Hardcore True Darkness
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Adds an unremovable True Darkness effect to Minecraft, enforced on both client and server sides for a fully immersive dark experience.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Hardcore True Darkness
Hardcore True Darkness makes Minecraft’s dark areas truly dark. Nights, caves, shadows, and unlit spaces become much harder to see in, making torches and other light sources important again.
The mod also helps prevent fullbright and gamma-based visibility advantages, creating a more consistent experience for survival worlds, servers, and modpacks.
Features
- Makes caves, nights, shadows, and unlit areas extremely dark
- Helps block fullbright and gamma abuse
- Uses a shader-resistant darkness pass for more reliable darkness
- Supports Oculus shaderpacks
- Blocks unsupported shader loaders, including OptiFine and Iris
- Adds smoother darkness transitions around caves, trees, shadows, and sudden light changes
- Makes torches and other light sources more important
- Designed for hardcore survival, horror, realism, and multiplayer
- Can be included in modpacks
Important
- This mod must be installed on both the server and all connecting clients.
- Servers using Hardcore True Darkness require connecting clients to have the mod installed.
Compatibility
- Currently available for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge.
- Requires Java 17.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 hardcore_true_darkness-5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 50 KB
- Download link checked 8 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.