Veil Light Utility
by Scotticles
Veil Light Utility lets players save, load and remove the lights they place with the Veil library, so custom lighting can persist after leaving a world.
What it does
Lights added with the Quick HUD menu can be saved when a player leaves a world and loaded again on rejoining, which suits adventure maps and larger projects that depend on ambient lighting. A custom light editor lets lights be named, and a set of removal tools clears lights within 3, 10 or 15 blocks, removes directional lights, or removes every light in the world.
The mod is a beta release that adds a few basic light management features, and its author expects to expand it considerably later. It works alongside True Darkness Refabricated, which removes most sky lighting at night, and it is configured to ignore the moon so the two can be combined to paint a world with fully custom light. Multiplayer compatibility is listed, and gallery images show the combination in use. Fabric API and ImGuiMC are required, Sodium is optional, and Iris Shaders is incompatible.
Veil is bundled inside the mod. The file targets 1.21.1 only, is listed on the beta channel, and is released under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source. Source code, an issue tracker and a wiki are publicly linked.
Key features
Save and load lights
Lights placed in a world can be saved on leaving and loaded again when the player rejoins.
Quick HUD light menu
Lights are added through a Quick HUD menu, and each one can be given a name in the custom light editor.
Radius and directional removal
Lights can be cleared within 3, 10 or 15 blocks, removed by direction, or removed from the whole world.
Veil-based lighting
Light placement and persistence are built on the Veil library, which is bundled inside the mod.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Incompatible 1
Embedded 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders and map makers who want lighting to persist across sessions, and players who run True Darkness Refabricated and want to control the light they add.
How it compares
Profile Presets is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21.11 under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Surface Light is an open source Fabric mod under the MIT License, server-side only and built for 1.21.11, so players join without installing it. Anti Darkness is an open source client-side Fabric mod under the MIT License for 1.21.7 – 1.21.11, which covers a wider span of versions than Veil Light Utility.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veil Light Utility | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-06-15 |
| Profile Presets | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-21 |
| Surface Light | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-07-31 |
| Anti Darkness | Fabric | 1.21.7 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-08-14 |
Questions
Does Veil Light Utility need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Is Veil Light Utility compatible with Iris Shaders?
Can it be used with Sodium?
In the catalog
Veil Light Utility is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Veil Light Utility (VLU) enables saving and loading of lights from the Veil library, making the lights persistent after leaving the world and later rejoining. This allows for persistent ambient lighting in adventure maps or larger projects (which is exactly what this tool is made for!). There are also some basic…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/veil-light-utility
- Owner
- Scotticles
- Published
- 2026-02-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15