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How To Make A Player Tracking Compass In Minecraft Bedrock Edition

Hey everybody, it’s UnderMyCap and welcome back to another video! Today I’m going to be showing you how to make a player tracking compass in Minecraft Bedrock Edition. I have also made a Java Edition video, so if you are on Java make sure to check that out — I’ll leave that in the description below. This one is really simple, so without further ado let’s get straight into it!

If you’d prefer to watch the video version of this tutorial, you can check it out here: Make Player Tracking Compasses In Minecraft Bedrock Edition!

How Does A Player Tracking Compass Work?

First of all, let’s explain how this works. Basically, a compass will always point towards your spawn point. So if you were to grab a compass right now, it would always point in the direction of where you originally spawned. However, if you change the world spawn to where you currently are, the compass will update and point in that new direction. So what we are going to do with this command is constantly set the world spawn to a player’s current location — and because of this, the compass will always point towards that player. You’ve probably seen this mechanic used in Minecraft Manhunt videos, and this is exactly how it’s done!

Step 1 – Getting A Command Block

To get started, open up the console and give yourself a command block by typing the following command:

/give @s command_block

Once you have your command block, go ahead and place it down where you’d like it to sit.

Step 2 – Entering The Command

Now that the command block is placed, you’ll need to type in a straightforward command using execute, which executes a command from a specific location or entity. Type in the following, replacing the player name with the name of the player you want to track:

execute UnderMyCap ~ ~ ~ setworldspawn ~ ~ ~

What this command does is execute the setworldspawn command at the exact location of the specified player with no offset, meaning the world spawn will constantly be updated to wherever that player is standing.

Step 3 – Setting The Command Block To Repeat

Once your command is entered, make sure to set the command block to Repeat and Always Active. This ensures the command runs continuously without needing a redstone signal. Once this is done, you should notice the compass starting to behave differently — it may go a little crazy at first since the world spawn is now constantly changing to your location, but that means it’s working!

Step 4 – Cleaning Up The Chat Spam

You may notice a lot of command output spam appearing in your chat. To clean that up, simply type the following command into the console:

/gamerule commandBlockOutput false

This will stop all of that output from appearing in the chat, keeping things nice and tidy.

Seeing It In Action

To really see this working, grab an item frame and place it on a block, then put your compass inside the item frame. As the tracked player moves around, you’ll be able to see the compass needle following them in real time — just like in a Manhunt scenario!

Wrapping Up

And that’s all there is to it! That’s how you make a Manhunt-style player tracking compass in Minecraft Bedrock Edition. If this didn’t work for you and you’re playing on Java Edition, make sure to check out my Java Edition video as a few people do get the two versions mixed up. If you enjoyed this tutorial, don’t forget to leave a like and subscribe to the channel — I’m a very small channel working hard to grow, and every bit of support means the world. I’ve got a whole bunch more content over on my YouTube channel, so feel free to explore. Thank you so much for watching, and I’ll see you in the next one!