Edd's Recovery Compass

A Minecraft datapack that stores the coordinates of the player's last death and shows them in the action bar when holding a recovery compass.

Features

• Stores the last death location for each player
• Shows death coordinates when holding a recovery compass
• Displays remaining recovery time in the action bar
• Default item expiration logic can be adjusted for testing

Installation

1. Copy the entire Edd's Recovery Compass folder into your world's datapacks folder.
2. Open the world and run:

/reload

3. Confirm the datapack is loaded with:

/datapack list

Usage

• Die once to save the death location.
• Hold a recovery compass in your main hand.
• The action bar will show:
  • Death Location: X Y Z
  • Remaining time until the death items expire

Timer settings

The death timer is controlled in:

• data/recompass/function/on_death.mcfunction

By default, the timer is set with:

scoreboard players add @s deathTime 1200

This value is in ticks:

• 1200 ticks = 1 minute
• 12000 ticks = 10 minutes
• 36000 ticks = 30 minutes

For testing, set a smaller value such as:

scoreboard players add @s deathTime 1200

Notes

• This datapack uses Minecraft functions, predicates, and scoreboards.
• Make sure your server or client supports the target Minecraft data pack version.

Files

• pack.mcmeta — datapack metadata
• data/recompass/function/load.mcfunction — initializes scoreboards
• data/recompass/function/tick.mcfunction — main tick update logic
• data/recompass/function/on_death.mcfunction — stores death coordinates and tags death drops
• data/recompass/function/show_coordinates.mcfunction — shows action bar text
• data/recompass/function/format_timer.mcfunction — formats the timer display
• data/recompass/predicate/holding_compass.json — checks for a recovery compass in hand