How do I install Offline Daylight Stop?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Offline Daylight Stop work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20, 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Offline Daylight Stop

by Lafolie · on Modrinth

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Offline Daylight Stop

Offline Daylight Stop is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.20.1

Features

Offline Daylight Stop pauses Minecraft's Daylight cycle while there are no players on the server.

This mod is extremely lightweight (a single Java file), and does little by itself, but enhances immersion when using other mods such as Fabric Seasons.

How it works

When the server has 0 players online, a timer is started. Once the timer expires, the doDaylightCycle gamerule is set to false.
When a player connects, the doDaylightCycle gamerule is set to true.

The timer is set to a random value between 12 and 24 in-game hours (10 and 20 minutes in real time, respectively). This small time window keeps the little surprise of the time of day being different each time you join intact, and allows some time for things like weather to pass.

Obviously, this mod is intended for use on Survival servers that do not toy with the doDaylightCycle gamerule.

Offline Daylight Stop is a Fabric Mod and is developed exclusively for the Fabric mod loader. The LGPL license means that you are free to port Offline Daylight Stop to another mod loader, such as NeoForge.

Builds can be found on Modrinth, or the github repo.

Client / Server

Offline Daylight Stop is a server-side mod. It does not need to be installed on clients to work.

Dependencies

Minecraft version: 1.20.1

Name	Version	Modrinth Page	GitHub Repository	Client/Server
Fabric API	0.85.0+	link	link	Server

Authors

Lafolie - developer.

License

Offline Daylight Stop is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 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 Modrinth — 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.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as offline-daylight-stop-1.0.0+mc1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 7 KB
Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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