Loot Aura
by samuzxmax
Loot Aura lets a player give dropped items glowing colored auras so they stand out on the ground, with each item type set to its own color.
What it does
Dropped items get a glowing aura that can be recolored. The mod comes with preset colors already assigned to several items, including totems in gold, golden apples in yellow and ender pearls in cyan. Colors are set per item, so a player can give each kind of loot its own highlight and keep dropped gear visible in a crowded area.
The settings are changed in an in-game configuration screen, opened by pressing H, and the colors apply after the game restarts. The renderer change is meant to keep frame rate steady, and the mod needs Fabric API to run. Mod Menu is optional and gives access to the settings from the pause screen.
Loot Aura is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 – 1.21.11, and it runs only on the client, so a player can install it alone while servers need nothing. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Glowing item auras
Dropped items are drawn with a colored glow, so loot stays visible after it lands on the ground.
Per-item colors
Each item type can be assigned its own aura color through the custom color setting.
In-game configuration
A menu opened with the H key holds all color options, so no config file needs editing by hand.
Preset highlights
Totems, golden apples and ender pearls come with gold, yellow and cyan auras already set.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Glowing Totems is an open source Fabric mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 that works on the client or the server, and it covers only totems in the way its name suggests. BetterTotemHighlight is open source under the MIT License, for 1.21.4 – 1.21.8, and is client-side only. Loot Aura targets 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 and is not open source, so its version range sits later than both.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loot Aura | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-01-23 |
| Glowing Totems | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 | Client or server, optional | 2025-09-28 |
| BetterTotemHighlight | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-01-08 |
Questions
Does Loot Aura need Fabric API?
Which game versions does Loot Aura support?
Does a server need Loot Aura installed?
In the catalog
Loot Aura is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/loot-aura
- Owner
- samuzxmax
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15