diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua
index 47e8d43d9..b0015c9a7 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_compass/init.lua
@@ -18,21 +18,51 @@ local random_frame = math.random(0, compass_frames-1)
 function mcl_compass.get_compass_image(pos, dir, x, y, z)
 	-- Compasses do not work in certain zones
 	if mcl_worlds.compass_works(pos) then
-		local spawn = {x=x,y=y,z=z}
-		local ssp = minetest.setting_get_pos("static_spawnpoint")
-		if ssp then
-			spawn = ssp
-			if type(spawn) ~= "table" or type(spawn.x) ~= "number" or type(spawn.y) ~= "number" or type(spawn.z) ~= "number" then
-				spawn = {x=0,y=0,z=0}
-			end
-		end
-		local angle_north = math.deg(math.atan2(spawn.x - pos.x, spawn.z - pos.z))
-		if angle_north < 0 then angle_north = angle_north + 360 end
-		local angle_dir = -math.deg(dir)
-		local angle_relative = (angle_north - angle_dir + 180) % 360
-		return math.floor((angle_relative/11.25) + 0.5) % compass_frames
+        local _, dim = mcl_worlds.y_to_layer(y)
+        local _, playerdim = mcl_worlds.y_to_layer(pos.y)
+        
+        if dim == playerdim then --"chmod, why are you checking this, someone already checked if the diemension is valid above" Thats right, but that only checks if a player is in the overworld, this if statement checks if the player and the compass target are in the same diemension, so a lodestone compass from the end or the nether wouldn't work in the overworld etc.       
+            local spawn = {x=x,y=y,z=z}
+    		local ssp = minetest.setting_get_pos("static_spawnpoint")
+	    	if ssp then
+	    		spawn = ssp
+	    		if type(spawn) ~= "table" or type(spawn.x) ~= "number" or type(spawn.y) ~= "number" or type(spawn.z) ~= "number" then
+	    			spawn = {x=0,y=0,z=0}
+	    		end
+	    	end
+	    	local angle_north = math.deg(math.atan2(spawn.x - pos.x, spawn.z - pos.z))
+	    	if angle_north < 0 then angle_north = angle_north + 360 end
+	    	local angle_dir = -math.deg(dir)
+	    	local angle_relative = (angle_north - angle_dir + 180) % 360
+	    	return math.floor((angle_relative/11.25) + 0.5) % compass_frames
+        else
+            return random_frame
+        end
 	else
-		return random_frame
+        if x ~= 0 and y ~= 0 and z~= 0 then
+            local _, dim = mcl_worlds.y_to_layer(y)
+            local _, playerdim = mcl_worlds.y_to_layer(pos.y)
+            if dim == playerdim then --already explained that very same if statement above
+                local spawn = {x=x,y=y,z=z}
+		        local ssp = minetest.setting_get_pos("static_spawnpoint")
+		        if ssp then
+		        	spawn = ssp
+		        	if type(spawn) ~= "table" or type(spawn.x) ~= "number" or type(spawn.y) ~= "number" or type(spawn.z) ~= "number" then
+		        		spawn = {x=0,y=0,z=0}
+		        	end
+		        end
+		        local angle_north = math.deg(math.atan2(spawn.x - pos.x, spawn.z - pos.z))
+		        if angle_north < 0 then angle_north = angle_north + 360 end
+		        local angle_dir = -math.deg(dir)
+		        local angle_relative = (angle_north - angle_dir + 180) % 360
+		        return math.floor((angle_relative/11.25) + 0.5) % compass_frames
+            else
+                return random_frame
+            end
+
+        else
+    		return random_frame
+        end
 	end
 end
 
@@ -193,4 +223,4 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_compass:lodestone",{
     _mcl_hardness = 1.5,
     _mcl_blast_resistance = 6,
     sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_stone_defaults()
-})
+})
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