Darkness Engine zeroes out the lightmap's sky brightness and ambient color. The effect is scoped to the overworld dimension.
Essentially, this does the same thing as 'True Darkness' and 'True Darkness Refabricated'. However, this mod doesn't have fancy day-night cycles yet. It's planned, though.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 darkengine-fabric-26.2-1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 23 KB
- Download link checked 23 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.