Bottled Light
Place invisible light sources that start at light level 15 and can be diluted using water bottles to fine-tune brightness.
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Bottled Light
adds a simple way to place invisible, adjustable light sources without cluttering builds.
When placed, a Bottled Light creates an invisible block that emits light level 15 by default. The brightness can then be reduced (diluted) by using water bottles, lowering the light level by 1 per bottle.
To make locating placed lights easy, holding a Bottled Light item causes nearby lights to emit subtle sparkle effects on the client, helping you find them without permanently revealing the block or affecting other players.
Features
- Invisible light-emitting blocks
- Starts at light level 15
- Brightness can be diluted using empty water bottles
- Each bottle reduces the light level by 1
- No collision and no visible model when placed
- Subtle sparkle highlights only while holding Bottled Light
- Sparkles are client-side only (other players do not see them)
- No mixins or custom renderers
- Lightweight and vanilla-friendly
Intended Use
- Decorative builds
- Hidden interior lighting
- Fine-grained control over light levels
- Builders who want clean lighting without visible blocks
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.10
- 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.
- Ships as bottledlight-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 16 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.