FasterNight
FasterNight shortens the night so that a full night passes in about two minutes instead of seven, and it resets the day counter to zero.
What it does
The datapack and mod make the night run faster than in vanilla Minecraft, which is useful in creative play or when a world needs the night to pass quickly. Worlds that want the normal day and night cycle can leave it unchanged, since the day cycle does not have to be turned off to get the shorter nights.
Fabric API is required. Only the server needs the mod to be installed, while players may add it as an option. FasterNight is published for Fabric across 12 release versions, 1.21 – 1.21.11, and is not open source; it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Key features
Shorter nights
Night is shortened to about two minutes, compared with seven in vanilla, so the time of day moves on faster.
Day counter reset
The mod resets the day counter back to zero, so the count of days starts over.
Vanilla cycle kept
The daylight cycle can stay on, so worlds that want normal day and night timing are not forced to turn it off.
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
Use cases
Creative play
Builders who want to skip past the night quickly can use the shorter cycle while working in a creative world.
Set day counts
Players tracking how many days have passed can restart the day count at zero with the mod.
Who it’s for: Players who want a faster night in creative or survival worlds, and server owners who want the shorter cycle for everyone on their server.
How it compares
AudibleDayNight is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 that is client-side only and released as All rights reserved, so it does not change the server. Real Life Time is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 26.3 that runs on client and server under the MIT License. Day By Day is a Fabric mod for 26.2 that also runs on client and server under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FasterNight | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-09 |
| AudibleDayNight | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-01-12 |
| Real Life Time | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-03 |
| Day By Day | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-04 |
Questions
Does FasterNight need Fabric API?
Does the server need FasterNight?
Which game versions does FasterNight support?
In the catalog
FasterNight is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fasternight
- Owner
- marblok.minecraft
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15