Wintery's Dynamic Lights
Wintery's Dynamic Lights makes some held and dropped items emit light, so a player carrying a proper light source is lit around them.
What it does
Held light sources and dropped items with a light value give off light in the world. A torch or lantern in hand lights the area around the player, and an item dropped on the ground lights the spot where it lies. Sulfur Cubes equipped with a light source also glow from version 26.2 onward.
The server must run the mod, while players may join without installing it. It works in multiplayer. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.21.9 – 26.3, and the code is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, which is not open source.
Key features
Held light sources
Items that emit light light up the area around a player who carries them in hand.
Dropped items emit light
An item dropped on the ground gives off light from its position, so dark spots stay visible.
Sulfur Cubes equipped with light
Sulfur Cubes holding a proper light source emit light from version 26.2 onward.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Wintery's Dynamic Lights need to be installed on the client?
In the catalog
Wintery's Dynamic Lights is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
More from WinteryTheSnowman
Similar mods
What the author says
A server side mod/datapack that allows certain items to emit light when held or dropped. It's lightweight, very compatible, and completely works in multiplayer. Available for any version 26.1.2+. If you hold any proper light source it will emit light around you.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/winterys-dynamic-lights
- Owner
- WinteryTheSnowman
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15