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(Sodium) Chloride

by SrRapero720

Sodium (Chloride) adds entity distance culling and leaf culling to the Sodium renderer, so distant entities and dense leaves cost less to draw.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient-side onlyAll rights reserved1.18.2 – 26.2

What it does

Entity distance culling skips rendering and ticking of entities and block entities that sit far from the player. A whitelist keeps important ones active, such as the Ender Dragon or Ghast, and entries can target a single entity type like minecraft:bat or every entity from a mod namespace such as alexsmobs:all.

Leaves culling removes faces from rendering inside groups of the same leaf type, and a slider sets how many leaves are culled. Fast models are also named among its performance features. It requires Sodium, Embeddium and Fabric API on Fabric, and runs client-side only.

Published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 9 release versions, 1.18.2 – 26.2, the project is not open source; it is distributed under All rights reserved. Smooth Skies is listed as incompatible.

Key features

  1. Entity distance culling

    Entities and block entities far from the player are not rendered or ticked, which reduces their per-frame cost.

  2. Entity whitelist

    Chosen entities stay active even at a distance, so bosses and other key mobs keep behaving normally.

  3. Namespace rules

    A single rule can cull every entity from one mod namespace, such as all entities from a given addon.

  4. Leaves culling

    Faces inside groups of the same leaf type are removed from rendering, and a slider controls the amount.

  5. Fast models

    The feature list also names fast model rendering as part of the performance set.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x2 of 2 versions with builds
26.21.8.1-FABRIC-26.2Not available1.8.1-NEO-26.2
26.1.21.8.1-FABRIC-26.1.2Not available1.8.1-NEO-26.1.2
1.21.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.111.8.1-FABRIC-1.21.11Not available1.8.1-NEO-1.21.11
1.21.5Not availableNot availableNEOFORGE-mc1.21.5-v1.7.8
1.21.11.8.1-FABRIC-1.21.1Not available1.8.1-NEO-1.21.1
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.4Not availableNot available1.20.4-v1.2.7
1.20.1Not available1.8.1-FORGE-1.20.11.20.1-FORGE-1.5.0
1.19.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.19.2Not available1.19.2-v1.2.13Not available
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.18.2Not available1.18.2-v1.2.14Not 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 2

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
SodiumA high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
Required

Incompatible 1

Smooth SkiesSmooths out the skybox colors on far render distances and fixes some other skybox visual issues.
Incompatible

How it compares

Full comparison

Cullify is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source. It runs client-side only on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2. Cull Leaves is open source under the MIT License and adds Quilt to the loaders, for 1.16 – 26.3. Cull Fewer Leaves is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and works on Fabric alone, for 1.21.1 – 26.3.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
(Sodium) ChlorideFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.18.2 – 26.2Client-side only2026-07-20
CullifyFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.1.2Client-side only2026-07-16
Cull LeavesFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.16 – 26.3Client-side only2026-10-10
Cull Fewer LeavesFabric1.21.1 – 26.3Client-side only2026-08-07

Questions

Does Chloride need Sodium to run?

Yes. Sodium, Embeddium and Fabric API are required dependencies, and the mod is built on top of Sodium's renderer.

Which versions have files for Fabric?

Fabric files exist for 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.1, 1.21.5, 1.21.11, 26.1.2 and 26.2. Build 1.8.1-FABRIC-26.2 for 26.2 was published 2026-07-20.

Can entities be kept from being culled?

Yes. Entities can be added to a whitelist so they remain active at a distance, for example the Ender Dragon or Ghast.

In the catalog

(Sodium) Chloride 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

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Official listing

Owner
SrRapero720
Published
2023-12-11
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-20
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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