Fast Items
by Noryea
Fast Items changes how item entities are drawn on the client, turning flat items into 2D sprites to reduce rendering work.
What it does
Item entities on the ground are normally drawn as 3D models. This mod swaps that rendering for a cheaper path: 2D items such as potions are drawn completely flat, with their sides skipped, and 3D items such as cube blocks are turned so they always face the camera, matching the behaviour found in other client mods of the same kind.
Each part of the behaviour is a separate option. The mod can be switched off entirely, shadows under items can be rendered or hidden, sides of 2D items can be drawn when wanted, and the 3D-model handling can be turned off on its own. Fabric API and MidnightLib are required on all three loaders.
The mod is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 12 game versions, 1.20 – 1.21.4, and runs on the client alone. Its code is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and the source code and issue tracker are publicly linked.
Key features
Flat 2D item rendering
Items such as potions are drawn without their sides, so they appear as flat sprites on the ground.
Camera-facing 3D items
Cube blocks and other 3D item models are rotated to face the player's view, which reduces the geometry drawn for them.
Item entity shadows
Shadows under item entities can be rendered or left out through an option that is on by default.
Individual toggles
Each rendering behaviour has its own switch, so the 2D side rendering and 3D model changes can be adjusted separately.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Busy item-heavy bases
Players with large item farms or many dropped stacks on the ground can use the mod to lighten the work of drawing them.
Lower-end computers
Players whose frame rate drops when many items are visible can enable the mod to reduce the rendering cost of item entities.
Who it’s for: Players who want lighter rendering of dropped items on the client. Servers do not need to install anything, since the mod works on the client alone.
Questions
Which dependencies does Fast Items need?
Does Fast Items need to be installed on a server?
Can the 2D side rendering be turned on?
In the catalog
Fast Items is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
For 2D items(such as potions), this mod avoids rendering their sides, so they are completely flat For 3D items(such as cube blocks), this mod makes them always face to camera, just as the same behaviour in Lunar Client/BLC.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fast-items
- Owner
- Noryea
- Published
- 2023-08-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15