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Cave Dust Rethinking

by Toffiks

Cave Dust Rethinking tones down the white ash particles that drift through Basalt Deltas caves, keeping the atmosphere while costing less frame time.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient-side onlyMozilla Public License 2.0Open source1.20.1 – 26.3

What it does

The mod keeps the core dust-generation behavior of the original Cave Dust mod and changes how particles are produced and rendered. Particles are kept out of walls and liquids, the default particle density is lowered from 25 to 14, and particle processing skips calculations that were unnecessary. Configuration values are checked so invalid settings cannot cause problems, and the density can still be raised or lowered in the config file for more or less dust.

Because the effect is purely visual, only the client needs the mod: players install it, and servers do not. It is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across six release versions, 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the Fabric build requires Fabric API. The code is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, so the project is open source, and public links to the source code and issue tracker are available.

Key features

  1. Ash particles in basalt caves

    White ash particles fill the caves of the Basalt Deltas biome, as in the original mod.

  2. No dust inside solid blocks

    Particles stop appearing inside solid blocks and fluids, so dust does not hang in walls or water.

  3. Lower default density

    The default particle density is reduced, so caves stay dusty while the frame-rate cost falls.

  4. Adjustable particle count

    The density setting in the configuration file can be raised for more dust or lowered for less.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.33.4.0+26.3Not available3.4.0+26.3
26.23.4.0+26.2-fabricNot availableNot available
26.1.2Not availableNot available3.4.0+26.1.2-neoforge
1.21.113.4.0+1.21.11-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.1Not availableNot available3.4.0+1.21.1-neoforge
1.20.1Not available3.4.0+1.20.1-forgeNot available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Questions

Does Cave Dust Rethinking need Fabric API?

Fabric API is required on the Fabric build. The Forge and NeoForge builds do not list it as a dependency.

Can it run alongside particle optimization mods?

Yes. The author notes say it works with AsyncParticles, Smart Particles and Particle Core.

Does the server need this mod?

No. It is installed on the player's side alone, so servers need nothing.

In the catalog

Cave Dust Rethinking is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Cave Dust Rethinking keeps the atmosphere and core dust-generation behavior of the original mod while improving performance and reliability. The particle density can still be adjusted in the configuration if you prefer more or less dust.
Toffiks, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Toffiks
Published
2026-07-19
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-25
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Decoration
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