Fairy Lights
by lucalabs-de
Fairy Lights adds hanging string lights and pennant buntings in six light variants and sixteen dye colors, with the ability to switch hanging lights on and off.
What it does
Hanging lights and pennants can be combined into arbitrary patterns along a rope. Each light variant comes in any of the sixteen dye colors, and the crafting recipe takes a horizontal arrangement of iron ingots and string or a stick, with lights placed around it to set the pattern from left to right or top to bottom. Pennant buntings follow the same recipe logic. Combining a light with glowstone dust makes it twinkle.
The mod is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Fabric and NeoForge builds are published for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, with the latest Fabric file at 1.2.2+1.21.1_fabric and the latest NeoForge file at 1.2.3+1.21.1_neoforge. It is a Fabric and NeoForge port of the original Fairy Lights.
Key features
Six light variants
Fairy lights, lanterns, incandescent light bulbs and several other light types can be hung on a rope.
Pennants
Square and triangular pennants can be hung on the same ropes as the lights and mixed with them.
Adjustable rope slack
Right-clicking a hanging rope with string adds slack, and right-clicking with a stick removes it.
Toggle lights
Right-clicking a hanging light switches it on or off.
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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.
Use cases
Decorating a village square
Rows of hanging lights and pennants can be strung between buildings to mark a plaza or market street.
Who it’s for: Builders and players who decorate bases, streets or event areas with hanging lights, and server owners who want the same decorations available to every player.
How it compares
Ropeworks is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that runs on client and server, but it is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Lumino's additional lights is also a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on client and server, under the MIT License, and is not open source. Night Lights is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 26.1, which reaches further in version range.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Lights | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-23 |
| Ropeworks | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-26 |
| Lumino's additional lights | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-23 |
| Night Lights | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-25 |
Questions
Does Fairy Lights need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Fairy Lights support?
Which loader should a server owner pick for Fairy Lights?
In the catalog
Fairy Lights is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Fairy Lights adds decorative hanging lights that can have any combination of six light variants each with one of the sixteen dye colors. A Fabric & NeoForge port of the original Fairy Lights. Fairy lights are crafted by a horizontal combination of iron ingot, string or stick, iron ingot, along with any combination of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fairy-lights-fabric
- Owner
- lucalabs-de
- Published
- 2025-04-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15