How to enable coordinates in Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3

F3 in Java, screen coordinates are completely missing, why they are not visible, and how to enable coordinates in Bedrock

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Java — F3, Bedrock — showcoordinates rule

  • Bedrock: show coordinates
    /gamerule showcoordinates true
  • Java: find your position
    /data get entity @s Pos

Java Edition — F3 key: coordinates are in the line XYZ Left. To keep them on screen always without F3, press F3 + F6 and place the line player_position Always. Bedrock — as specified in the command above.

Java: F3 key

Press F3 in the world — a text column will appear on the left. Coordinates are in the first lines: XYZ — the exact location, Block — the block you are standing on. Press F3 again to close the debug screen. On laptops where the F-keys are occupied by brightness and sound, press them together with Fn.

X — east (+) and west (−), Z — south (+) and north (−), Y — height: sea at 63, world floor at −64. All debug screen keys are on the page F3 Screen.

What do the lines mean?

LineWhat's in it
XYZ: 100.500 / 64.00000 / -200.500The player's exact location: X, Y, and Z separated by a slash. These numbers are written in /tp.
Block: 100 64 -201The block with legs — by whole numbers. These are used to build and locate
Chunk: 6 4 -13 [6 19 in r.0.-1.mca]Chunk number by X, section number by height, and chunk number by Z; in parentheses — the chunk's position in the region file and the name of that file. Calculate from coordinates — Chunk calculator.
Facing: south (Towards positive Z) (0.0 / 0.0)Where are you looking: the side of light, in which coordinate direction grows, and two angles — head rotation and head tilt.

Screen coordinates entirely

  1. Press F3 + F6 to open the Debug Screen.
  2. In the 'Search...' field, enter player_position — this is a coordinate string.
  3. Select 'Always'. Coordinates will remain in the corner of the screen and won't require F3, and the rest of the debug screen won't interfere.

In F3 — only when F3 is enabled by default. You can also permanently display any other debug line, such as FPS.

Copy your position

F3 + C copies the ready command to the clipboard /execute in … run tp With your position and view direction — the game will write 'Coordinates copied to clipboard'. Paste it into your friend's chat — and they'll appear there. Release the keys immediately: if held for 10 seconds, the game will intentionally crash.

Why can't I see the coordinates?

Coordinate lines are hidden when the debug screen is truncated. This happens in two cases: when "Small Debug Screen" is enabled in game settings, or when the world has the rule set. reduced_debug_info. In Debug Settings, this line will have the tooltip 'Not displayed when debug screen is cropped.'

Your rule is removed by command /gamerule reduced_debug_info false. On a foreign server, the owner places it so players don't search for bases by coordinates — a compass and map remain there.

Bedrock: phone, consoles, Windows

In Bedrock, there is no F3 key — coordinates are included in the world rules. Enter in chat.

/gamerule showcoordinates true

and the game will start showing your coordinates on screen. The team needs enabled cheats. Turn off — /gamerule showcoordinates false.

Without debug screen

The command /data get entity @s Pos will write your exact location in chat — if cheats are enabled and F3 is disabled. Without commands, the compass helps — it points to the world spawn point and the map. Coordinates in the Nether are divided by 8 — use to recalculate them Nether coordinates calculator.

Frequently asked questions

How to enable coordinates in Minecraft?

In Java Edition, press F3: coordinates appear as XYZ on the left. To keep them on screen permanently, press F3 + F6, find player_position, and select "Always." In Bedrock, use the command /gamerule showcoordinates true.

Why are there no coordinates in F3?

Debug screen is enabled — in game settings or via the reduced_debug_info rule on the server. Then coordinate strings are completely hidden; on a foreign server, this is set by the server owner.

How to copy coordinates?

Press F3 + C: the game copies a ready /tp command with your current position and look direction into the clipboard. Release the keys immediately: if held for 10 seconds, the game will intentionally crash.

More in the wiki

Minecraft 26.3 data: menu captions — from game localization, numbers, and rules — from client and server code; each command has been verified by the game.