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Icon Xaero's is a radar-icon pack for Xaero's Minimap and Xaero's World Map. Instead of showing every creature as a plain colored dot, it draws a small outlined sprite of each mob directly on the map, so one glance at the radar tells you what is around you.

The pack only changes how entities are drawn on the Xaero's radar. It adds no blocks, items, or gameplay mechanics, and it does not alter any world textures. It works alongside any other texture or shader pack.

By default the Xaero's radar shows icons only for other players and draws every mob as a colored dot. To see the mob icons from this pack you must switch the radar into icon mode:

1. Open the Xaero's Minimap settings and go to Entity Radar Settings.
2. Find the Display Icons option.
3. Change it from Player List to Always.

With Display Icons: Always enabled, nearby creatures immediately appear as their own sprites on both the minimap and the world map. If a mob has no matching icon it falls back to the normal dot.

The pack ships icons for the standard game mobs as well as creatures from a large list of popular mods — well over a hundred of them. Coverage includes widely used content packs such as Alex's Mobs, The Aether, Ad Astra, Alex's Caves, Ars Nouveau, Aquaculture, Artifacts, and many more.

When a mod on the list is installed, its creatures automatically use the matching icon on the radar. Mobs from mods that are not covered simply keep the default dot, so the pack is safe to use with any mod set.

The icons are drawn on both Xaero tools:

• Minimap — the small on-screen radar shows the icons of creatures close to you, updating as they move.
• World Map — the full-screen map shows the same icons at their real positions, which is handy for spotting groups of mobs across a wider area.

Both read the same icon set, so the look stays consistent whether you are glancing at the corner minimap or studying the full map.

Because each creature has a recognizable sprite, you can tell threats from harmless mobs without opening any menu. A creeper, an enderman, or a piglin each show their own face on the radar rather than an identical dot, so you know at a glance whether something nearby is dangerous, neutral, or passive.

You can still adjust the radar's icon size and other display options in the Entity Radar Settings if you want the icons larger or smaller.