DarkTides
DarkTides gives a diamond shovel held in the offhand or main hand a set of status effects while the player is underwater, namely Water Breathing, Fast Swimming and Night Vision.
What it does
Holding the Diamond Shovel in the offhand while underwater grants Water Breathing, Fast Swimming and Night Vision. The same effects apply when the shovel is in the main hand during an underwater stretch. Each effect lasts 5 minutes and can be activated again once it runs out, so a swimmer can keep the bonuses going on a long dive. Players who live on land are not harmed by walking out of the water, and water-based origins such as Merling benefit from the mod as well.
The mod is server-side only, so players join a server running it without installing anything. It requires Fabric API to run. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with the latest builds targeting 26.2. The same authors also made DarkRPG, a full RPG experience with quests and RPG gameplay, and the DarkRPG modpack bundles it with other content. DarkTides is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Offhand shovel effects
A Diamond Shovel held in the offhand grants underwater effects without taking up the main hand.
Main hand activation
The same shovel can be held in the main hand while underwater to trigger the underwater effects.
Timed status effects
Water Breathing, Fast Swimming and Night Vision last 5 minutes and can be reactivated once they end.
Land-safe design
Walking out of the water causes no damage, and the timer resets after each underwater run.
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
NightVisionToggle is a client-side only mod for Fabric and NeoForge, covering 1.20 – 26.3, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later. Really easy night vision is server required with client optional, for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 1.21.3, under All rights reserved. Simple Full Bright is also server required with client optional, for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt 1.21.9 – 26.3, under All rights reserved. DarkTides instead gives underwater effects tied to a shovel, server-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DarkTides | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-04-28 |
| NightVisionToggle | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-17 |
| Really easy night vision | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.3 | Server required, client optional | 2024-11-01 |
| Simple Full Bright | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does DarkTides need Fabric API?
Do players need DarkTides installed?
Which game versions does DarkTides support?
In the catalog
DarkTides is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/darktides
- Owner
- GamerPotionDev
- Published
- 2024-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15