More Cloud Layers
by armaninyow
More Cloud Layers stacks extra cloud decks above the vanilla cloud layer, from one to eight added layers, each with its own speed, size and transparency.
What it does
Extra layers are built with the same cloud-building logic vanilla uses, so they follow the game's own graphics setting for time of day and weather. The layers refresh at three natural moments: when a player joins a world, after a portal trip and after sleeping, instead of recalculating constantly.
Each added layer can use a fixed or a random speed, and a fixed or random size between 30% and 100% of the vanilla layer. A random transparency option gives each layer its own opacity. Each layer can be re-rolled on the same three triggers mentioned earlier, so speed and size values change at those moments. Configuration is available through Mod Menu, and the mod needs Fabric API and Fabric Loader to run.
The mod is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and is published for Fabric only, across 16 release versions 1.21 – 26.2, with 2.1.0 for 26.2 as the latest file. It is a client required mod, and the server may add it for matching clouds, though it is optional there.
Key features
Adjustable layer count
Between one and eight extra cloud layers can be stacked above the vanilla layer.
Speed modes
Layers can move at a fixed slower speed than the one before them, or each roll a speed independently.
Size modes
Each layer can keep a fixed percentage of the vanilla size or roll a random size between 30% and 100%.
Random transparency
With the random transparency option turned on, every layer receives its own opacity, so the stacked layers look unevenly strong.
Vanilla-consistent rendering
Clouds respect the Fast and Fancy graphics settings and the time, day and weather behavior of the vanilla cloud layer.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a heavier or more varied sky in survival or creative worlds, and server owners who want matching cloud layers for their players.
How it compares
Cloud Tweaks offers its own cloud changes for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.16 – 26.2, is client-side only and is open source under the MIT License. Barometry is client-side only, covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 and is All rights reserved, so its code is not open source. Both differ from More Cloud Layers, which is Fabric-only and client required, with server use optional.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More Cloud Layers | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client required, server optional | 2026-07-22 |
| Cloud Tweaks | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-09-04 |
| Barometry | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-01-18 |
Questions
Does More Cloud Layers need Fabric API?
Must the server run More Cloud Layers?
Which game versions are covered?
In the catalog
More Cloud Layers is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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Adjustable Layer Count Each stacked 16 blocks above the last Fully Vanilla-Consistent Rendering Respects your Fast/Fancy graphics setting, time of day, and weather automatically, since it reuses vanilla's own cloud-building logic Speed and Size Per Layer Choose between two modes for how each layer's speed and size…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/more-cloud-layers
- Owner
- armaninyow
- Published
- 2026-07-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15