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Trees Shading [StationAPI]

by Sayuzaur

Trees Shading, a StationAPI port, changes how leaves are rendered in Minecraft Beta so their shading resembles the look of later beta builds.

FabricBabricClient-side onlyGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen sourceb1.7.3

What it does

Trees Shading brings the leaf shading of newer beta builds to the older Beta release, applied through a simple Mixin based on the Adventure Update tree rendering port. The change is limited to leaves: the mod also reworks the light engine in a small way that brightens only leaf blocks. StationAPI is required, and the mod is client-side only, so servers do not need it. It is published for Fabric and Babric, for b1.7.3 only, and the code is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, which makes it open source. Snapshot builds are published as well.

Key features

  1. Newer leaf shading

    Leaves are shaded the way later beta builds render them, instead of the original Beta look.

  2. Adjusted leaf brightness

    A light engine change brightens leaf blocks slightly while other blocks keep their original lighting.

  3. Works with SmoothBeta and Macula

    The mod is compatible with the SmoothBeta and Macula mods, so the leaf change can be combined with them.

No per-version build data
Modrinth lists game versions for this project (b1.7.3), but the source data has no build per game version and loader, so the compatibility grid is not shown.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

StationAPIA general use API for Fabric Loader mods on legacy Minecraft versions.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Trees Shading is a client-side mod that changes leaf rendering and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. BushyLeaves is also client-side and open source under the MIT License, for Fabric. Macula is client-side too, published for Fabric under the MIT License.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Trees Shading [StationAPI]Fabric and Babricb1.7.3Client-side only2026-01-28
BushyLeavesFabricb1.7.3Client-side only2022-02-07
MaculaFabricb1.7.3Client-side only2023-08-17

Questions

Does Trees Shading need StationAPI?

Yes. StationAPI is a required dependency, and Trees Shading is built on it for the Beta port.

In the catalog

Trees Shading [StationAPI] is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 567 mods support Minecraft b1.7.3.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for b1.7.3567

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What the author says

Leaves rendering with shading mimicking b1.8+. Based on '_Adventure Update Tree Rendering_' by NFC Vivian, but ported to StationAPI with simple Mixin. Tested on clear Stapi instance and Beta Unleashed 2.0-beta.19.2.
Sayuzaur, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Sayuzaur
Published
2026-01-27
Updated on Modrinth
2026-01-28
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Decoration
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