Sleep Through The Night
Sleep Through The Night replaces the instant skip of a bed with a slow, cinematic sequence in which the character drifts off and wakes up.
What it does
When a player sleeps, the screen fades to black and the character drifts off, with a soft camera tilt that suggests lying down. Morning arrives with the camera tilting back upright, the screen fading in again, and a day counter that shows how many days have passed. A message about sleeping through the night appears during the sequence, and ambient cricket sounds play while the night passes.
The mod is client-side only, so only the player's game needs it and a server can run without it. Its timings, text, sounds and individual features can be switched on or off in a built-in configuration file, or edited in-game through the Configured mod if it is installed. Cloth Config API is required on Fabric, and Configured is optional on Forge and NeoForge. Files exist for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with the most recent builds for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Animated sleep sequence
Sleeping fades the screen to black and shows the character lying down, instead of skipping the day at once.
Wake-up animation
As morning comes, the view eases from a lying position up to a seated one, and the screen slowly brightens again.
Day counter
The waking screen shows how many days the character has survived so far.
Configurable features
Timings, text, sounds and individual features can be toggled in a configuration file or in-game.
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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
Singleplayer immersion
Players who want sleep to feel slower and more atmospheric can use the mod in a single-player world, where only their own client runs it.
Who it’s for: Players who want a more atmospheric sleeping sequence in single-player or on a multiplayer client, and anyone who wants to tune the timing and effects of the sleep screen.
How it compares
InstantSleep is open source under the MIT License, runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and requires client and server installs for 1.19.4 – 26.1.2. BedAlarm is not open source, is published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, and needs both client and server as well. SleepAnyway is not open source, works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, and is server-side only, so players need nothing installed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep Through The Night | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-09-21 |
| InstantSleep | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-29 |
| BedAlarm | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-05-16 |
| SleepAnyway | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-06-07 |
Questions
Does Sleep Through The Night need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders and versions are supported?
Does Sleep Through The Night need Cloth Config API?
In the catalog
Sleep Through The Night is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Sleep Through The Night transforms the vanilla sleeping experience into something far more immersive. Instead of instantly skipping to day, the screen fades to black as your character drifts off — complete with a smooth camera tilt as if you're lying down. A soft cricket ambience plays in the background as the night…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sleep-through-the-night
- Owner
- BettyTigerDev
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15