Lamb Lanterns
by f0x06
With Lamb Lanterns, a lantern worn on the player's hip swings as the character moves and casts real light for NeoForge players.
What it does
Lamb Lanterns provides a separate slot on the Curios screen where a vanilla or soul lantern can be equipped. The worn lantern is drawn hanging from the player's right hip, attached by a chain to the hip bone of the body model, and the slot sits beside backpacks, rings and charms so that combat belts keep their room.
The lantern moves on a damped two-dimensional pendulum. It swings forward when the player walks, sways side to side while strafing, and gets a small kick when sneaking begins. The mod is open source under the MIT License and runs on the client and the server, with the Curios slot handled on the server so that every player sees the same arrangement. It is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with a 1.2.0 build dated 2026-07-04.
When LambDynamicLights is installed, the worn lantern emits actual dynamic light through its API while the player holds it, and shader packs can read the per-block emission tint. Without that companion the lantern still renders, but no light is cast.
Key features
Dedicated lantern slot
A separate Curios slot takes a vanilla or soul lantern, marked by a faded lantern silhouette icon on the screen.
Pendulum physics
A damped pendulum drives the hanging lantern, so its motion follows walking, strafing and sneaking.
Hanging lantern model
The worn lantern is rendered in hanging form, with its chain shown even when attached to the hip.
Light from a companion
LambDynamicLights supplies real dynamic light for the worn lantern, with white light for the vanilla and soul lanterns.
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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.
How it compares
Immersive Lanterns (Unofficial-Fix) is a NeoForge-only, client-side mod for 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, so it needs nothing on the server. Toni's Immersive Lanterns covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 1.21.1 under a custom license and is not open source. Sable Dynamic Lights is a NeoForge client and server option for 1.21.1 that is open source under the Apache License 2.0.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb Lanterns | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-04 |
| Immersive Lanterns (Unofficial-Fix) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-06 |
| Toni's Immersive Lanterns | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-04 |
| Sable Dynamic Lights (Create: Dynamic Lights fork) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-30 |
Questions
Does Lamb Lanterns need LambDynamicLights?
Must the server install Lamb Lanterns?
Which game version does Lamb Lanterns support?
In the catalog
Lamb Lanterns is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Lamb Lanterns is a small companion mod for LambDynamicLights. It lets you slot a vanilla lantern (or soul lantern) into a dedicated Lantern Curios slot — and then it actually behaves like one. Install on both server and client — the slot lives server-side (Curios is server-authoritative), the rendering and dynamic…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/lamb-lanterns
- Owner
- f0x06
- Published
- 2026-05-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15