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While You Were Sleeping

by DeputyDong

While You Were Sleeping lets time pass during the night, so crops grow, furnaces smelt and animals keep working while a player rests.

FabricServer-side onlyGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only1.21.8 – 26.1.2

What it does

Sleeping in a bed normally skips the night. This mod treats the sleep as time that passes instead: the world keeps running through the night, so sleep has a real effect on the farm and base. The change happens automatically once a player sleeps, with no extra step needed.

Crops keep growing during sleep, furnaces smelt items using the normal fuel rules, and animal breeding cooldowns are shortened. Settings let server owners adjust the simulated tick rate, so the amount of progress made during the night can be tuned. The mod is for survival players who want automation-focused gameplay, and it runs on Fabric using Fabric API.

The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it. It is published for 1.21.8 and 26.1.2, with version 2.1 for 26.1.2 as the latest file from 2026-07-10. It is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and is not open source.

Key features

  1. Time passes during sleep

    Sleeping does not skip the night; the world keeps running and sleep makes progress happen.

  2. Crop growth while asleep

    Vanilla crops keep growing through the night, so a farm yields results by morning.

  3. Furnaces keep smelting

    Furnaces continue smelting during sleep and use the normal fuel rules.

  4. Shorter breeding cooldowns

    Animal breeding cooldowns are reduced so livestock can be bred again sooner.

  5. Adjustable tick rate

    Server owners can set the simulated tick rate and adjust the amount of progress during sleep.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.1.22.1
1.21.81.2.2
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Better-Multiplayer-Sleep is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 26.1.2, released under the MIT License and open source, which changes how multiplayer sleep works. SleepLog is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and covers 1.21.11 – 26.1.2. Disable Sleep is server-side only, not open source, and published for 26.2 alone.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
While You Were SleepingFabric1.21.8 – 26.1.2Server-side only2026-07-10
Better-Multiplayer-SleepFabric1.21 – 26.1.2Not published2026-06-03
SleepLogFabric1.21.11 – 26.1.2Server-side only2026-04-07
Disable SleepFabric26.2Server-side only2026-07-07

Questions

Does While You Were Sleeping need Fabric API?

Yes. The mod is published for Fabric and requires Fabric API on the server.

Does the mod need to be installed on clients?

No. It runs on the server alone, so players need nothing extra to join.

Which game versions have files for While You Were Sleeping?

Files exist for 1.21.8 and 26.1.2, with 2.1 for 26.1.2 as the latest Fabric file.

In the catalog

While You Were Sleeping is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.

World generation mods8,515Fabric modsMods for 26.1.215,189

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What the author says

While You Were Sleeping makes sleep meaningful by simulating time passage during the night. Instead of skipping time with no progress, your farms, furnaces, and animals continue working while you rest. Compatibility: • Minecraft 26.1.2 • Fabric API • Supports all vanilla crops, furnaces, and animals Perfect for…
DeputyDong, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
DeputyDong
Published
2025-08-25
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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