Prettier Lanterns
Minecraft Java mod. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Adds beautiful ore, dye, and seasonal lanterns with matching dyeable chains for cozy vanilla-style decoration.
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Prettier Lanterns
Prettier Lanterns is a vanilla-friendly decoration mod that adds new lantern variants and matching dyeable chains to Minecraft.
Light up your builds with ore-themed lanterns, colorful dye lanterns, seasonal lanterns, and matching chains that fit naturally with the vanilla style.
Features
- Ore and material lantern variants
- All 16 dye-colored lanterns
- Seasonal lanterns for Halloween, Christmas, and Easter
- Dyeable iron chains for every dye color
- Chains can be placed vertically and horizontally, just like vanilla chains
- Animated lantern block textures
- Clean item textures
- Crafting recipes for all lanterns and chains
- Creative inventory support
Lantern Types
Prettier Lanterns adds multiple lantern styles for different builds:
- Copper Lantern
- Iron Lantern
- Gold Lantern
- Diamond Lantern
- Emerald Lantern
- Redstone Lantern
- Lapis Lantern
- Coal Lantern
- Quartz Lantern
- Amethyst Lantern
- Netherite Lantern
- Dye-colored Lanterns
- Halloween Lantern
- Christmas Lantern
- Easter Lantern
Dyeable Chains
The mod also adds matching dyeable iron chains, so your lanterns and chains can fit together in the same color theme.
These chains work like vanilla chains and can be placed both vertically and sideways.
Recipes
Most recipes are simple and vanilla-friendly:
- Lantern + material/dye = new lantern
- Iron Chain + dye = colored iron chain
Perfect For
- Cozy houses
- Medieval builds
- Fantasy builds
- Caves
- Gardens
- Paths
- Villages
- Seasonal decorations
Future Updates
More lanterns, chains, and decoration features may be added in future updates.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- 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 prettier-lanterns-26.1.2-fabric.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 174 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.