Waylight
by soradotwav
Waylight gives the player a configurable carry for the vanilla lantern, shown on the hip or in the hand, with light that follows the lantern.
What it does
Carry positions include the right hip, the left hip and the left hand, and the lantern sways with procedural motion whose intensity can be set in the options. In first person and third person the lantern keeps its own behavior, and vanilla lantern and soul lantern rendering are both covered. The mod is client-side only, so servers run without it and players install it alone.
Light is emitted from a localized lantern rig through LambDynamicLights, which is required and must be installed alongside Waylight. An optional auto-equip setting can take the lantern out when it is dark and put it away in bright areas, and the lantern is extinguished underwater. Mod Menu is optional and opens the full configuration screen, which is built on the bundled YetAnotherConfigLib. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.21.11 – 26.3, and the code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Hip and hand carry
The lantern can be worn on the right hip, the left hip or held in the left hand, chosen by the player.
Localized light
A localized light follows the lantern as it moves, emitted through the required light library.
Auto-equip by light level
An optional setting equips the lantern in darkness and puts it away in brightness.
Configuration screen
Options open through Mod Menu, with the bundled YetAnotherConfigLib providing the settings window.
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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 1
Optional 1
Embedded 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who use the vanilla lantern and want it visible on the character, with light that moves with the carry. It suits single-player and multiplayer clients on Fabric 1.21.11 – 26.3, since no server installation is needed.
How it compares
Cheap Lanterns is server-side only, under the MIT License, with files for 1.21 – 26.1.2, so players join without installing anything. Beltborne Lanterns 26.x port is a client and server mod under the Apache License 2.0, published for 26.1 – 26.3, so every player and the server need it. Unlit Lanterns is client and server, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.5.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waylight | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-22 |
| Cheap Lanterns | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-05 |
| Beltborne Lanterns 26.x port | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| Unlit Lanterns | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-07-06 |
Questions
Which dependency does Waylight require?
Does Waylight have to be installed on the server?
Is the configuration screen optional?
Which versions does Waylight support?
In the catalog
Waylight is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
A client-side virtual lantern mod for Fabric, giving your player configurable vanilla lantern carry visuals with localized dynamic light and no inventory item requirement. Config is saved at config/waylight.json.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/waylight
- Owner
- soradotwav
- Published
- 2026-03-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15