VisualSky
by AliYelo
On the player's own screen, VisualSky alters the appearance of the sky, the time of day and the weather, while the server keeps running its real world.
What it does
Inside VisualSky, a player can set the visual time of day and the visual weather for their client. The changes are drawn locally, so the server keeps its real time and weather, and the world logic does not change. Switching between visual day and night, or between clear, rain and thunder effects, happens through keybinds and a configuration screen.
The mod is client-side only, so only the player's client needs it and vanilla servers work without any change. Precipitation in Rain/Snow mode is forced to appear visually, while Minecraft still decides between rain and snow by biome, with cold biomes showing snow and warmer ones showing rain. VisualSky requires Fabric API and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL), and Mod Menu is optional for opening the config screen from its menu. It is published only for Fabric, across 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and the code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Incompatible mods named by the author are BadOptimizations and Controlify (Controller support), so a player running either of them should expect conflicts with the sky and time rendering.
Key features
Visual time changer
Sets the time of day shown on the client only, leaving the server clock untouched.
Visual weather changer
Shows clear, rain or thunder effects on the client, independent of the weather on the server.
Keybind switching
Day and night modes, and the clear, rain and thunder visuals, can be toggled from keybinds.
Config screen
A configuration screen collects the visual time and weather options in one place.
Forced precipitation
Rain/Snow mode displays precipitation regardless of the world, and snow or rain still follows the biome.
Gallery
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 2
Optional 1
Incompatible 2
How it compares
Fake Weather is a client-side mod for Fabric and Forge, under the MIT License, published for 1.16.5 – 26.2 and not open source. SleepMenu is server-side only, open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later, and published for 1.21.11 – 26.3 on Fabric. WeatherVote is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.11 on Fabric. VisualSky stays client-side only on Fabric, so it changes only what one player sees.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VisualSky | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-07-04 |
| Fake Weather | Fabric and Forge | 1.16.5 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-15 |
| SleepMenu | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| WeatherVote | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-11 |
Questions
Does VisualSky need to be installed on the server?
Which dependencies does VisualSky need?
Which Minecraft versions does VisualSky support?
In the catalog
VisualSky is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
Similar mods
What the author says
Some versions of Controlify may crash when opening YACL config screens on certain Minecraft versions. If /visualsky crashes while Controlify is installed, try updating or disabling Controlify. VisualSky is a client-side Fabric mod that lets you customize how the sky, time, and weather look on your own Minecraft client.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/visualsky
- Owner
- AliYelo
- Published
- 2026-06-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15