Cull Leaves
Modby Motschen
Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla.
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Mod
CurseForge Downloads
13,947,557
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Modrinth Downloads
10,828,134
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Last Updated
Nov 7, 2026
Description
Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla.
This is a recreation of the OptiFine feature 'Smart Leaves'
Yes, it's that simple.
This mod can also be used to increase framerates with my Better Leaves Resourcepack
Completely compatible with Sodium, Canvas, LambaBetterGrass, etc.


With smart leaves resourcepack enabled:

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