How do I install Blendium (Archived)?

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 Blendium (Archived) work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.20, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Blendium (Archived)

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by Steveplays28 · on CurseForge

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 Fabric1 build
Mod loader Quilt1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.20–1.20.4Newest

Minecraft 1.20–1.20.4Newest

⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.4 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.4 · Quilt

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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Blendium

Alpha blending for Distant Horizons and Sodium!

Blendium is archived and obsolete, because Iris shaderpacks are able to create a seamless transition between Minecraft chunks and DH LODs.
Blendium's method of blending Minecraft chunks and DH LODs causes too many rendering artifacts that are jarring to look at.
Voxy also has a seamless water transition without Iris shaderpacks, thanks to MCRcortex/voxy #52 by Xenthio.

Dependencies

Required

Optional

Distant Horizons: blends nicely with the LODs from Distant Horizons
Iris: Blendium has shaderpack presets for using Distant Horizons with Iris shaderpacks. See Distant Horizons shader compatibility info for shaderpacks that are compatible with Distant Horizons (and have blending), since Blendium only works with Sodium without a shaderpack enabled. Currently supports Distant Horizons' LOD brightness and saturation settings, as well as a water reflection color shader modification for Distant Horizons. When Iris isn't present the options for the shaderpack (off) in the config file are used

Incompatibilities

Forge forks of Sodium (Rubidium, Magnesium, Embeddium, etc.)
Forge forks of Iris (Oculus)

Create an issue on the issue tracker if you've found an incompatibility!

Download

fabric quilt

See the version info in the filename for the supported Minecraft versions.
Made for the Fabric and Quilt modloaders.
Client side.

FAQ

forge

Q: Will you be backporting this to lower Minecraft versions?
A: No.
Q: Forge pls?
A: Also no.

License

This project is licensed under LGPLv3, see LICENSE.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.20
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 blendium-1.0.1+mc1.20.x.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 205 KB
Download link checked 27 Sept 2026 — working

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

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