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Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (SSPB)

by Rynnavinx

Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks brings back the dark edge shading that dirt paths and similar partial blocks lose beside a full block under Sodium.

FabricNeoForgeQuiltClient-side onlyGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen source1.16.1 – 26.3

What it does

Sodium removes the dark shading that vanilla applies to non-full, non-fluid blocks such as dirt paths when they touch a full block, treating it as a bug. Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks adds that effect back by extending Sodium's smooth lighting code, so the result is vanilla-like rather than an exact copy unless the vanilla lighting option for path blocks is switched on.

The addon is built on the author's preference for the shadows of vanilla dirt paths, which gave the mod its name. A setting called Shadowyness controls how strong the shading is, from 0 to 100 percent, with 85 percent as the default. When the vanilla lighting option is active, the shading strength has no effect on path blocks. The mod only does anything while smooth lighting is on, and it requires Sodium. It is not associated with Sodium or CaffeineMC.

Client-side only, this addon is published for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt across 38 release versions, with builds covering 1.16.1 – 26.3, and it is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Source code and an issue tracker are linked from the project.

Key features

  1. Adjustable shadow strength

    The Shadowyness setting runs from 0 to 100 percent, so the dark edge on path blocks can be set anywhere in that range.

  2. Vanilla lighting option

    Enabling the option to use vanilla lighting for path blocks makes the path blocks render with the original lighting instead of the vanilla-like version.

  3. Smooth lighting only

    The shading applies only while smooth lighting is turned on, so it does nothing when smooth lighting is off.

  4. Built on Sodium's lighting code

    The effect uses Sodium's smooth lighting code, so it sits alongside the rest of Sodium's rendering.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.38.0.0-fabric8.0.0-neoforge8.0.0-fabric
26.27.0.0-fabric7.0.0-neoforge7.0.0-fabric
26.1.27.0.0-fabric7.0.0-neoforge7.0.0-fabric
26.1.17.0.0-fabric7.0.0-neoforge7.0.0-fabric
26.17.0.0-fabric7.0.0-neoforge7.0.0-fabric
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.116.0.0-fabric6.0.0-neoforge6.0.0-fabric
1.21.105.0.1-fabric5.0.1-neoforge5.0.1-fabric
1.21.95.0.1-fabric5.0.1-neoforge5.0.1-fabric
1.21.85.0.1-fabric5.0.1-neoforge5.0.1-fabric
1.21.75.0.1-fabric5.0.1-neoforge5.0.1-fabric
1.21.65.0.1-fabric5.0.1-neoforge5.0.1-fabric
1.21.55.0.1-fabric5.0.1-neoforge5.0.1-fabric
1.21.44.1.0-fabric4.1.0-neoforge4.1.0-fabric
1.21.34.1.0-fabric4.1.0-neoforge4.1.0-fabric
1.21.24.1.0-fabric4.1.0-neoforge4.1.0-fabric
1.21.14.1.0-fabric4.1.0-neoforge4.1.0-fabric
1.214.1.0-fabric4.1.0-neoforge4.1.0-fabric
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x5 of 5 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

SodiumA high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Decorative paths is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.18 – 26.2, shared between client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Lightbulb is open source under the MIT License, published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.19 – 1.21.4 and also client and server. Shine is client-side only, published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.1 – 26.2, under All rights reserved. Shadowy Path Blocks is client-side only and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (SSPB)Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt1.16.1 – 26.3Client-side only2026-09-17
Decorative pathsForge and NeoForge1.18 – 26.2Client and server2026-07-29
LightbulbFabric and NeoForge1.19 – 1.21.4Client and server2025-02-24
ShineFabric and NeoForge1.21.1 – 26.2Client-side only2026-08-28

Questions

Does Shadowy Path Blocks need Sodium?

Yes. Sodium is a required dependency, and the mod does nothing unless smooth lighting is on.

Does the mod change how path blocks look compared with vanilla?

Only partly. The shading is vanilla-like rather than exact, unless the vanilla lighting option for path blocks is switched on.

Which loaders and versions does the mod support?

Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt builds span 38 release versions across 1.16.1 – 26.3, and the latest files are for 26.3.

In the catalog

Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (SSPB) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (or SSPB for short) is an addon to Sodium that reintroduces vanilla-like smooth lighting to non-fluid non-full blocks (e.g. dirt paths and how they have dark shading when directly next to a full block), as Sodium removes this (or rather, fixes this, as it's technically a bug). This was…
Rynnavinx, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Rynnavinx
Published
2022-03-21
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-17
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Decoration
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