Raindance
by Hexcede
Raindance keeps weather under the player's control, letting rain, snow and storms persist indefinitely in any biome and on any world.
What it does
Raindance exposes a set of weather overrides in a configuration menu. Players can hold rain, snow or storm conditions in place, or switch them off, and each override offers the choices Always, Never or Unmodified. One override sets the current weather, another decides whether snow falls, and a third decides whether water freezes into ice. A further override controls whether snow layers form during precipitation.
The mod is useful in challenge settings such as skyblock, where water is scarce, since permanent rain keeps crops hydrated. Thunderstorms can still allow mob spawns when they are kept active. Permanent rain also pairs well with resource packs and other ambience mods. Raindance requires YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) for its configuration screen, and it is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Permanent weather
Rain, snow and storms can be held in place regardless of biome temperature.
Weather overrides
Separate overrides for weather state, snowfall, snow layers and ice generation, each set to Always, Never or Unmodified.
Snow layer control
Snow layers can be stopped from forming during rain or snowfall, which suits players who dislike them.
Configuration menu
A menu lists every option so players can change how weather behaves without editing files by hand.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want weather to stay fixed, and server owners who run challenge worlds where water access is limited. Raindance can be installed on a single player's game or on a server, and it works on either side without requiring the other.
How it compares
Client Time is a client-side mod, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, for Fabric and Quilt on 1.20.2 – 1.21.11, and it controls the time of day rather than the weather. Daily Weather is server-side only and not open source, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license for Forge and NeoForge on 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and it changes the weather on a schedule. Weather Tweaks is client-side only, open source under the MIT License, and runs on Fabric for 1.21.9 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raindance | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 1.21.11 | Client or server, optional | 2026-01-28 |
| Client Time | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.2 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-11 |
| Daily Weather | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-08-30 |
| Weather Tweaks | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-13 |
Questions
Does Raindance need YetAnotherConfigLib?
Does the server need Raindance?
Which loaders does Raindance support?
In the catalog
Raindance is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This mod lets you make it rain, snow, or storm forever (or never), without having to sacrifice vanilla weather mechanics. It also lets you stop snow layers & ice from generating in case that bothers you. It has a bunch of configuration options for controlling weather & weather mechanics. If you love (or hate) rain or…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/raindance
- Owner
- Hexcede
- Published
- 2024-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15