DynamicLantern
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
A Curios decorative lantern that requires no dynamic lighting dependency and no extra libraries — it only needs Curios and shaders to emit light.
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Dynamic Lantern is a mod that allows lanterns and lights equipped in Curios slots to be displayed on the player.
Forge 1.20.1 and NeoForge 1.21.1 are now supported.
After equipping a vanilla lantern or soul lantern in the Curios belt slot, it will render on the player’s waist with a subtle pendulum swing effect. When Iris and Oculus is installed, compatible shader packs can recognize the lantern in Curios to provide a glow effect, without adding a separate dynamic light source or requiring any extra libraries. It is very lightweight.
The original reason I made this mod was because other similar mods usually require dynamic lighting mods as dependencies, and as we all know, dynamic lighting can have a noticeable impact on performance. Many of those mods also require complicated library dependencies.
So I made this simple and lightweight Dynamic Lantern mod instead. It’s perfect for players who only want the visual effect.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1
- 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.
- Ships as dynamiclantern-1.8.9-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 79 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.