Lossy Chat works like your usual "local/global chat" mod with a twist: messages at various distances have a chance to be corrupted while going really far away hides them completely
Hovering on signal strength indicator shows strength for closest recipient and the number of them in total:
Hovering on signal strength on others' messages only shows signal level:
Optionally (on the server side) you can also let people see original messages by hovering on them:
Future plans
- [+] Implement shouting
- Fabric version
- Port to other versions
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 lossychat-1.0.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 12 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.