Glassential Renewed
by bigenergy
Glassential Renewed adds several glass variants to Minecraft Java Edition, including glass that emits light or redstone and glass that players or entities can pass through.
What it does
Luminous Glass emits light the way Glowstone does, and Redstone Glass emits a strong redstone signal like a Block of Redstone. Ghostly Glass is non-solid to every kind of entity, Ethereal Glass is non-solid to players only, and Reverse Ethereal Glass is solid to players alone, with fluids also blocked. Tinted Ethereal Glass combines the properties of vanilla Tinted Glass with Ethereal Glass, and Tinted Reverse Ethereal Glass combines vanilla Tinted Glass with Reverse Ethereal Glass.
The mod is meant for building projects that need specialized glass without adding a large content mod to a modpack. It requires Fusion (Connected Textures) so that connected textures display across the blocks. The mod runs on the client and the server, so both need it. Builds are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with the latest Fabric file at 3.2.5 for 1.21.1, the latest Forge file at 3.4.5 for 1.20.1, and the latest NeoForge file at 5.2.0 for 26.3. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Light-emitting glass
Luminous Glass gives off light like Glowstone, so it can serve as a lit wall or window block.
Redstone-powering glass
Redstone Glass emits a strong redstone signal, matching the output of a Block of Redstone.
Entity-passable glass variants
Ghostly, Ethereal and Reverse Ethereal Glass each set which entities can move through or stand on them.
Tinted combinations
Tinted Ethereal and Tinted Reverse Ethereal Glass keep the light-filtering behavior of vanilla Tinted Glass.
Connected textures
Connected textures through Fusion show the glass blocks joining smoothly where they meet.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 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
Who it’s for: The mod suits builders and map makers who want extra glass types for decoration and simple redstone or lighting effects, on clients and servers that can run Fusion (Connected Textures).
How it compares
Glassential (Fabric/Quilt) is a Fabric and Quilt predecessor covering 1.17 – 1.21, open source under the MIT License, and it also runs on client and server. Re-Dye Glass [PurpurPack] supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20 – 26.2 and is open source under the MIT License, but it is server required with the client optional. Glass Carpet is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 26.3 that runs on client and server, under a custom license and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glassential Renewed | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
| Glassential (Fabric/Quilt) | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-06-15 |
| Re-Dye Glass [PurpurPack] | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-24 |
| Glass Carpet | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-20 |
Questions
Does Glassential Renewed need Fusion?
Does the server need Glassential Renewed?
Which loaders have files for Glassential Renewed?
In the catalog
Glassential Renewed is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Updated to minecraft 1.20.1+. improved version. Since 2.1.0 requied Fusion (Connected Textures)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/glassential-renewed
- Owner
- bigenergy
- Published
- 2023-12-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15