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Border Cull

by BLOODWOOF

Border Cull stops the client from drawing terrain, block entities and particles once they sit a configurable distance beyond the world border.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT License26.2

What it does

Chunks past the world border are normally still rendered by the client. Border Cull skips them after a set distance, which trims work that no player can reach. It runs on the client only, so a server needs nothing installed and players join without it. Files are published for Fabric and the 26.2 game version, with 0.5.0 as the latest file, and the mod is released under the MIT License but is not open source.

Key features

  1. Distance cutoff

    Rendering stops once the view passes a configurable distance beyond the world border.

  2. Sodium support

    Sodium 0.9 is optional; when present, the chunk walk is cut off before Sodium's occlusion pass.

  3. Vanilla fallback

    Without Sodium, the mod uses vanilla section culling for the same cutoff.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.20.5.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Optional 1

SodiumA high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
Optional

How it compares

Full comparison

Cull Fewer Leaves is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 26.3, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it trims leaf rendering rather than the world border. Cull Display Entities is also client-side on Fabric, open source under the MIT License, and covers 26.2 – 26.3 for display entities.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Border CullFabric26.2Client-side only2026-09-01
Cull Fewer LeavesFabric1.21.1 – 26.3Client-side only2026-08-07
Cull Display EntitiesFabric26.2 – 26.3Client-side only2026-09-18

Questions

Does Border Cull need Sodium?

No. Sodium 0.9 is optional. Without it, the mod falls back to vanilla section culling.

Does Border Cull work with Iris shaders?

The author reports that shader compatibility is untested.

In the catalog

Border Cull is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Optimization mods3,545Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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Similar mods

Sodium1.16.3 – 26.3Iris Shaders1.16.5 – 26.3Entity Cullingb1.7.3 – 26.3FerriteCore1.16.5 – 26.3ImmediatelyFast1.18.2 – 26.3Sodium Extra1.16.2 – 26.3

What the author says

Client-only Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.2. Stops drawing terrain, entities, block entities, and particles once they are past a configurable distance beyond the world border. Sodium 0.9 is optional. When it is installed, chunk walking is cut off in Sodium's occlusion pass. Vanilla section culling is used otherwise.
BLOODWOOF, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
BLOODWOOF
Published
2026-09-01
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-01
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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