Vanilla Debug Renderers
This is a very simple mod that enables the ability to use the debug renderers that exist in vanilla but are normally unavailable. To use, simply type /vdr toggle <renderer>
Renderers that can be used client-side only:
- Water levels
- Chunk borders
- Height map
- Collision box
- Support blocks
- Light (not sure what this does)
- Solid faces
- Chunk information
- Game test (unknown functionality)
- Sky light sections
Renderers that require this mod on both sides:
- Pathfinding
- Neighboring block updates
- Structure generation
- Entity brains
- Bee information
- Raid starting positions
- Entity goal information
- Game event listeners
This mod was mostly intended for modders but can also be used by anyone who wants to play around with this info.
For fabric, check out Fabric Debug Renderers. No forge backports are planned. Neo 1.20.2+ possible
Quick facts
- 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 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 vanilladebugrenderers-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 21 KB
- Download link checked 19 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.