Compass

The Compass is used to help the player navigate the planet. Players can activate the compass by pressing the control to open the Action Wheel ( on PC) and selecting the Compass icon. This can be used at any time, when the player is in or outside of a vehicle. The compass will always point to the North pole of the planet.

Navpoints
The compass will show the player multiple different navpoints, however not all of a certain type will be displayed, and will only show the player the nearest one.
 * Beacons: Up to 9 may be displayed, but only if no other navpoints exist and no chambers have been activated. Other navpoints take priority over beacons
 * Shelter: Only the nearest Shelter or Field Shelter will be displayed
 * Shuttle: Only the nearest Shuttle will be displayed
 * Rover: Only the nearest Rover will be displayed
 * Inactive and Active Gateway Chambers: Only the nearest Inactive and Active Gateway Chambers will be displayed. Inactive Gateway Chambers will appear as purple circles with a central white circle and Active Gateway Chambers will appear as purple Gateway Chamber symbols.
 * Probe: When scanning with a Probe Scanner, it will display a navpoint for the planet's probe

Trivia

 * Before Patch 1.19.134, the compass only displayed when hovering the cursor over the player's astroneer, and only showed the four cardinal directions.
 * The compass was not able to be shown inside of a vehicle until Patch 1.19.134, released on March 31st 2021.