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Waypoint Beacon Settings

By default, waypoints are displayed in the world using a beacon beam in the distance, which allows you to see where they are from anywhere in the world. You can look towards the beam and see the waypoint's icon and label as well. This behaviour can be customized below.

Beacon-Settings

Toggles

The bold toggle settings below are enabled by default.

Toggle Description
Render World Waypoints Disables/Enables rendering of all waypoints in world. This does not change whether waypoints are enabled or disabled
Enable Waypoint Beacons Show in-game beacons of your waypoints
Auto-Hide Icon Auto-Hides the Waypoint icon, if disabled it will always show.
Ignore Render Distance Ignore the vanilla render distance setting, enabling this feature is useful when mods that expand beyond visuals vanilla render distance are present.
Stationary Beam Use a stationary inner beam for the waypoint beacons
Rotating Beam Use a rotating outer beam for the waypoint beacons
Show Name Show the name of the waypoint in its label
Show Distance Show the distance (in blocks/meters) to the waypoint in its label
Auto-Hide Label (Horizontal) Hide waypoint labels when you're not looking toward them horizontally.
Auto-Hide Label (Vertical) Hide waypoint labels when you're not looking toward them vertically.
Bold Label Use bold waypoint labels on beacons
Show Label Background Show the background rectangle behind waypoint beacon labels
Small Icon Use a small icon for the waypoint beacons
Shader Beacon Lets shaders do their thing on waypoint beacons. May have unexpected results. (Fabric only)

Other Settings

The default option for each setting below is marked with bold text.

Setting Options Description
Auto-Hide Icon Range
  • Range: 1 - 180
    Default is 5
 Adjust the angle in which the icon will auto hide.
Auto-Hide Label Horizontal Range
  • Range: 1 - 180
    Default is 5
 Adjust the horizontal angle in which the label will auto hide.
Auto-Hide Label Vertical Range
  • Range: 1 - 90
    Default is 10
 Adjust the vertical angle in which the label will auto hide.
Font Scale
  • Range: 0.5 - 5
    Default is 2
 The font scale for labels and text
Maximum Distance
  • Range: 0 - 10000
    Default is 0
 The maximum distance from you (in blocks/meters) that a waypoint should be displayed. Affects both waypoints on maps and waypoint beacons. Set to 0 for no maximum.
Minimum Distance
  • Range: 0 - 64
    Default is 4
 The minimum distance from you (in blocks/meters) that a waypoint beacon should be displayed. Set to 0 for no minimum.