No Singleplayer Pausing
With No Singleplayer Pausing, opening the single-player pause menu leaves the world ticking, so nothing freezes while the menu stays up.
What it does
Opening the pause menu in a single-player world normally freezes time and entities. With this client mod installed, the game keeps running behind the menu, and the world does not wait for the player to return. The mod is available for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 15 release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, and is released under the MIT License.
Key features
Pause menu keeps the world running
Single-player worlds continue to tick while the pause menu is open.
Single purpose
The mod changes only the pause behavior and adds no blocks, items or other gameplay content.
Client-only install
Only the player's client runs the mod, and a server does not need it to be installed.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does No Singleplayer Pausing need to be installed on a server?
Which loaders does No Singleplayer Pausing support?
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What the author says
This mod has a singular purpose, which is to prevent the single-player pause menu from pausing the game. When the game is paused in single player, the game will continue to run as if it weren't paused.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-singleplayer-pausing
- Owner
- Deadlydiamond
- Published
- 2026-03-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15