| Rarity tier | Uncommon |
|---|---|
| Item description[BE only] | See where you died |
| Renewable | No |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
A recovery compass is an item that can be held by a player who has died to point to where their most recent death occurred, as long as they are in the same dimension. If these conditions are not met, it spins randomly.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Echo Shard + Compass |
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Usage
When held by a player, the recovery compass points toward the location where the player last died.
The recovery compass works only when it is held by a player who has previously died and is in the same dimension as their last death. Otherwise, it spins around randomly.
Like other items, the recovery compass itself still drops when a player dies if the keepInventory game rule is not enabled.
This item is useless in Hardcore mode, where the player cannot respawn.
The location the recovery compass points to is stored as the player's LastDeathLocation NBT tag, and can be accessed with the /data get entity @s LastDeathLocation command if cheats are enabled.
As with the normal compass, it also points toward the position of last death when viewed in the crafting table preview menu, even without being crafted.[Bedrock Edition only] The direction of the needle is relative to the player viewing it.
Enchantments
A recovery compass can receive the following enchantment:
| Name | Max Level | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Curse of Vanishing | I | 
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Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Recovery Compass | recovery_compass | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Compass | recovery_compass | 683 | Item | item |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19 | 22w14a |  Added recovery compasses. | |||||
| 22w15a | Recovery compasses can no longer be used on lodestones and can no longer be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing. | ||||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w33a | The rarity of recovery compasses has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.25 | Added recovery compasses. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | The rarity of recovery compasses has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Recovery Compass" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- The recovery compass is the only item which, in Java Edition, can neither be used in the world[note 1] nor used as an input for crafting, smelting, enchanting or other GUI-based activities. In other words, it is the only item whose unique functionality derives solely from its texture. (Clocks are similar, but attract piglins when in entity form.) This makes it useful as a "dummy item" in commands, as a renamed and retextured recovery compass does not inherit any of the gameplay properties of a regular recovery compass (aside from its rarity).
Gallery
Screenshots
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A recovery compass
See also
Notes
- ↑ In this context, "used in the world" means the item can be placed down as a block, has special functionality when used in any game mode, or has special functionality when in entity form.
External links
- "Taking Inventory: Recovery Compass" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, January 19, 2023.
