DUATAR: Minimap & Map

DUATAR: Minimap & Map provides a clean and straightforward mapping experience while preserving Minecraft’s exploration-focused gameplay.

It includes a minimap, a full-screen map, coordinates, cave mapping, and simple map annotations—without adding a complex waypoint or navigation system.

Features

- A fixed north-up minimap in the top-right corner
- A large map opened with the **M** key
- A dark aqua player arrow that follows your viewing direction
- Live **X, Y, and Z coordinates**
- Detailed terrain rendering based on blocks and biome colors
- Improved grass, leaves, water, shoreline, and terrain-height details
- Automatic cave mapping when exploring underground
- Separate saved map data for each world, server, and dimension
- Persistent explored terrain between game sessions
- Simple annotations placed directly on the full map
- No entity, mob, or player radar

A Simple Map System

This mod is intentionally designed as a simple map rather than a complete navigation system.

There is "no waypoint system":

- No waypoint icons displayed in the game world
- No waypoint beams
- No distance indicators
- No waypoint teleportation
- No deathpoints
- No entity, mob, or player tracking

The full map supports manual "map-only marks". These are simple visual annotations that remain inside the map interface.

They are "not waypoints" and do not create any icon, target, beacon, distance tracker, or navigation element in the Minecraft world.

"Cave Mapping

When the player enters an underground area, the map automatically switches to a cave layer.

Cave floors, walls, tunnels, and nearby underground structures are rendered separately from the surface map. Returning to the surface automatically restores the normal terrain map.

"Map Controls

- "M:" Open or close the full map
- "Mouse drag:" Move around the map
- "Mouse wheel:" Zoom in or out
- "Double-click:" Add a map-only mark
- "Right-click a mark:" Remove it
- "R:" Recenter the map on the player
- "M or Esc:" Close the map

Exploration-Based Mapping

The map is created from terrain loaded while you explore.

Unexplored areas remain empty until they are visited. The mod does not turn marks into navigation targets or reveal distant unexplored terrain.

Map information is saved locally so previously explored terrain remains available after restarting the game.

Installation

1. Install 1NeoForge 26.1.2.95 or newer1 for Minecraft 26.1.2.
2. Place the DUATAR Minimap & Map JAR file inside the `mods` folder.
3. Launch Minecraft with the NeoForge profile.

Requirements

- "Minecraft:" 26.1.2
- "Mod Loader:" NeoForge 26.1.2.95 or newer
- "Additional Dependencies:" None

Philosophy

DUATAR: Minimap & Map is made for players who want a useful map without waypoint beams, teleportation, radar, or excessive navigation features.

Explore the world yourself—the map simply helps you remember what you have already discovered.