How do I install Better Loading Screen?

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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Better Loading Screen work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.16.4, 1.18.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Better Loading Screen

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.18. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by shedaniel · on CurseForge

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Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader Forge2 builds
Mod loader Fabric1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.18–1.18.2Newest
Minecraft 1.16.4–1.16.5

Minecraft 1.18–1.18.2Newest

⬇ Download for 1.18–1.18.2 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.16.4–1.16.5 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.18–1.18.2 · Fabric

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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THIS MOD WILL BE UPDATED & REWORKED ON AFTER MY FIGHT WITH MY UNI ENTRANCE EXAM!!!!!! ADD OIL!!!!

This is Better Loading Screen mod, this imitates the old Forge 1.12.2 style loading screen, and is fully customisable! This supports Fabric & Forge.

A video is worth a thousand words:

Customisation: (Check the Config json: /config/better_loading_screen/config.json5)

- Background Image / Color

- Progress Bar Color

- Disabling Memory Usage

- Changing Font

- ... More to Come!

Integration: (Can be disabled in the config)

- Support for inheriting KubeJS colors

- Support for inheriting All The Tweaks colors & background image

Notes for Forge 1.16:

Forge 1.16 has its own inferior pre-loading screen, due to the nature of mod loading, their screen is opened earlier than any mod is loaded!

You can deal with it and accept it or add -Dfml.earlyprogresswindow=false after the JVM arguments.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.16.4, 1.18.1
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 CurseForge — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as better-loading-screen-1.4.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 224 KB
Download link checked 15 Oct 2026 — working

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

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