How To Show Your Minecraft Coordinates

Are you lost? Perhaps you just want to note down some cool coordinates in Minecraft so you can return later on better-equipped. Whatever your reasons for needing to know your exact location in the survival game, we've got all of the methods of finding your coordinates in Minecraft.

Coordinates are displayed in an X,Y,Z format, where X is east or west, Y is above or below, and Z is north or south. Note that the process for finding them differs depending on which version of the game you're playing, so make sure to navigate to the one best-suited for you.

Java Edition

Press F3, or on some keyboards Fn + F3, to bring up the game's debug menu. Here, you can look about a third of the way down on the left to find your coordinates. The XYZ section is your coordinates, while the Block coordinates below show the information for the block you're looking at. The Chunk option shows the distance you are from the chunk border, or the currently rendered area of the game you're in. To close the debug menu, press F3 again.

Bedrock Edition

To display coordinates in Bedrock, which is always the version that mobile users are on, you will need to alter the world options. You can do this by going into the settings menu, selecting the game tab, and choosing the world options button. In here, show coordinates can be toggled on or off. You can also use the shortcut '/gamerule showcoordinates true' in the in-game text box to turn on the coordinates in the top left corner. If you want to turn coordinates off again, you can do it through the menu or the shortcut '/gamerule showcoordinates false'

You can also use coordinates and the Minecraft commands to teleport, locate structures, change the world's spawn point, and more. For more helpful tips, visit our Minecraft guides hub which houses everything you need to know about Mojang's sandbox game.