Vanilla DayTime Counter
by notesow
Vanilla DayTime Counter shows the current in-game day in a small HUD element styled after the vanilla XP bar, placed near the other interface widgets.
What it does
The counter reads the overworld clock, so the displayed day stays in step with the visible day and night cycle without any guessing or syncing. A progress bar reuses Minecraft's own XP bar sprites, and its icon shows the actual time, with markers for dawn, day, sunset, dusk and night. A toggleable pulse animation plays at the moment a new day begins, and a reminder toast can flag the time to sleep. The display format can be switched to a plain running count, or grouped into weeks, months and years. The whole interface is built to blend with vanilla's own UI, and the counter stays out of the way of the boss bar.
Vanilla DayTime Counter is a Fabric mod for 26.1 – 26.3, with Fabric Loader 0.19.5 or newer required and the 1.4.6 build enforcing it. It is client-side only, so players install it alone and servers need nothing. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Snapshot builds are published, and the latest file, 1.4.6+26.3, targets 26.3.
Key features
Day counter HUD
A lightweight HUD element shows the current world day in the vanilla style, with an optional pulse when the day advances.
Time progress bar
A bar built from the XP bar sprites tracks the time of day, with an icon showing the actual clock position.
Configurable display format
The day can be shown as a plain running count or grouped into weeks, months and years, a purely visual choice.
Sleep reminder toast
A toast notification reminds the player when it is time to sleep.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
DaysCounter is a Fabric mod for 26.2 – 26.3, client-side only, released under the MIT License and not open source. Xaero Day Tweaks is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it targets 26.2 alone. Day Counter Plus covers 1.21.8 – 26.3, reaching further back than this mod, and is client-side only under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla DayTime Counter | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-29 |
| DaysCounter | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-17 |
| Xaero Day Tweaks | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-27 |
| Day Counter Plus | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Vanilla DayTime Counter need Fabric API?
Does the counter have to be installed on the server?
Does the day counter stay correct across multiplayer servers?
Can the pulse animation and format be turned off?
In the catalog
Vanilla DayTime Counter is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
A lightweight, vanilla-style day and clock counter for the HUD. Uses the overworld clock time, so it always matches the visible day/night cycle — no drift, no guessing, no syncing issues in multiplayer. The whole thing is built to blend into vanilla's own UI: the progress bar reuses Minecraft's XP bar sprites, the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vanilla-daytime-counter
- Owner
- notesow
- Published
- 2026-07-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15