NightVision
by OffKilterMC
NightVision lets a player switch the brightening effect of night vision on and off with a hotkey, without the potion status effect.
What it does
The mod turns on the same lightmaps that the real night vision effect uses, so the world is lit as if the effect were active, yet the character gets no status effect. It is aimed at creative building and at exploring caves in spectator or no-clip mode, where the whole cave network becomes visible at once. Normal survival play is not its intended use.
The hotkey is N by default and can be changed in the controls menu. The toggle also works with a shader installed, which was tested with Sodium, Iris and Complementary Reimagined. The mod is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with files covering 1.19 – 26.2.
Only the client needs NightVision, because it changes rendering on the player's own screen. Servers can run without it, and players on a server that does not have it can still use it. The latest Fabric and NeoForge files are 1.2 for 26.2, dated 2026-08-06, and the latest Forge file is 1.0.6 for 1.20.4, dated 2024-01-06.
Key features
Hotkey toggle
A single key switches the lightmap brightening on and off while the game is running.
No status effect
The brightening comes from the lightmaps alone, so the character never receives the night vision potion effect.
Spectator and no-clip use
In spectator mode or creative no-clip, the toggle reveals large cave networks at once, which suits exploration and building.
Shader compatibility
The toggle keeps working while a shader pack is active, including Sodium, Iris and Complementary Reimagined.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Creative builders, map explorers and players who move through caves in spectator or no-clip mode. Players who want the vanilla night vision effect in survival should use the potion instead.
Questions
Does NightVision need to be installed on the server?
Does NightVision work with shaders?
Can the hotkey be changed?
In the catalog
NightVision is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
A simple mod that allows you to turn night vision on and off with the press of a key. This mod essentially enables the same lightmaps that are used for the real Night Vision effect without actually getting the effect. As a result, this mod is a completely client-side mod and requires no server installation.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nightvision
- Owner
- OffKilterMC
- Published
- 2022-07-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15