Distance from core?

[Riger82]

Any way to tell the distance from the core in-game? Every 'guide' I've found tells me X blocks from center, which doesn't help much in-game.
Is there some kind of positioning item?

[Xaelon]

You can't see distance in-game yet unfortunately. The best you can do is use the community's map tool which puts semi-circles on an image of your map to mark various important distances.

https://www.craiginsdev.com/maptool.html#

[Riger82]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

You can't see distance in-game yet unfortunately. The best you can do is use the community's map tool which puts semi-circles on an image of your map to mark various important distances.

https://www.craiginsdev.com/maptool.html#

Can that map be extended? It cuts off two of the bow vaults. And I don't see any of the sword fragments at all. Or the pickaxe.

[Cedric]

Originally posted by Riger82:

Can that map be extended? It cuts off two of the bow vaults. And I don't see any of the sword fragments at all. Or the pickaxe.

The map displays your in-game map. So the only way to extend it is by actually exploring the area.

[Xaelon]

Originally posted by Riger82:

Can that map be extended? It cuts off two of the bow vaults. And I don't see any of the sword fragments at all. Or the pickaxe.

Originally posted by Cedric:

The map displays your in-game map. So the only way to extend it is by actually exploring the area.

Yep. The map tool only shows the range at which things spawn. It does not reveal the map or show specific locations for things.

[Riger82]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

Yep. The map tool only shows the range at which things spawn. It does not reveal the map or show specific locations for things.

I get that. I just want an option, item, or mod that lets me see how many blocks I am from the core. Terraria had a depth meter and gps.
https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Depth_Meter
https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/GPS
I constantly get off track when I alt tab between the map tool that shows the rings and the game. Hard to hit an invisible ring on an increasingly different map, since you keep opening more and more.

[Xaelon]

Originally posted by Riger82:

I get that. I just want an option, item, or mod that lets me see how many blocks I am from the core. Terraria had a depth meter and gps.
https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Depth_Meter
https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/GPS
I constantly get off track when I alt tab between the map tool that shows the rings and the game. Hard to hit an invisible ring on an increasingly different map, since you keep opening more and more.

I agree. The game absolutely needs some in game way to measure distance.

You can tell the map tool to "monitor map" and it will update the image every minute or so, but that's not very useful unless you have a second screen.

There aren't a ton of mods available for the game yet, but I'd keep an eye on the database: https://core-keeper.thunderstore.io/package/ someone might come up with a mod that displays distance at some point.