Sodium Extra

July 4, 2026 · View on GitHub

Version

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium.

Protected gameplay fog

Protected Gameplay Fog changes blindness, darkness, lava, powder snow, and water fog. On normal multiplayer servers it stays vanilla unless the server authorizes it through Greenlight and you have it installed. See Protected Gameplay Fog for the player-facing behavior.

Server policies

Server owners can authorize Sodium Extra's protected gameplay fog controls with a a server resource pack and the Greenlight client mod. See Server Policies for the policy schema and examples.

Building from source

Prerequisites

Java Development Kit 17 or above
Git

Compiling

Clone the repository and navigate into the cloned repository.

git clone https://github.com/FlashyReese/sodium-extra-fabric.git
cd sodium-extra-fabric

Navigate to the directory you've cloned this repository and launch a build with Gradle. If you are not using the Gradle wrapper, simply replace gradlew with gradle or the path to it.
- Windows
```
gradlew build
```
- Linux/macOS
```
./gradlew build
```
The initial setup may take a few minutes. After Gradle has finished building everything, you can find the resulting artifacts in build/libs.

Contributing to localization

By submitting translations, you are agreeing to have them licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.

You can contribute to the translation effort on our Crowdin project page! First you'll need to register a Crowdin account if you haven't already. Translators are able to translate (submit a translation for an untranslated phrase), suggest (propose a better translation compared to an existing one), or vote (vote up or down the quality of a translation).

For more information on using Crowdin, please see their "Intro For Volunteer Translators" support page.