Dynamic Item Lighting
Carry a light into the dark, fit a lamp to your helmet and keep the right fuel close at hand.
These guides describe the October 23, 2026 source snapshot. Two different downloads share the 1.3.1 label; neither was confirmed to match this snapshot.
New to Dynamic Item Lighting?
- Getting started with Dynamic Item Lighting
Take a torch into the dark, keep both hands free with a headlamp, or eat glow berries for a short-lived light.
- Craft, color and recharge a headlamp
Fit a lamp to your helmet, choose its color, switch it on and carry the right fuel to recharge it.
- Settings and troubleshooting
Use client commands, choose a quality budget, diagnose dark lamps and check renderer, shader and multiplayer limits.
7 articles document this source snapshot using the supplied mod report. Your server settings may differ. The wiki has not playtested the complete modpack.
Start here
2 articles
Light sources & help
3 articles
How portable light, color and water work
Choose a light for dry ground or underwater, learn how far it reaches and find out why a headlamp’s color can disappear.
catalogPortable light catalog: all 83 items
Find out how brightly an item shines, how far its light reaches and whether it works underwater.
guideSettings and troubleshooting
Use client commands, choose a quality budget, diagnose dark lamps and check renderer, shader and multiplayer limits.
Server owners & custom rules
2 articles
Server configuration and shared policy
Reference server defaults, lamp balance, operator commands, reload recovery and the authoritative policy lifecycle.
referenceCustom light rules and developer adapters
Choose rule scope, write strict JSON, resolve precedence and predicates, recover reloads, and understand automatic fallback.