Photoptics Mod 1.12.2, 1.11.2 (Telescopes and Binoculars)
Photoptics Mod 1.12.2, 1.11.2 adds Optical Instruments to Minecraft, like telescopes. Currently it adds Basic Binoculars and Basic Handheld Telescope…
⬇ DownloadOpen in MCModsHubGet it on Google Play →Photoptics Mod 1.12.2, 1.11.2 adds Optical Instruments to Minecraft, like telescopes. Currently it adds Basic Binoculars and Basic Handheld Telescope. They can be used using right click, and zoom in/out by pressing +/- key.
Features:
Golden/Diamond (Red/Green/Blue) binoculars and telescopes are added:
- Each of them have special colors to enhance your view.
- They uses recipes with gold / diamond ingots and blocks, and red/lime/cyan stained glass (pane).
Ultimate binoculars and telescopes are added:
- It has unbelievable magnification & light gathering power, to brighten up your view.
- Quite expensive, as one will need as ender pearl/eye and enchanting table as ingredients.
Observation Reward System
- Observation on certain celestial objects using handheld telescope will give you certain reward.
- Pressing F key (Shift+X key on 1.9.4) (by default) while directly looking at the object does this.
- The rewards are configurable, one can edit the list of object & reward commands match to modify the rewards!
Screenshots:
Using Basic Binoculars
Combination with Stellar Sky
Night view of a village with Binoculars
Basic Binoculars and Basic Handheld Telescope
They can be used using right click, and zoom in/out by pressing +/- key.
The mountain seen with Basic Binoculars
The mountain seen with Basic Handheld Telescope
Clicking Basic Binoculars on hand
Other
Crafting Recipes:
Configuration & Commands
You can configure rewards Repeatable with Wait Duration, or Limit the observation by number (e.g. Like only available for 3 times) using ‘/observe setlimit’, ‘/observe resetcount’, ‘/observe setwait’ commands. Just try setting them in reward commands:
- ‘/observe setlimit’ sets the limit number of observation for the player and object.
- ‘/observe resetcont’ resets the observation count for the player. This allows inifinitely repetitive observation take place.
- ‘/observe setwait’ sets the wait duration time before next observation. The time can be specified with unit ‘d’, ‘s’, ‘t’ where each means day, second, tick.
Reward commands may have these alternative parameters:
- @p : the observing player
- @o : the ID of the celestial object being observed
- @x, @y, @z : the x, y, z coordinate of the player
Photoptics Mod 1.12.2, 1.11.2 Download Links
For Minecraft 1.7.10
For Minecraft 1.8.9
For Minecraft 1.9.0
For Minecraft 1.9.4
For Minecraft 1.10.2
For Minecraft 1.11.2, 1.11
For Minecraft 1.12.2, 1.12.1, 1.12
- Download size: 300 KB
- Download link checked 24 Jul 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.