Useful Sleep
by nekn3n
Useful Sleep changes how a night in bed plays out in Fabric worlds, with a sleep vote, rain skipping and a smooth wake-up animation.
What it does
Sleep refinements arrive as a set of options instead of the vanilla instant jump to morning. Morning time flows at a configurable speed, so a player can watch the sunrise. A Smooth Sleep Animation plays while the character lies down, and the sleeping mechanic keeps the feel of vanilla without breaking it.
Sleep voting lets players agree to skip the night. The share of players who must be asleep is set in the config, with 50% as the default. Rain can be skipped too: a player who lies in bed during the day clears the weather without skipping time, and a successful sleep resets the phantom spawn timer, so nobody waits for the timer to run out. Nearly every behavior can be switched on or off, or tuned, through the usefulsleep config command, and text is available in English and Russian.
The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it, while the server runs it alone. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source, and it requires Fabric API. Files are published for Fabric across 11 release versions, 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.11 as the latest.
Key features
Smooth sleep animation
The character lies down with a smooth animation, and morning time flows at a speed the server can configure.
Sleep voting
Players vote to skip the night, and the share of sleeping players needed is set in the config, 50% by default.
Rain skipping
Lying in bed during the day clears the rain without skipping the time of day.
Phantom reset
A successful sleep, including a daytime rain skip, resets the phantom spawn timer.
Configurable options
Nearly every feature can be toggled or adjusted with the usefulsleep config command.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can require a share of players to sleep before the night is skipped, with the threshold set in the config.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want sleeping to skip the night or rain only once enough players agree, and players who want a sunrise to watch.
How it compares
Don't Wait Up is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and published for 1.21.1, so it covers a narrower version range. Sleep Vote is a Fabric file for 1.21.8 under All rights reserved, not open source. Better Sleep runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 1.21.8 under the MIT License, with the server required and the client optional.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useful Sleep | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-05-31 |
| Don't Wait Up | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-10-09 |
| Sleep Vote | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Not published | 2025-09-06 |
| Better Sleep | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-06 |
Questions
Does Useful Sleep require Fabric API?
Do players need the mod installed?
Can the sleep vote threshold be changed?
In the catalog
Useful Sleep is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Useful Sleep is a lightweight Fabric mod designed to refine the sleeping mechanics in Minecraft without breaking the vanilla feel. It adds several quality-of-life features that make sleeping more interactive and useful.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/useful-sleep
- Owner
- nekn3n
- Published
- 2026-05-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15