Village Finder Atlas

Quickstart

1. Craft the Village Finder Atlas at a crafting table (see recipe below).
2. Hold it in your hand and right-click to ping the nearest village — its distance, direction, and coordinates appear in chat with a detection sound.
3. Press M (rebindable in Controls → Village Finder Atlas) to open the full map screen.
4. The map shows a green arrow at the centre pointing the direction you face, and red numbered squares for nearby villages. Rotate in-game and the arrow updates live.
5. Press Esc to close the map.

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Overview

The Village Finder Atlas is an enchantment-glinting detection device for Java Edition 1.21.5. A right-click gives an instant chat bearing to the nearest village, while the built-in map screen surveys up to ten villages at once. The map displays your position as a directional arrow, a Factions & Rulers panel on the left, a village coordinate list on the right, and compass labels around the border.

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What It Adds

• Village Finder Atlas — a single craftable item with a permanent enchantment glint. Tooltip reads: Village Detection Device.

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How To Use

Right-Click Detection

Hold the atlas and right-click. The server scans up to ~100 chunks for the nearest village and prints in chat:

• Distance in blocks and a cardinal/intercardinal direction label (e.g., North-East, or nearby if very close).
• Exact X and Z coordinates of the village centre.
• A reminder to press M for the map.

A ping sound plays on detection. If no village is in range, a "No villages found nearby" message appears.

Map Screen (Press M)

The map does not pause the game while open.

Creative Mode Teleportation

In Creative mode, the map offers instant teleportation shortcuts:

• Click a red village marker on the map, or click its entry in the right-hand list.
• Press keys 1–9 to teleport to villages 1–9; press 0 for village 10.

The map closes automatically after teleporting.

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Crafting And Obtaining

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Abilities And Mechanics

• Detection range: Right-click scans approximately 100 chunks in all directions for the nearest vanilla village structure.
• Direction labels: Villages within 10 blocks on both axes are labelled (nearby); otherwise a cardinal or intercardinal direction is shown.
• Player arrow: The green arrow on the map rotates with your live in-game yaw — the tip always points the way you are facing.
• Factions & Rulers: Each village entry on the left panel shows the village's faction and ruler. These are generated per-village.
• Map scale: Covers a large area; villages very far away may fall outside the visible map border (they still appear in the text lists).
• Enchantment glint: The atlas always shimmers as if enchanted; no gameplay effect.

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Progression And Strategy

• Craft the atlas early when you need to locate your first village — gathering iron for four compasses is the main early-game step.
• Use the right-click ping while travelling for a quick bearing without opening the full UI.
• Open the map screen to compare multiple villages and decide which to visit.
• Check the Factions & Rulers panel on the left to distinguish villages before committing to a direction.
• In Creative mode, use number key shortcuts to rapidly hop between villages when scouting a new world.