Once per session, the bearer may name a person, place, object, they have loved and ask the GM "Which way?" The GM must answer truthfully, pointing in a direction, describing a route, or offering a sensory hint. The needle is steadier the closer the target is, and shudders violently the further. The compass cannot locate anything actively hidden by divine or planar magic, and abstract targets ("hope," "home") yield only vague pulls. Functions across planes.