Nature's Compass

Nature's Compass is a utility mod created by ChaosTheDude. A compass that can locate any biome in the world, displaying distance and direction to help players find specific biomes. As a utility mod it concentrates on quality-of-life and convenience, and it has been downloaded around 45 million times, which puts it among the options players reach for in this space.

Nature's Compass is built for explorers tired of wandering blindly in search of a specific biome. It adds a craftable compass that locates any biome, including modded ones, and points you toward it, a perfect companion to worldgen mods. It is approachable enough to drop into a world and use right away, with little setup required.

The mod is available for Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge, so it fits a range of modpacks and launchers. It currently supports Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, spanning the 1.20.1 to 1.21.1 releases. It runs on both the client and the server, so on a multiplayer server every player who connects needs it installed alongside the server itself.

Nature's Compass works particularly well alongside Biomes O' Plenty, Terralith, and JourneyMap. Because it ships for both Fabric and Forge-family loaders, it slots into most popular modpacks regardless of which side they are built on.

Nature's Compass has a modest footprint for what it adds and is widely used in modpacks without notable performance concerns.

If you are comparing options, a similar mod worth a look is Explorer's Compass (for structures). They overlap in purpose, so most players pick whichever suits their loader and pack.