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Item Frame Cache

by thewicked365

Item Frame Cache is a client-side mod that keeps item frames and wall paintings visible at distances where the server has stopped sending them.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltClient-side onlyCustom license1.21 – 26.3

What it does

Once a player's position passes the server's usual entity range, the server stops transmitting many entities, and item frame contents and paintings vanish while the nearby landscape still shows. Once a map frame has been seen, its cached render state stays available even after the player moves away, which makes large map walls and map floors especially useful.

The mod is built for decorative builds, museums, galleries and storage rooms that use item frames as labels. It covers regular items, filled maps and empty item frames, and it can also keep normal Minecraft paintings placed directly on walls, including large multi-block paintings. Cached paintings remain available while an area unloads, which avoids the gradual pop-in that normally occurs when the player returns and waits for the server to resend the painting entity. Each category can be enabled or disabled on its own. Item Frame Cache is listed for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and everything runs on the client, so only players install it and no server installation is required.

Key features

  1. Cached item frames

    Item frames that were already seen keep their contents rendered beyond the server's normal tracking distance.

  2. Cached wall paintings

    Paintings placed on walls, including large multi-block paintings, stay visible after the area unloads and reloads.

  3. Map walls and floors

    Filled map frames keep their cached render state, so large map walls and map floors remain readable from a distance.

  4. Independent categories

    Regular items, filled maps, empty frames and paintings can each be enabled or disabled separately in the configuration.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.32.1.0+fabric.26.32.1.02.1.02.1.0+quilt.26.3
26.22.0.0+26.x2.0.02.0.0Not available
26.1.22.0.0+26.xNot availableNot availableNot available
26.1.12.0.0+26.xNot availableNot availableNot available
26.12.0.0+26.xNot availableNot availableNot available
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.112.0.0+1.21.9-1.21.11Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.102.0.0+1.21.9-1.21.11Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.92.0.0+1.21.9-1.21.11Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.82.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.72.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.62.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.52.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.42.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.32.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.22.0.0+1.21.2-1.21.8Not availableNot availableNot available
1.21.12.0.0+1.21-1.21.1Not availableNot availableNot available
1.212.0.0+1.21-1.21.1Not availableNot availableNot available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Craftable Invisible Item Frames is a server-side mod with files for 1.21 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, so it changes the server rather than the client. Placeable New Paintings is server-side and open source under the MIT License, covering 1.20 – 26.2, and adds new paintings instead of caching existing ones. Paper Thin Maps is client-required and open source under the MIT License for Fabric and Forge, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.1, and it works with maps rather than item frames.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Item Frame CacheFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 26.3Client-side only2026-10-03
Craftable Invisible Item FramesFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-06-19
Placeable New Paintings [PurpurPack]Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-06-24
Paper Thin MapsFabric and Forge1.20.1 – 26.1Client required, server optional2026-03-25

Questions

Does Item Frame Cache need to be installed on the server?

No. It runs entirely on the client, so only players install it and no server installation is required.

Which loaders does Item Frame Cache support?

Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with the latest build 2.1.0 for 26.3 on each loader.

Can the caching of paintings be turned off?

Yes. Painting caching is disabled by default and can be enabled independently of the item frame and map categories.

In the catalog

Item Frame Cache 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.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Item Frame Cache is a lightweight, client-side Minecraft mod that keeps previously seen item frames and wall paintings visible beyond the server's normal entity-tracking distance. Everything runs client-side. No server installation is required.
thewicked365, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
thewicked365
Published
2026-08-15
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-03
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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