Optimum Loading Screens
Optimum Loading Screens lets a resource pack replace the Minecraft loading screen with custom art, animated backgrounds, progress bars and rotating tips, for Fabric on 26.1.2 – 26.2.
What it does
Loading screens can be restyled through resource packs. A pack can supply full-screen artwork, animated backgrounds that use the vanilla frame-strip .mcmeta format, progress bars, percent readouts, status lines and a list of tips that rotate while the game loads. Three official themes ship with the mod, including Neo-Glitch, Cinematic Dawn and Badlands Edition, which uses a rolling minecart and a sunset.
The mod is client-side only, so players install it and servers do not need it. Fabric API is required. Optimum Realism is an optional dependency. Files exist for 26.1.2 and 26.2, with 0.6.0 for 26.2 as the latest build on the beta channel, released 2026-08-05 under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, which is not open source.
Key features
Resource pack restyling
A resource pack can replace the loading screens for the boot menu, world loading, world upgrades and server connection.
Animated backgrounds and bars
Backgrounds can animate frame by frame, and progress bars and percent readouts can be styled per pack.
Looping bar for connecting
Screens with no measurable progress, such as connecting to a server, show a looping bar in place of a percentage by default.
Manifold support
A texture pack that includes a manifold.json file can take over the loading screens with its own custom designs.
Simple custom themes
A theme is a folder holding a JSON file and some PNG images, documented in a pack authors guide.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Resource pack authors who want custom loading screens, and players who run a themed or modded setup and want the startup screens to match it.
How it compares
Mojang Better Intro is a Fabric client-side mod under the Apache License 2.0, which is not open source, and covers 1.21.11 – 26.2. Animated Loading Screen is open source under the zlib License, with Fabric, Forge and NeoForge files for 1.19 – 26.2, and is also client-side only. Motion Menu is a Fabric client-side mod for 26.2 alone, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum Loading Screens | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-05 |
| Mojang Better Intro | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-11 |
| Animated Loading Screen | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-23 |
| Motion Menu | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-27 |
Questions
Does Optimum Loading Screens need Fabric API?
Which versions does Optimum Loading Screens support?
Does a server need to install Optimum Loading Screens?
How are custom loading screen themes made?
In the catalog
Optimum Loading Screens 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.
Similar mods
What the author says
Manifold lets texturepacks use their own custom loading screens with a manifold.json that takes over the boot menu, world loading screen, world upgrades, server connects, and the rest of the loading screens. Screens without a progress bar (connecting to a server,) get a looping bar instead of a percentage, by default.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/optimum-manifold
- Owner
- AtmosphereOfTech
- Published
- 2026-08-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15