Mapmark Waypoints

Quickstart

1. Craft or obtain a filled map (a map that has been used and contains world data).
2. Hold the filled map in your main hand or offhand, or keep it anywhere in your inventory.
3. Stand at a location you want to mark and run: /waypoint <name>
4. A named marker instantly appears on every filled map you are currently carrying.
5. To remove a marker, run: /dwaypoint <name>

That's all there is to it — no extra items, no crafting, just commands and a filled map.

Overview

Mapmark Waypoints lets you pin named markers directly onto vanilla filled maps. Waypoints appear as map decorations visible whenever you view a marked map, and they are saved to the world so they survive session restarts, server restarts, and reconnects. Any filled map you carry automatically shows all waypoints that have been saved to it.

What It Adds

• /waypoint <name> — Creates a named waypoint at your current position and writes it as a visible marker onto every filled map in your inventory (main inventory and offhand).
• /dwaypoint <name> — Removes a named waypoint from every filled map you are carrying and deletes it from saved data.
• Persistent waypoint storage — Waypoints are tied to individual map items and saved with the world. They reappear automatically after you reload, respawn, or reconnect to a server.

How To Use

Adding a Waypoint

Stand exactly where you want the marker placed, then run:

/waypoint My Base

The name can contain spaces. The marker is added to every filled map currently in your inventory. If you are not carrying any filled map, the command will tell you to equip one first.

Removing a Waypoint

/dwaypoint My Base

This removes the marker from all carried filled maps and wipes it from the saved data attached to those maps. If none of your carried maps contain that waypoint name, you will see an error message.

Sharing Waypoints

Because waypoints are stored with the map item itself, you can hand a marked map to another player and they will see all the same markers. This works in both singleplayer and on multiplayer servers.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Inventory-wide application — When you run /waypoint, the mod checks your entire main inventory as well as your offhand for filled maps and marks all of them simultaneously.
• Automatic restoration — Every two seconds the server checks each online player's carried maps and restores any saved waypoints that may be missing (for example, after a reload or reconnect). You do not need to do anything for this to happen.
• Per-map storage — Waypoints are linked to the specific numeric ID of each map. Two different map items will each have their own independent set of waypoints.
• Name sanitization — Waypoint names are cleaned of characters that would conflict with internal map decoration IDs, so unusual characters are automatically stripped.

Progression And Strategy

• Mark key locations early — your spawn, base, villages, strongholds, and farms — so you always have a visual reference when holding your map.
• Carry multiple maps covering different regions and mark each one independently to build a comprehensive atlas of named locations.
• On a server, hand out pre-marked maps to teammates so everyone shares the same set of waypoints without needing to run the commands themselves.
• Use /dwaypoint to clean up temporary markers (like a surface mine entrance or a meeting point) once they are no longer needed, keeping your maps readable.