Handheld Moon - (with flashlight)
by MerrySnow
With Handheld Moon, players carry a flashlight-style light source and can place a MoonlightLamp that projects a beam like a searchlight.
What it does
The mod adds several large-area lighting items, including a flashlight and a mini moon. The core items are FullMoon and MoonlightLamp: FullMoon gives a lighting radius of 18 with a falloff tuned so that only the edge of the light noticeably darkens close surfaces, and it is used to craft MoonlightLamp, which increases the illumination distance to 32 at a narrower angle. A shader filter sits on top of vanilla lighting and softens its overexposed look in the lit area.
Handheld Moon requires LambDynamicLights - Dynamic Lights and One Enough Lib on every loader. Curios API is optional and adds an accessory slot integration. The mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it, and it is released under All rights reserved with public links to its source code and issue tracker. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 10 release versions, 1.20.1 – 26.1.2, with 1.2.0-beta for 26.1.2 as the latest Fabric file.
Key features
Flashlight and mini moon
Handheld lighting items provide a flashlight and a mini moon for lighting large areas.
MoonlightLamp toggles
Right-click turns MoonlightLamp on or off, the control hotkey defaults to V, and holding it while scrolling changes shader strength.
Third-person beam
A placed MoonlightLamp emits a beam that other players can see, and sneaking with right-click toggles it. The mouse wheel changes the beam direction.
Mod integrations
Planned and underway integrations with TaCZ, Superb Warfare and Sona Survival 101 add attachments such as a muzzle and a laser when both mods are installed.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 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 2
Questions
Does Handheld Moon need LambDynamicLights?
Must the server have Handheld Moon installed?
Is Curios API needed for the accessory slot?
In the catalog
Handheld Moon - (with flashlight) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
This mod adds several large-area lighting items such as flashlights and mini moons. Require dependency Sodium/Embeddium Dynamic Lights for forge, and LambDynamicLights for other loader.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/handheld-moon
- Owner
- MerrySnow
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
