Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE).

Powered by The Copper Compass is a Five Star Sands of Eon Artifact found in Genshin Impact. An ancient bronze compass. Its needle points towards some ever-distant shore, to a non-existent harbor.