Make Player Tracking Compasses In Minecraft Bedrock Edition!!! Make Compasses Point To Players!

Hey everybody, it’s UnderMyCap, and welcome back to another video. Today I’m going to show you how to make a player-tracking compass in Minecraft Bedrock Edition. I’ve also made a Java Edition video, so if you’re on Java, be sure to check that out (I’ll leave it in the description below).

This is really simple, so let’s get straight into it.

How the Player-Tracking Compass Works

First, let’s explain how this works. A compass will always point toward your world spawn. If I hold a compass right now, you’ll see it points in the direction where I originally spawned.

If I change the world spawn to where I’m standing right now, the compass will immediately change and point toward this new location—because the spawn is now set here.

The idea is to constantly set the world spawn to a specific player. If the world spawn is always set to that player’s current position, the compass will always point toward them. You’ve probably seen this in manhunts—this is how they do it.

Step 1: Get a Command Block

Open the chat/console and give yourself a command block by running:

/give @s command_block

Once you have it, place the command block down.

Step 2: Add the Execute Command

Now we’re going to enter a simple command using execute, which runs a command from a specific entity’s position.

Type the following into the command block (replace the player name with the player you want to track):

execute <playerName> ~~~ setworldspawn ~~~

For example, if your name is UnderMyCap, you would use:

execute UnderMyCap ~~~ setworldspawn ~~~

This makes the command run at the player’s current location and sets the world spawn to that same spot.

Step 3: Set the Command Block to Repeat

Set the command block to:

Repeat and Always Active

If you see the command block running, that means it’s working. Your compass may look like it’s going a bit crazy at first because you are effectively setting the world spawn to a moving target, but that’s exactly what we want.

Optional: Turn Off Command Block Spam

To stop the chat from being flooded with command block output, run this command:

/gamerule commandblockoutput false

This will prevent the command spam from showing up in chat.

Testing the Compass

If you put the compass into an item frame (or just hold it), you’ll be able to see it constantly updating and pointing toward the tracked player. That’s how you create a manhunt-style player-tracking compass in Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

Wrap-Up

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If you’re on Java Edition and this didn’t work for you, make sure to check out my Java Edition version of this tutorial, since the two versions can be a bit different.

Thanks so much for watching. Have a happy new year, and I can’t wait to see you in the next video.