Waystones

Waystones is a utility mod created by BlayTheNinth. Adds placeable waystones that players can attune to and teleport between, providing a convenient fast-travel system. As a utility mod it concentrates on quality-of-life and convenience, and it has been downloaded around 85 million times, which puts it among the options players reach for in this space.

Waystones is built for players who want fast travel between discovered landmarks. Activated waystones form a teleport network you can warp between, with optional costs, making large modded worlds far less tedious to traverse. 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.

Waystones works particularly well alongside Balm and JourneyMap. It depends on Balm, so those must be present and on the same loader and version. Because it ships for both Fabric and Forge-family loaders, it slots into most popular modpacks regardless of which side they are built on.

Waystones has a modest footprint for what it adds and is widely used in modpacks without notable performance concerns.

If you are comparing options, similar mods include Fabric Waystones and Explorer's Compass + maps. They cover comparable ground, so the right choice usually comes down to your loader, version, and the rest of your pack.