How to Enable Coordinates on Your Minecraft Bedrock Server

Show X, Y, Z coordinates on every player's screen on your Bedrock dedicated server using the showCoordinates game rule.

Bedrock Edition displays coordinates as a simple X, Y, Z overlay in the top-left corner of the screen. Unlike Java Edition's F3 debug screen, it only shows position — no chunk data, light level, or biome info.

Enable Coordinates

Open the Console

In the XGamingServer Panel, click Console in the sidebar.

Run the command

gamerule showCoordinates true

Coordinates appear immediately for all connected players — no restart needed.

Unlike most game rules, showCoordinates does not require allow-cheats=true to change. However, you still need OP permissions. See OP Setup.

If you're setting up a world locally before uploading:

Open the world settings (pencil icon)
Under Game, toggle Show Coordinates to on
Export and upload to your server via the import save guide

Disable Coordinates

gamerule showCoordinates false

Player-Side Settings

Individual players can also toggle coordinates in their own settings at Settings > Game > Show Coordinates — but only if the server-side gamerule allows it. If the gamerule is set to false, the player setting has no effect.

What Coordinates Show

The overlay displays three numbers:

Axis	Direction	Description
X	East (+) / West (-)	Horizontal position
Y	Up (+) / Down (-)	Altitude. Sea level is Y=62. Bedrock layer starts at Y=-64
Z	South (+) / North (-)	Horizontal position

These are block coordinates (integers). For precise decimal coordinates, use the /tp command which reports exact player position.