Tempestra [REFORGED]

Vanilla lightning is simple, and Tempestra replaces the strike shape with thinner, more natural-looking bolt arcs. Some bolts split into separate paths before reaching the ground, and in some cases more than one path hits the same spot. Medium storms become slightly more active than normal thunderstorms, and heavy storms become much more intense, with the sky lit by frequent strikes.

The mod aims to give storms a more lively character while leaving the rest of Minecraft untouched. The changes are purely visual and keep the Vanilla feel, so the mod suits normal survival packs, atmospheric packs and fantasy packs alike. Its focus is the lightning itself, and the rest of the storm is left alone. It pairs well with Particle Rain and Immersive Thunder, which the author recommends for a fuller storm.

Tempestra [REFORGED] is a NeoForge port of a mod originally created by Moth_SKW. It is published for 1.21.1 only, and it is required on the client while the server can run without it. The license is Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0, which allows others to use, modify and redistribute the work, including for commercial purposes, provided credit is given and adaptations are shared under the same license. The mod is not open source, though its source code is public.