Rain/Thunder
by midar1000
With Rain/Thunder installed, the main menu shows a rain thunderstorm effect that can also appear over other game screens, with adjustable rainfall and random lightning.
What it does
The mod draws weather on top of the Minecraft main menu and, when enabled, over inventory and other game screens. The rainfall count can be set anywhere from 0 to 3000, and the player picks one of three weather types: light calm rain, moderate rain, or heavy rain that comes with a strong gust and a dense fall of drops. A separate switch turns lightning off entirely.
Lightning strikes at random points on the screen, and its frequency is configurable. The rare setting averages one strike about every 5 minutes, the normal setting about every 2 to 3 minutes, and the frequent setting about once per minute. The settings live on a separate screen, opened from a button on the main menu or with Ctrl+J.
Only the client needs Rain/Thunder, so players install it and servers do not. It is published for Forge and NeoForge, with files for 1.20 – 1.21.1 across four release versions, and the code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Adjustable rainfall
Rainfall count can be set anywhere from 0 to 3000 drops, controlling how dense the effect looks.
Three weather types
Calm light rain, moderate rain and heavy rain with wind and frequent raindrops can each be selected.
Random lightning
Strikes land at random points on screen, with a rare, normal or frequent setting for how often they occur.
Separate settings screen
A dedicated options screen collects the rain and lightning controls, opened from the main menu or with Ctrl+J.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who want an ambient storm effect on the title screen or in menus, and who can adjust its density and lightning frequency. Server owners need nothing, since only the client runs it.
How it compares
The Sound of Rain is a client-side Forge and NeoForge option for 1.20 – 1.20.4 under the MIT License, but it is not open source. Heavy Storms is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, so it changes the server rather than the client. Rain/Thunder is client-side only and not open source, with files for 1.20 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain/Thunder | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-08-12 |
| The Sound of Rain | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2026-04-05 |
| Heavy Storms | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-01-18 |
Questions
Does Rain/Thunder need to be installed on a server?
Which loaders does Rain/Thunder support?
Can the lightning be turned off?
In the catalog
Rain/Thunder is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,149 Decoration mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
"Rain" adds an atmospheric rain and thunderstorm effect directly to the Minecraft main menu (and optionally, over the inventory/other screens in the game) Customizable rainfall count — from 0 to 3000 Three weather types to choose from: Calm — calm, light rain Moderate — normal, moderate rain Heavy — heavy rain with…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/rainthunder
- Owner
- midar1000
- Published
- 2026-08-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15