Chunk fade in mod

November 24, 2025 · View on GitHub

Chunk fade in mod

This mod adds smooth fade-in and motion animations for chunk loading, like in Minecraft Bedrock Edition and ChunkAnimator, plus other unique features. It works seamlessly with Sodium, (mostly) Iris and Distant Horizons. Also works on Fabric and NeoForge. No more chunks appearing right in front of you out of nowhere!

*The idea for this mod was inspired by Fade In Chunks, which has was abandoned. I did not use a single line of code from it.

*The Smooth Chunks mod was abandoned. Thanks to Fl0gic (@cadenkriese) for allowing the use of the updated mod icon :)

Showcase

Video (a bit outdated, does not show all features)

Compatibility with NeoForge

Important

Versions for NeoForge are officially released since 2.0.0 for 1.21

Click to see the guide for 1.20.1

In order for the mod to work with Forge Mod Loader, you need to complete the following steps:

Step 1: Install Sinytra Connector:

Install it from the official page by clicking the link above.

Step 2: Install Embeddium:

Install it from the official page by clicking the link above.

Step 3: Configure version overrides:

Navigate to the config folder inside your Minecraft installation folder (usually .minecraft). If there's no config folder, create one.
Open fabric_loader_dependencies.json inside config folder. If there's no fabric_loader_dependencies.json file, create one.
Paste the following text inside:

{
  "version": 1,
  "overrides": {
    "chunksfadein": {
      "+depends": {
        "embeddium": ">0.2.18+mc1.20.1"
      },
      "-depends": {
        "sodium": "IGNORED"
      }
    }
  }
}

Save the file and restart/launch the game.
Done!

Contributing translations

Translations are downloaded automatically by the mod. To contribute them, please use Crowdin.

FAQ

Where is source code?

Source code is in version-specific branches, labeled with their corresponding Minecraft versions (e.g. "1.18", "1.19", "1.21.2").

Is Vanilla/OptiFine supported or planned?

No, please use Sodium (or NeoForge forks of it, for example Embeddium).