Night Lights
by Joo5h
With Night Lights, players can place a range of decorative light sources, from fairy lights to night lights, in their builds.
What it does
The mod adds a set of decorative light blocks to the game. Its description names fairy lights and night lights among them, so the variety is aimed at interior and exterior lighting rather than new gameplay systems. Players place the lights as ordinary blocks and use them in any build.
Night Lights needs no other mod to run, but Polymer Patch for Night Lights is listed as requiring it. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Builds are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 17 release versions, 1.18.2 – 26.1, and the code is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, making it open source. Snapshot builds are published as well.
Key features
Fairy lights
Decorative light blocks in the style of fairy lights, for adding soft glow to a build.
Night lights
Light sources modeled on night lights, giving rooms and paths a dim, warm illumination.
Varied decorative lighting
A range of new light sources beyond the vanilla torches and lanterns, suited to decoration work.
Open source code
The source code and issue tracker are publicly available for anyone who wants to read or contribute.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Building interiors
Lights in different styles let builders set the mood of a room without relying only on vanilla lighting blocks.
Exterior decoration
Fairy-light style blocks can outline paths, gardens or facades in a build.
Who it’s for: Builders and decorators who want more lighting styles than vanilla Minecraft provides. Server owners also benefit, since the server needs the mod installed alongside players.
How it compares
NightyLighty is a Fabric-only option for 1.21.1, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it shares the client and server environment with Night Lights. Decorative Entities runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.18 – 26.2, is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. InvisibleLights covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.12.2 – 26.3 under the Apache License 2.0 and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Lights | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-25 |
| NightyLighty | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-26 |
| Decorative Entities | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-29 |
| InvisibleLights | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
Questions
Which loaders does Night Lights support?
Does Night Lights have to be installed on the server?
Is Night Lights required by any other mods?
In the catalog
Night Lights is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 11,959 mods support Minecraft 26.1.
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What the author says
This mod will add a variety of new decorative light sources to your game, from fairy lights to night lights! Creeper Overhaul A mod which overhauls the vanilla creepers!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nightlights
- Owner
- Joo5h
- Published
- 2023-03-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15