Celestara
by Moth_SKW
Celestara changes the night sky of Minecraft by giving the vanilla sky more movement, variation and occasional shooting objects, comets and meteor showers.
What it does
The mod replaces the normal sky layer with one where points of light twinkle, change brightness and rotate slowly over time, so the night feels alive while keeping the vanilla look. Some bright points are supergiants: larger and more vibrant in color than their smaller counterparts. Each night gets a randomized intensity, from quiet to busy, with fewer or more moving objects across the sky.
Shooting objects are small and fast, crossing the sky with a trail behind them and appearing during the night without creating constant visual noise. Comets are a rarer event with longer, more colorful trails. Some comets follow a separate color pool and persist for several in-game days. Meteor showers bring many more shooting objects that share an origin and end point near the horizon. Comets do not appear during a meteor shower.
Celestara requires Butterfly API. It runs on Fabric for Minecraft 1.20.1 only, and the client needs it while the server may leave it out. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license and is not open source; its source code is public.
Key features
Twinkling vanilla sky
The sky layer gains subtle movement and brightness changes, keeping the vanilla feel.
Supergiant lights
Some points of light are larger and more vibrant, standing out among the regular ones at night.
Shooting objects
Small fast lights with trails cross the sky during the night.
Comets and meteor showers
Rare comets with longer colorful trails and occasional meteor showers make some nights stand out.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Cosmos is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 – 26.3 that is client-side only and released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Beautiful stars is client-side only for 1.21.11 and also under All rights reserved. Amanita is client-side only for 1.20.2 and open source under the MIT License. Blinking Stars covers 1.20.2 – 1.21.3, works on client or server and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestara | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client required, server optional | 2026-06-04 |
| Cosmos | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-23 |
| Beautiful stars | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-19 |
| Amanita | Fabric | 1.20.2 | Client-side only | 2023-11-24 |
| Blinking Stars | Fabric | 1.20.2 – 1.21.3 | Client or server, optional | 2024-11-21 |
Questions
Does Celestara need Butterfly API?
Does the server need Celestara?
Which game version does Celestara support?
In the catalog
Celestara is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Celestara is a visual overhaul of the night sky. The main goal of this mod is to make Minecraft nights feel more alive, without making the sky feel out of place in the game. Vanilla stars are very simple, so Celestara adds more movement, variation, and atmosphere through twinkling stars, shooting stars, comets, and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/celestara
- Owner
- Moth_SKW
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15