Anchor Glow
by cutebow
With Anchor Glow installed, respawn anchors gain a configurable glow and bloom effect that players can tune per texture pack.
What it does
Anchor Glow adds glow and bloom to respawn anchors. Its editor lets players pick colors from the anchor texture itself, set a color threshold and strength, and control the reach and density of the glow. Settings can be reset to the defaults without losing saved presets or pack bindings.
Presets are saved as shareable text files. A preset can be bound to a specific resource pack so that the right glow loads automatically when that pack is active. The mod works without Vulkan, and it pairs with the Vulkan Mod, where bloom is merged into GPU rendering to help keep frame rates high. It requires a shader loader such as Iris, and it can be configured through YetAnotherConfigLib and Mod Menu.
The mod runs on the client only, so servers do not need it. Files are published for Fabric, for 1.21 and 26.1.2 builds, and the code is covered by All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Live anchor editor
An overlay editor with scale controls changes anchor glow while the game runs, without a restart.
Per-color glow settings
Each picked anchor color has its own threshold, strength and natural glow, so specific texture parts can glow more or less.
Bloom controls
Bloom threshold, strength, spread and thickness set how much the selected color blooms, how far the glow reaches and how dense it looks.
Presets and pack bindings
Presets can be saved, loaded, deleted, set as default and shared as text, and bound to resource packs.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Anchor Fade is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.11 – 26.3, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Custom Glow Enchantment Outline is also client-side only, but it targets 1.19.2 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge under All rights reserved. Vulcade is a Fabric client mod for 26.2 under the MIT License and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Glow | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-05-05 |
| Anchor Fade | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-01 |
| Custom Glow Enchantment Outline | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-06 |
| Vulcade | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-31 |
Questions
Does Anchor Glow need a shader loader?
Does Anchor Glow have to be installed on servers?
Which game versions does Anchor Glow support?
In the catalog
Anchor Glow is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Anchor Glow is a client-side (Obv) mod that lets you add glow and bloom to respawn anchors, with full color picking meaning you can pick any pixel on an anchor to make it glow, presets, resource pack support, and a built in editor so you can make anchors look exactly how you want. You can make the anchor colors…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/anchor-glow
- Owner
- cutebow
- Published
- 2026-04-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15