True Darkness Refabricated
Moon phases and pitch black caves. A fork of the 'True Darkness' mod for Fabric 1.20.1-1.21.1 with enhancements!
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True Darkness Refabricated
This is a fork of the True Darkness mod by GrondagTheBarbarian, maintaining it for Fabric 1.20.1 and beyond.
GrondagTheBarbarian is the original author and all credit belongs to him.
Description:
Moody brightness not dark enough? Do you want moonless nights and unlit caverns to be pitch black? This mod is for you!
In addition to maintaining the mod for newer versions, this fork also fixes compatibility issues with Distant Horizons and adds some server-side functionality, such as config syncing.
Dependencies:
Optional: Mod Menu
Note that the mod itself and its effect is only required client-side to function, though it does have some additional functionality when installed on a server.
Need help?
Mod trailer:
FAQ:
Question: Does this mod work with shaders?
- Answer: No it doesn't. This mod achieves the darkening by modifying the vanilla lightmap, which shaders typically disregard entirely. If you are looking for a similar experience with shaders, ComplementaryShaders happens to include options to make caves completely dark as well as having moon-phases affect lighting.
Question: Does this mod need to be on the server too?
- Answer: Nope. The visual effects of this mod is entirely client-side. However, installing it on the server will unlock additional functionality like config synchronization.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.20.6
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as darkness-fabric-1.2.0+mc1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 155 KB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

