Old Potions
by catsflex
Old Potions restores the potion colors, enchantment glints and per-effect palettes of earlier Minecraft versions on Fabric 1.21.11, with a configurable color for each effect.
What it does
Potions in recent versions lost the colors and glint effects that older releases showed. Old Potions brings those visuals back by mapping each effect's known color to a palette chosen in the configuration menu. The color data is taken from the official Minecraft Wiki, which records how potions looked in earlier builds.
The server works out the particle color for a combined effect and passes only the finished value to the client, which therefore does not have to calculate it. The server resolves mixed effects, for instance Speed combined with Strength, a potion that does not exist in the vanilla registry and therefore cannot be changed by other mods. The mod is client-side only, so a server does not need it.
Files are published for Fabric, with v1.0.0 for 1.21.11 as the latest release, dated 2026-08-16. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and the author's source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Enchantment glint
Potions that carry the older enchantment glint are drawn with it again, matching the visuals of earlier versions.
Global palette
A single palette sets the colors used for all potion effects, which can be adjusted in the configuration menu.
Per-effect overrides
Each effect can be given its own color, overriding the global palette for that effect alone.
Combined effect colors
Mixed effects are colored from the server's evaluation of the combination, so blends show a consistent color.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Restoring older potion looks
Players who prefer the color scheme of earlier releases can set potion colors back to their former appearance.
Custom potion palettes
Servers and players who want a fixed color for each effect can set a palette per effect in the configuration menu.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric 1.21.11 who want potions to show the colors and glint of earlier Minecraft versions, and who prefer a per-effect color setup.
How it compares
Shiny Pots is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.11, released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license and not open source. No More Glowing Potions is also client-side, but targets 1.14 – 1.20.2 under All rights reserved. Old Potions covers only 1.21.11 and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Potions | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-08-16 |
| Shiny Pots | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-18 |
| No More Glowing Potions | Fabric | 1.14 – 1.20.2 | Client-side only | 2021-03-10 |
Questions
Does Old Potions need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Old Potions support?
Can each potion effect get its own color?
In the catalog
Old Potions is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This mod brings back the potion visuals from older Minecraft versions. Effect particle colors are evaluated server-side and sent to the client as a final color, so the client never sees which effects resulted in that color. This mod maps these known colors back to the palette colors you've chosen in the config menu.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/old-potions
- Owner
- catsflex
- Published
- 2026-08-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15