Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-33763020-20171228134701

I don't know how to search the forum, so an open question about loot:

I want to craft a large number of maps, for which I need compasses with paper. Paper is an infinite resource as sugar cane grows, but compasses cannot be crafted without redstone and vanilla crafting of maps without compass does not seem to work. Compasses are found in hobbit homes, but I haven't seen them elsewhere (yet). Since structures only spawn once and loot does not respawn as far as I know, that means that all compasses spawn once and if I use them in maps, after a while I run out of compasses and no more maps can be crafted (only copied endlessly, but that's the same area all over). Basically, all compasses disappear from the game once I've looted all hobbit homes (which is a finite number, as the Shire has biome borders).

My questions:

1. Does anyone know of other sources for compasses, for example traders?

2. Not only regarding compasses, but in general on items that cannot be crafted in the LotR mod: is there a way to create infinite sources, without breaking Lore and going to the Overworld to craft items?

Thanks for your help! :) 