, Map, and Recovery Compass.

Where do you find Compass in chests?

Compass is chest loot in village cartographer chests (about 26%), ancient city chests (about 17%), stronghold library chests (about 11%), and shipwreck map chests (roughly 1 in 13). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

MiscellaneousCraftable

Compass

Points toward the world spawn point. Can be combined with a lodestone to point to that lodestone instead.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Compass at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Compass: an item out of crafting, trading with villagers, and chest loot. Carrying Compass is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

3 recipes in this catalogue start with Compass, so it behaves less like a single item and more like a supply you keep topped up. Of the 5 kinds of generated chest that can hold Compass, village cartographer chests are the best bet at about 26% per chest. It sits between Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template and Copper Ingot in Miscellaneous, number 27 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Redstone Dust
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Compass
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Compass has the grid for Compass

Used to craft

3 recipes call for Compass, from Empty Map to Recovery Compass, and Miscellaneous takes 3 of them. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Compass.

How to obtain

Crafting
Trading
Chest loot

Notes

Used to craft maps and the recovery compass.

Frequently asked questions about Compass

How do you get Compass in Minecraft?
Compass is crafted from Iron Ingot and Redstone Dust at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from trading with villagers, and Compass from chest loot, not just the recipe above.
When was Compass added to Minecraft?
Compass was added in the early Alpha development period.
How many Compass can you stack?
64 Compass fills a slot, and that slot costs 256 Iron Ingot and 64 Redstone Dust, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table.
What is Compass used for?
Compass is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Empty Map, Map, and Recovery Compass.
Where do you find Compass in chests?
Compass is chest loot in village cartographer chests (about 26%), ancient city chests (about 17%), stronghold library chests (about 11%), and shipwreck map chests (roughly 1 in 13). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

Building with it

Four iron and one redstone make a compass, and it points at the world spawn rather than at your bed. On a lodestone it points there instead, which is how a set of lodestone compasses turns into a proper navigation system across a large world.

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