You Must Have The Rain
by AppleNButter
Rain sets off a chain of sky effects in You Must Have The Rain, which adds rainbows, auroras, meteors and more to the Minecraft sky.
What it does
After rain or a thunderstorm, new sky effects can appear and last about five minutes. Rainbows, auroras and meteors are among the additions, and the mod also adds several client-side effects that change how the sky looks in the game. Because the effects run on the client, only the player's installation needs the mod.
On full moons, a night-time version called moonbows can show up, and lunar eclipses appear only during a full moon. The sky can also be tinted red, which affects the whole scene except block lights. Over the course of a night the tint shifts from white through rose and pink to red and back again, so the change stays visible from dusk to dawn.
The mod is published for Fabric and Forge, with files for 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11 and 26.1.2. The latest Fabric file is 2.0.1-mc+1.21.1 for 1.21.1, and the latest Forge file is 1.0.0-mc+1.20.1-Forge for 1.20.1. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source, and public links are provided for the source code and the issue tracker.
Key features
Rainbows and auroras
Rainbows and auroras appear in the sky after rain and thunderstorms, adding color to the weather.
Meteors and eclipses
Meteors join the sky effects, and lunar eclipses appear only during a full moon.
Moonbows at night
Full moons bring a night-time variant called moonbows, which are visible only after dark.
Shifting red sky tint
The sky takes on a red tint that moves from white through rose and pink to red and back again as the night passes, leaving block lights unchanged.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Rain Through Leaves is a client and server mod for Fabric and NeoForge with files for 1.20.1 – 26.3, under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. BetterWeather is a client and server Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, also under All rights reserved. Rainbows is a client-side only mod for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.3, released under the BSD 2-Clause License and not open source. Among these, You Must Have The Rain is the one that is open source under the MIT License and is client-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Must Have The Rain | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-23 |
| Rain Through Leaves | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-13 |
| BetterWeather | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-08-28 |
| Rainbows | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.3 | Client-side only | 2025-04-14 |
Questions
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In the catalog
You Must Have The Rain is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
This mod adds several new client side effects to the game from rainbows to auroras. All of which being fully configurable.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/you-must-have-the-rain
- Owner
- AppleNButter
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15