EffectiveLight
by Abstrusle
EffectiveLight changes when hostile mobs can spawn, using the block light level at a location rather than the sky light level.
What it does
Mobs that match a spawn check spawn only where block light falls within a range the server sets, from 0 to 7. The vanilla default is 0 to 7, and the upper bound can be adjusted. Spawning is blocked when the block light at a location falls outside that range, which restricts where mobs appear in a world.
Key features
Adjustable block light range
The minimum and maximum block light levels for relevant mob spawns can be set, within the range 0 to 7.
Block light spawn control
Spawns are blocked under certain block light conditions, so mobs appear only where the light level fits the configured range.
Spawns independent of skylight
Spawning is decided by block light rather than skylight, which sets it apart from approaches that restrict spawns under the sky.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does EffectiveLight need to be installed on the client?
What is the default block light range?
In the catalog
EffectiveLight is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.
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What the author says
By blocking spawns under certain blocklight conditions, this mod effectively causes mobs only to spawn at blocklight level 0, by default (up to vanilla 7). Unlike InControl, this does not impede spawning under skylight.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/effectivelight
- Owner
- Abstrusle
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15