Lava Particles | More
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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🔥 Lava Particles | More
A simple client-side mod that makes Minecraft lava look and sound alive.
Lava Particles | More is a client-side mod that completely changes how Minecraft lava feels. It adds dynamic bubbles, sizzling effects, volcanic geysers, and splash physics to make caves and the Nether look much more immersive.
✨ Features
🌋 Lava Geysers & Eruptions
- Magma Geysers: Large lava pools occasionally erupt with rising columns of heat-distortion waves, bubbles, and hot flying droplets.
- Ambient Sounds: Eruptions are accompanied by deep, low-frequency volcanic rumbling.
🫧 Bubbling Effects
- Surface Bubbles: Lava pools bubble actively with tiny fizzing pops on the surface.
- Deep Magma Bubbles: Large magma bubbles rise slowly from the depths of lava lakes and burst at the surface.
☄️ Splash & Droplet Physics
- Landing Droplets: Flying magma drops land on blocks, slide around, and slowly cool down (changing color from bright red to dark basalt) before disappearing.
- Water Interactions: Droplets fizz and sizzle when landing in water, creating steam and rising water bubbles.
- Droplet Damage (Optional): Magma drops can deal minor fire damage (
0.5 hearts) to players, with a customizable cooldown.
💨 Realistic Combustion
- Lava Sizzling: Submerging or walking in lava creates dense columns of smoke, sparks, bubbling, and constant sizzling sound effects.
🛠️ Installation & Compatibility
- This mod is purely client-side! You do not need to install it on servers to enjoy the visual atmospheric improvements in multiplayer.
- Supported Loaders: Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
- Supported Versions: Minecraft
1.20.1&1.21.1 - Dependencies:
- Fabric: Requires Fabric API and Cloth Config API for configuration GUI.
- Forge / NeoForge: Requires Cloth Config API.
⚙️ Configuration Options
You can customize everything in-game using the configuration menu:
| Tab | Option Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visuals | Check Frequencies | Adjust update rates to optimize performance. | 1.0 |
| Particle Spawn Multipliers | Control the density of lava and smoke particles. | 1.0 |
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| Overworld Activity Multipliers | Adjust eruption frequency outside the Nether. | 0.5 |
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| Magma Floor Stay Time | How long droplets stay on the ground before cooling down. | 3.0s |
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| Large Bubble Toggles | Enable or disable large bubbling effects. | true |
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| Audio | Mod Volume Multiplier | Master volume control for custom sounds. | 1.0 |
| Pop Sound Toggle | Toggle the sound of small bursting bubbles. | true |
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| Rumble Sound Toggle | Toggle deep volcanic rumbles. | true |
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| Gameplay | Player Lava Sizzling | Toggle steam and sizzling effects when in lava. | true |
| Droplet Fire Damage | Toggle whether magma droplets deal minor fire damage. | true |
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| Damage Cooldown | Cooldown time between droplet damage ticks. | 3.0s |
📄 License & Modpacks
Distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LGPL-3.0-only).
Modpacks: You are free to include this mod in any public or private modpack! Please credit stepqq as the author.
- 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 lavalive-forge-1.21.1-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 405 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.