Cull Fewer Leaves
With Cull Fewer Leaves installed, the renderer keeps only a set number of leaf layers from the outside in, which lowers the work done on dense forests.
What it does
The mod skips drawing the inner layers of leaf blocks. Instead of leaving only the outer layer visible, as Cull Leaves does, it keeps a number of layers set in its config. The result is a middle ground between full leaf rendering and the most aggressive culling. The author reports up to a 30% gain in a worst-case mangrove swamp view on low-end hardware.
Key features
Inner leaf layers skipped
Leaf layers past the configured depth are not drawn, reducing the geometry the client renders.
Configurable layer count
The number of leaf layers kept visible is set in the config file, so each player can trade looks for speed.
Outer layers kept
The outermost leaves still render, so tree shapes look fuller than with outer-layer-only culling.
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
Cull Less Leaves is the closest relative, with Fabric and Quilt files for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 and the same client-side only environment. Cull Leaves renders only the outermost layer, which is faster but looks sparser, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.16 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull Fewer Leaves | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-08-07 |
| Cull Less Leaves | Fabric and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-10-25 |
| Cull Leaves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Cull Fewer Leaves need Sodium?
Does the server need Cull Fewer Leaves?
How is the layer count changed?
In the catalog
Cull Fewer Leaves is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Cull Fewer Leaves skips rendering of inner leaf layers, improving performance. In a worst-case scenario, overlooking a mangrove swamp, this mod can have up to a 30% performance increase (measured on low-end hardware).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cull-fewer-leaves
- Owner
- Microcontrollers
- Published
- 2025-12-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15