Toni's Immersive Lanterns
by Txni
With Toni's Immersive Lanterns, a crafted lantern can hang from the Accessories belt slot and light the area around the player while it swings.
What it does
Crouch and right-click with a lantern to equip it into an Accessories slot. The equipped lantern dangles from the belt, emits light around the player and swings like a pendulum when the player moves in third person. Soul Lantern and other lantern types keep their own light colors, so an equipped Soul Lantern under a shader pack that supports custom dynamic lighting shows blue light.
The mod is the first in its group to offer full compatibility with Iris shader packs that define their own dynamic lighting, according to its description. It requires Accessories, Fabric API, Sodium Dynamic Lights and TxniLib, so those must be installed next to it. Builds cover 1.20 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and the code is covered by a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Equippable lanterns
A crafted lantern goes into an Accessories slot, freeing the offhand for a shield or torch.
Dynamic lighting
An equipped lantern lights the nearby blocks and entities as the player walks around.
Swinging physics
The lantern hangs on a simulated pendulum that reacts to the player's movement in third person.
Shader light colors
Each lantern type passes its own color to shader packs that support custom dynamic lighting.
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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 4
Use cases
Hands-free light
Players who keep a weapon or shield in the offhand can carry light on the belt without holding a torch.
Who it’s for: Players who use Accessories and shader packs, and server owners who want lanterns to work the same on both sides.
How it compares
Immersive Lanterns (Unofficial-Fix) is a NeoForge patch for 1.21.1 that is client-side only and not open source, under All rights reserved. Lamb Lanterns is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server and is open source under the MIT License. Useful Lanterns is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that runs on client and server and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni's Immersive Lanterns | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-04 |
| Immersive Lanterns (Unofficial-Fix) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-06 |
| Lamb Lanterns | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-04 |
| Useful Lanterns | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-02 |
Questions
Does Toni's Immersive Lanterns need Accessories?
Which loaders have files for this mod?
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In the catalog
Toni's Immersive Lanterns is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Immersive Lanterns adds the ability to wear Lanterns with the Accessories mod, with dynamic lighting support and custom swinging physics! Tired of choosing between putting a shield or a torch in your offhand? Simple, just craft a lantern and crouch-right-click to equip to your Accessories slot! The lantern will…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/immersive-lanterns
- Owner
- Txni
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15