Glow Pick
by choco422
Glow Pick is a Fabric utility that outlines newly picked-up items in the inventory with a soft pulsing glow, colored to match each item's rarity.
What it does
When a stack of items arrives from the ground or elsewhere, a tiny marker shows up on the slot's upper-left side and the slot pulses with a glow. The glow stays visible on the hotbar, in the inventory screen and in the creative inventory, so a new item can be spotted among older stacks. The color follows the item's rarity, and custom rarities added by other mods are respected.
Glow Pick is client-side only, so a server does not need it and players on a server running no mods of this kind can still use it. Fabric API is required. The mod is released under the MIT License, is open source, and is published for 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 with a Fabric file for 1.21.11 as the latest build, first released 2026-05-12.
Key features
Pulsing item highlight
Newly received items glow with a soft pulsing outline so they stand out from older stacks.
Rarity-based colors
The glow color matches the item's rarity, including rarities defined by other mods.
Corner marker
A small marker on the upper-left side of the slot flags an item that has just been picked up.
Hotbar, inventory and creative
The highlight works in the hotbar, the inventory screen and the creative inventory.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Spotting loot while exploring
A player walking through a dungeon or mining can see at a glance which items were just added to the inventory.
Sorting a full inventory
With many stacks in view, the glow marks the newest pickups so they can be moved or stored quickly.
Who it’s for: Players who want to notice freshly collected items in busy inventories, on single-player worlds or any server, since the mod itself does not need to be on the server.
How it compares
Tropical Fish Collection Helper is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License and open source, aimed at fish collection rather than item pickups. Tree Log Highlight is also client-side, MIT licensed and open source, for 1.21 – 1.21.8, and highlights logs. ARM-PickUpItems is client-side on Fabric for 1.21 – 1.21.10 and is not open source. Glow Pick covers 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 and is open source under MIT.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glow Pick | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-16 |
| Tropical Fish Collection Helper | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-08 |
| Tree Log Highlight | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-07-19 |
| ARM-PickUpItems | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-11-07 |
Questions
Does Glow Pick need Fabric API?
Does a server need Glow Pick?
Which game versions does Glow Pick support?
In the catalog
Glow Pick is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
GlowPick highlights newly received items in your inventory with a soft pulsing glow colored by the item's rarity. Works in the hotbar, in any inventory screen, and in the creative inventory. Custom rarities from other mods are respected. The mod is client-side only, so it works on any server.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/glow-pick
- Owner
- choco422
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15