Distant Decorations
by JustBecause
Distant Decorations is a Fabric framework that lets participating mods keep decorative block-entity visuals rendered well beyond vanilla chunk distances.
What it does
The framework decouples the visual representation of decorative block entities from ticking them, so distant decorations can be drawn without the cost of full block-entity updates. Spatial indexes organized in a hierarchy, together with culling based on projected size and bounded top-K selection, hold distant-decoration traversal to the low-millisecond range, including when large synchronized datasets are involved.
Fabric API is required, and the mod runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric only, for 26.2 and 26.3, with 2.0.0 for 26.3 as the latest file. The project is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Hierarchical spatial indexing
The world is grouped into 4×4 chunk cells and 32×32 chunk regions, with aggregate bounding boxes allowing coarse frustum culling.
Projected-size culling
Renderers can set a custom subpixel culling threshold, with a global default of 0.10 px that can be lowered to 0.01 px.
Flicker-free live handoff
Transitions between live renderers and distant visuals stay smooth thanks to a distance threshold that tracks entityDistanceScaling and a 200 ms grace period for chunk loading.
Runtime diagnostics and API
Commands and system properties expose diagnostics and configuration, and a public API lets third-party mods register custom decoration types.
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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 1
How it compares
Better Render Distance is a Fabric client-side only mod for 1.21 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, which does not add block-entity visuals. Far Block Entity Rendering is also client-side only and covers 1.21.10 – 26.3 under a custom license, and it is not open source. Rendersnap is client-side only for 26.1 – 26.3 under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, and it is not open source. Distant Decorations needs the server as well as the client.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distant Decorations | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-27 |
| Better Render Distance | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-17 |
| Far Block Entity Rendering | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Rendersnap | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-19 |
Questions
Does Distant Decorations need Fabric API?
Does the server need Distant Decorations?
Which versions does Distant Decorations support?
Can the render distance be changed?
In the catalog
Distant Decorations 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
Distant Decorations is a high-performance Fabric framework for Minecraft 26.2 that lets participating mods persist and render decorative block-entity visuals far beyond vanilla chunk distances. Its default client subscription range is 512 chunks (8,192 blocks), with a server-authoritative maximum of 1,024 chunks…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/distant-decorations
- Owner
- JustBecause
- Published
- 2026-08-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15