Antique Atlas 4

Antique Atlas 4

A hand-drawn clientside world map, with map sharing, structure discovery, and less! A map frontend for Surveyor based on hunternif's Antique Atlas.

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Screenshots

Structure Markers
Map Sharing
Preview
Structure Discovery
Map Zooming & Ruler
Handheld Atlas

About this Mod

A hand-drawn clientside world map, with map sharing, structure discovery, and more!
A rewrite of Antique Atlas by Hunternif, as continued by Kenkron, asie, and tyra314.
Requires Surveyor Map Framework. Requires Connector and FFAPI on (neo)forge.

Press [M] at any time to bring up the world map.

Drag the map to pan, scroll to zoom, and use the bookmark buttons to create and remove map markers.

Client-Side Features

  • A physical-feeling map screen, with hand-drawn tiles representing chunks in the world:

map preview

  • Waypoint markers in a variety of styles and accent colors:

marker styles

  • Hold the map in your hands by renaming a book "Antique Atlas" at an anvil:

handheld atlas

Mixed-Side / Singleplayer Features

  • Markers are automatically added for notable structures and active nether portals:

structure markers

  • Structures only appear on the map after you've looked at them or stood on them in-game:

structure discovery

  • Map exploration and waypoints can be shared with friends via /surveyor share [player]:

map sharing

  • Add AA4 Atlas to give the handheld atlas a full item ID and crafting recipe!

Troubleshooting / Suggestions

Antique Atlas 4 is a clientside map frontend for Surveyor Map Framework.

It renders surveyor save data as tiles on screen using respacks, and provides a GUI editor for waypoints.

Issues and suggestions regarding the screen, tiles, markers, and resource packs are Antique Atlas 4 Issues.

Issues and suggestions regarding map sharing, explored map area, and automatic markers are Surveyor Issues.

Crash reports must have AA4 and Surveyor on the latest version, and include logs/latest.log via mclo.gs.

Configuration

Antique Atlas can be configured from config/antique-atlas.toml or in-game using McQoy, including:

  • Whether to require having an atlas item in the inventory in order to enable the map hotkey.
  • Adjustments to the size and scale of the map screen.
  • Adjustments to which structures to mark on the map.
  • Adjustments for how to stylize player graves.

Additional options can be found in the Surveyor config in config/surveyor.toml.

Addon & Resource Pack Developers

Resource Packs

Tiles, markers, biome detection, and structure detection is fully data-driven via resource packs.

Without defined biomes, atlas "guesses" tiles via tags, and shows ??? if that fails.

For a how-to on AA4 resource packs, check out the resource pack tutorial.

API

Nothing stable! But feel free to poke around:

repositories {
	maven { url "https://repo.sleeping.town/" }
}
dependencies {
	modImplementation "folk.sisby:antique-atlas:3.0.0+1.20"
}

Try AtlasRenderer.registerOverlay() for non-surveyor mod compat (i.e. mods that already have client sync)

To automatically mark non-structure points of interest - instead use Surveyor's Landmark API.

Licensing + Credit

Please match your addon/respack licenses to LGPLv3 for code & CC BY-NC-SA for assets to help the ecosystem!

(LGPLv3 and CC BY-NC-SA are a copyleft licenses, so this is required for anything directly adapted from AA4)

If you've made an addon/respack, hit us up and we might link it here! If it's still WIP feel free to ask us questions.

Devs can reach out to us on mastodon, via email, or in #projects->Surveyor on ModFest.

Afterword

All mods are built on the work of many others.

The art for antique atlas was created by Hunternif (DA) and lumiscosity (Neocities).

Click here for detailed art credit.

This mod is a loveletter rewrite, and relies heavily on contributions of many developers and artists before us.

Available Versions

3.1.2+1.21release
MC 1.21.1fabric, neoforge, quilt
January 5, 2026
3.1.2+1.20release
MC 1.20.1fabric, forge, quilt
January 5, 2026
3.1.1+1.21release
MC 1.21.1fabric, neoforge, quilt
December 31, 2025
3.1.1+1.20release
MC 1.20.1fabric, forge, quilt
December 31, 2025
3.1.0+1.21release
MC 1.21.1fabric, neoforge, quilt
December 30, 2025

How to Install Antique Atlas 4 on Your Client

1

Install the Mod Loader Locally

Install fabric for your local Minecraft version.

2

Download the Matching File

Choose the Antique Atlas 4 file for fabric and Minecraft 1.21.1.

3

Install Mod

Place the .jar file in your local .minecraft/mods folder and restart Minecraft. No server-side installation is required.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricforgeneoforgequilt

Minecraft Versions

1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.19.2

Server-side

Unsupported

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Antique Atlas 4 need to be installed on the Minecraft server?

No. Modrinth marks Antique Atlas 4 as unsupported on the server side. Install it only in your local Minecraft mods folder. Your server can remain unchanged unless the mod page lists an additional dependency.

Which version and loader does Antique Atlas 4 require?

Use a file for fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt and your exact Minecraft version. Supported versions include 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.19.2. Files for different loaders are not interchangeable.

Antique Atlas 4 is not working – what should I check?

First check the Minecraft version, loader version and required dependencies. Put the .jar file in your local .minecraft/mods folder and remove older duplicates. Because this mod is client-side, adding server RAM will not fix it.

Minecraft Server for Your Group

Antique Atlas 4 stays on your client. Host a compatible world for your group.

Recommended RAM
4 GBfrom €5.2/mo
Minimum 3 GB | per 8 players
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Client Compatibility Guide
NVMe SSD Storage
DDoS Protection included

Details

License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later
Server-side
Unsupported

Supported Versions

1.21.11.20.11.19.2