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How to Get Recovery Compass
Crafting Recipe
Echo Shard
Echo Shard
Echo Shard
Echo Shard
Compass
Echo Shard
Echo Shard
Echo Shard
Echo Shard
Crafting table recipe — makes 1 × Recovery Compass.
Recovery Compass in Minecraft: Never Lose Your Stuff Again
Quick answer: Use minecraft:recovery_compass in Java Edition commands. Craft a recovery compass from eight echo shards around a compass; it points to your last death location, working only for its owner and only in the dimension where you died.
Crafting from ancient city loot
Echo shards come only from ancient city chests in the deep dark, so crafting a recovery compass means surviving a Warden-guarded loot run first. Eight shards plus one compass is the full recipe.
The irony is intentional: the compass that saves your items after death requires one of the most dangerous trips in the game to obtain. Loot cities carefully, on wool, with shriekers disabled.
Crafting: 1 compass + 8 echo shards.
Echo shards: ancient city chests only.
Points to your most recent death location.
Reading it correctly
The needle locks onto where you last died, but only for the player who died, and only while you stand in the same dimension as the death point. Before your first death, or in the wrong dimension, it spins aimlessly.
Store the compass in an ender chest rather than carrying it: if you die with the compass in your dropped items, it sits at the death point with everything else and helps nobody.
Recovery Compass Command Examples
Give 1 to nearest player: /give @p minecraft:recovery_compass 1
Give 1 to yourself: /give @s minecraft:recovery_compass 1
Give to a specific player: /give PlayerName minecraft:recovery_compass 1
Clear from inventory: /clear @p minecraft:recovery_compass
Recovery Compass FAQ
What is the item ID for Recovery Compass?
The item ID for Recovery Compass is minecraft:recovery_compass. Java Edition commands such as /give, /clear, and /setblock use this namespaced ID.
How do I give myself Recovery Compass in Minecraft?
Open the chat window and run /give @p minecraft:recovery_compass 1 to give the nearest player one Recovery Compass. Replace @p with a player name to target someone else.
How many Recovery Compass can stack in one slot?
Recovery Compass stacks up to 64 per inventory slot.
How do you craft Recovery Compass?
Recovery Compass is crafted on a crafting table with 8 echo shards and 1 compass, which yields 1 Recovery Compass.
How do you craft a recovery compass?
Place a compass in the center of a crafting table and surround it with eight echo shards from ancient city chests. The result points to your last death location.
Why is my recovery compass spinning?
It spins before your first death, when you are in a different dimension from where you died, or when another player holds it. The compass only locks on for its owner in the correct dimension.
Does the recovery compass work in the Nether?
Yes, as long as your last death happened in the Nether and you are holding it there. Unlike the regular compass, it works in any dimension, but only in the one where the death occurred.
Sources and Data Review
Item facts were reviewed for Java Edition 1.21.11 on .
