Atmospheric Rain Backport
by Vykket
Atmospheric Rain Backport brings the rain effects from the Chase Skies update to Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, as a client-side visual change.
What it does
Rain and snowfall are drawn with the newer effect set, and the screen rain effect is backported so players on earlier builds see it. Only the client needs the mod; a server runs without it and nothing changes for the world itself. The mod is published for Forge and NeoForge across two game versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and is released under the MIT License, but it is not open source.
Key features
Rain stops at cover
Rain and snowfall no longer reach a player who is standing indoors or under cover, so the effect follows exposure.
Screen rain overlay
The rain drawn on the screen itself is ported from newer versions, so the view looks wet while a player is outside in the rain.
Shader-friendly rain
The rain effect has been tested alongside Embeddium, Sodium and the Complementary Reimagined shaders.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Atmospheric Rain Backport need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Atmospheric Rain Backport support?
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What the author says
This mod brings the rain effects from the Chase The Skies update to 1.21.1 NeoForge. The rain effect is smoothly applied to the player when they are exposed to rain/snowfall, and it is removed when they take shelter indoors. Compatible with performance mods such as Embeddium and Sodium, it should be compatible with…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/atmospheric-rain-backport
- Owner
- Vykket
- Published
- 2026-05-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15