Colorfly
by Doraadams
Colorfly adds glowing Colorfly insects to Fabric worlds for 1.19.2 – 1.19.3, and players can catch them, keep them in bottles and release them again.
What it does
Colorflies spawn in small swarms in swamps and forests, especially where dark flowers grow. Players catch one by right-clicking it with a glass bottle, which keeps it safe until it is released. A captured Colorfly can be used to craft a Colorfly lantern, which has a recipe close to the normal lantern and the soul lantern, and a bottled Colorfly can also serve as a light source in place of a torch.
The insects blink depending on the time of day, the weather and the non-hostile mobs nearby. They do not despawn naturally once released, and a Colorfly given a nametag keeps the same effect. Colorflies avoid spiders, while spiders avoid them in return. Bottled Colorflies can be brewed into a glowing potion. Colorfly requires Fabric API and Geckolib, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The mod is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric on 1.19.2 and 1.19.3, with 1.0.0 for 1.19.3 as the latest file.
Key features
Catchable Colorflies
Right-clicking a Colorfly with a glass bottle captures it, and releasing it returns it to the world.
Colorfly lantern
A lantern crafted from a captured Colorfly, with a recipe similar to the normal and soul lanterns.
Swamp and forest spawns
Colorflies appear in semi-large groups in swamps and forests, mainly near dark flowers.
Glowing potion
Bottled Colorflies can be brewed into a potion that gives the glowing effect.
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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 2
How it compares
Redstone Lantern is a Fabric mod for 1.19 – 1.19.2, released under the MIT License and open source, with a lantern that works on client and server. Ambient Fireflies is a Fabric mod for 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is also open source. Fireflies is a Fabric mod for 1.21.4 under the MIT License, and it is open source. Colorfly covers 1.19.2 – 1.19.3 instead, which none of these three versions reach.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorfly | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.19.3 | Client and server | 2022-12-08 |
| Redstone Lantern | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2022-07-31 |
| Ambient Fireflies | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-02-22 |
| Fireflies | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-01-27 |
Questions
Does Colorfly require Fabric API and Geckolib?
Does the server need Colorfly installed?
Which game versions does Colorfly support?
Do Colorflies disappear when released?
In the catalog
Colorfly is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 7,205 mods support Minecraft 1.19.3.
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What the author says
-- Colorflies will blink depending on the time of day, weather, and nearby non-hostile mobs! Maybe if you are a bit bored you can try to translate what they are saying... hint hint -- You can capture Colorflies! Right-click them with a glass bottle for safekeeping. Then, whenever you want, craft them into a Colorfly…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/colorfly
- Owner
- Doraadams
- Published
- 2022-10-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-12-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15