Xray CE
by chronicboy
Xray CE lets players see ores through stone and fills dark caves with full brightness, and it is built for Better Than Wolves: CE on Legacy Fabric 1.6.4.
What it does
Xray CE is a Utility mod for Legacy Fabric that shows ore blocks buried inside solid terrain. It works by hooking into the rendering engine through SpongePowered Mixins, where it intercepts block drawing calls, bypasses occlusion culling and overrides lightmap calculations. Ores stay visible even when no air block touches them, and the mod turns off backface culling for ore textures automatically.
Better Than Wolves: CE is required, and version 3.0.0 or newer must be installed alongside it. The mod is tuned for that gloom system: its gloom immunity setting neutralizes the darkness and insanity visuals that Better Than Wolves applies. Because the fullbright effect maximizes light levels while the vision is active, players do not need to place torches to see their surroundings.
Xray CE is open source under the MIT License. The mod is needed in the player's game, and the server may leave it out. Builds exist only for Legacy Fabric on 1.6.4, with version 1.0.0 published on 2026-05-06 as the latest file.
Key features
Ore visibility
Buried ores remain visible through solid blocks, with filtering that keeps the display limited to ore blocks.
Built-in fullbright
Light levels are raised while the vision is active, so caves and tunnels stay readable without torches.
Gloom immunity
Darkness and insanity visuals from the Better Than Wolves gloom mechanic are bypassed while Xray CE is active.
One-key toggle
Pressing X switches the vision on or off instantly, without opening a menu.
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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
Use cases
Mining in deep caves
Players searching for ore veins in large underground areas can see where ore sits without digging exploratory tunnels first.
Playing on a Better Than Wolves server
On servers that run Better Than Wolves: CE, the gloom immunity lets players explore dark areas without the insanity effects.
Who it’s for: Players who run Better Than Wolves: CE on Legacy Fabric for 1.6.4 and want to locate ores quickly. Server owners who already run Better Than Wolves: CE can keep the server unchanged, since the mod is optional on the server side.
Questions
Does Xray CE need Better Than Wolves: CE?
Is Xray CE needed on a server?
Which Minecraft version does Xray CE support?
In the catalog
Xray CE is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder. 328 mods support Minecraft 1.6.4.
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What the author says
A high-performance, optimized Xray utility specifically designed for Better Than Wolves CE (3.0.0+). Xray CE uses SpongePowered Mixins to hook directly into the Minecraft rendering engine: - RenderBlocks: Intercepts block drawing calls. - Block: Bypasses occlusion culling. - EntityPlayer: Neutralizes gloom levels. …
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/xray-ce
- Owner
- chronicboy
- Published
- 2026-04-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15