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This is the only explanation for compass behavior. The compass points towards your spawn point. This would only physically make sense if if was the magnetic north pole.
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I've often suggested this, myself, when people rage about how "stupid" or "illogical" it is that the compass points to your original spawn point, and not somewhere else. Usually, they would just rather have it point at their last bed, which somehow "makes more sense" to them than having it point to the world spawn, but I've also seen people say it should just point north, like a real compass. Nevermind that you can find north in the overworld (the only place where a compass even works, btw) just by looking up: the sun, moon, stars, and clouds, all move east-to-west, so you can always find north just by turning so that they all "go left."
I've often suggested this, myself, when people rage about how "stupid" or "illogical" it is that the compass points to your original spawn point, and not somewhere else. Usually, they would just rather have it point at their last bed, which somehow "makes more sense" to them than having it point to the world spawn, but I've also seen people say it should just point north, like a real compass. Nevermind that you can find north in the overworld (the only place where a compass even works, btw) just by looking up: the sun, moon, stars, and clouds, all move east-to-west, so you can always find north just by turning so that they all "go left."
Yeah but what if ur in multiplayer, and u dont know where the original spawnpoint is. So u need to find him/her so u can lead them to ur house. I did that before.
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you don't use magnets to make a compass, you use red stone - which is some kind of magical fairy dust..I usually leave a marker (block with a torch on it, jack-o-lantern, etc) at spawn pointing in the direction I left in - whenever I change direction leave another marker - eventually it will point you to where you settle at.
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Yeah but what if ur in multiplayer, and u dont know where the original spawnpoint is. So u need to find him/her so u can lead them to ur house. I did that before.
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I always assumed redstone had some kind of electromagnetic properties.