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# Compass Drift<\/p>\n

Compass Drift changes navigation by redirecting the compass needle based on biome discovery. When a player holds a compass in newly generated chunks or unfamiliar areas, the needle points toward the nearest undiscovered biome category instead of world spawn.<\/p>\n

## How It Works<\/p>\n

The datapack tracks visited biomes per player using scoreboards. When a player spends sufficient time in a new biome type, it becomes marked as discovered. Once all nearby biomes are discovered, the compass resumes pointing to world spawn in that region.<\/p>\n

The system uses tick-based checks that only process when players hold compasses, minimizing performance impact. Discovery data is stored per-player, allowing each explorer on multiplayer servers to have their own unique progression.<\/p>\n

## Commands<\/p>\n

– `\/trigger compassdrift_reset` \u2014 Clear your discovered biomes and restart tracking
\n– `\/function compass_drift:admin\/list` \u2014 View discovery progress for any player (operator only)<\/p>\n

No permissions are required for basic functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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