Brightshield Waypoints

Quickstart

Install the mod and jump into any world — everything activates automatically. The moment you load in, look to the top-left corner of your screen:

• Line 1: Coords: X Y Z — your live block coordinates.
• Line 2: Your current biome name.

No commands, no configuration, no items to craft. Just play.

Also check your hotbar — any tool, weapon, or armor piece with durability will show a colored bar and remaining/max durability numbers directly on the item slot.

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Overview

Brightshield Waypoints is a lightweight HUD enhancement that keeps essential world information visible at all times. It is entirely passive — all displays update live and require zero interaction to set up.

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What It Adds

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How To Use

Coordinates & Biome

Your coordinates and biome are always visible in the top-left corner of the screen. No toggle needed. Use them for navigation, sharing locations, or finding your way back to a build site.

Hotbar Durability

Any damageable item in your hotbar (tools, weapons, armor held in hand) shows:

• A bar below the item that fills based on remaining durability.
• A number readout of current and max durability.

Bar color indicates condition:

Items with no durability display ∞ instead.

Waypoints

Waypoints are saved per-player and per-dimension using commands (see below). Each active waypoint in your current dimension displays a tall particle beam (End Rod + Glow particles) rising from its saved location, visible from a distance.

When you look toward a waypoint, your action bar (above the hotbar) briefly shows the waypoint's name and exact distance in blocks.

Death Waypoints

When you die, your death location is automatically saved as a waypoint. A beam will mark the spot so you can find your items.

Commands

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Abilities And Mechanics

• Night Vision is silently applied to all players on a regular cycle, keeping the world fully lit without needing potions. The effect icon is hidden.
• Nether fog is pushed to the edge of your render distance, letting you see much farther in the Nether.
• Fire overlay is compressed vertically so flames on screen don't obscure your view during combat.
• Shield and Totem of Undying are rendered at a reduced scale in first-person, keeping your field of view clear.
• Saturation pips appear near your hunger bar, showing your current saturation level as colored indicators so you know when it's safe to sprint without losing hunger quickly.

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Progression And Strategy

• Use the coordinate display to note key locations before you have waypoints set — just write down the coords shown on screen.
• Save waypoints at your base, farms, and mob spawners immediately on arrival so the particle beam guides you back from any direction.
• Watch the durability colors while mining — switch tools when yellow appears, and replace or repair at red to avoid breaking a good enchanted item mid-task.
• The death waypoint is created automatically, so after a death, just respawn and follow the particle beam back to your items before they despawn.
• The always-on night vision and cleared Nether fog mean you can explore caves and the Nether without dedicating inventory space to torches or potions for visibility.