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Subtle Effects

Mod

by MincraftEinstein

Adding many new subtle details through particles and a few sounds

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

21,999,857

CurseForge ID

1023913

Modrinth Downloads

10,899,226

Modrinth ID

4q8UOK1d

Last Updated

Sep 11, 2026

Description

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📘 Description

Adding many new subtle details through particles and a few sounds. All of which can be toggled, and some can be further customized. The mod also comes with built-in particle culling and a particle render distance. This mod was designed to be mainly client-sided, but there are a few features that require server access to work, see the FAQ for more details.

 

 

✨ Some Key Features

  • Particle culling
  • Particle render distance
  • Fire-related blocks (fire, campfires, candles, torches, etc) have sparks
  • Villagers and players snore and have Z particles
  • Slimes leave a trail of slime
  • Glowstone and redstone blocks emit dust particles
  • Allay and Vexes emit magic
  • Shearing a sheep drops fluff
  • Burning entities have sparks, smoke, and flames
  • Vanilla smoke has been replaced with updated textures similar to campfire smoke
  • Players with 3 hearts or less have a heartbeat
  • Players with 3 hunger or less have stomach growling
  • Wearing a mob head will apply the spectator shader for that mob (currently only for the creeper head and Enderman head from Supplemenaries)
  • Players and a few mobs have running dust clouds
  • Mobs have dust clouds when they hit the ground
  • And much more...

A full list of features can be found on the wiki.

 

Requires Fzzy Config.

 

📜 Terms of Use

You may
✅ Use this mod as a reference to understand and or create something of your own, as long as it is not a copy or recreation
✅ Use this mod in modpacks with credit and one or more links to any of the project pages*
✅ Edit for personal use
✅ Use this mod for/in YouTube videos or streams with credit and one or more links to any of the project pages*
✅ Create resource packs, data packs, and addon mods for this mod

 

You may not
❌ Reupload/publish this mod to any website without explicit permission from me and one or more links to any of the project pages*
❌ Redistribute edited or unedited assets** from this mod without permission from me and credit

 

* Project pages include CurseForge, Modrinth, Planet Minecraft, GitHub
** Assets include logos, banners, textures, models, etc

 

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📚 F.A.Q

Q: Can {XYZ} feature be disabled?
A: Yes, all features can be disabled in the config menu. If you find that a feature/change cannot be disabled, please report it as a bug

Q: How to disable Dust Clouds?
A: The configs for dust clouds are located in the `Items/Dust Clouds` config section

Q: How to disable dropped item particles?
A: The configs for dropped item particles are located in the `Entities/Item Rarity` config section and can be disabled by changing `Particle Display Type` to `OFF`

Q: Will you support Forge?
A: Absolutely not, Forge 1.20.1 is the only version I will support Forge on.

Q: What game environment does the mod run in?
A: The mod was designed to run client side, however, some extra features and details only work if the mod is also installed on the server. If installed on the server, all clients, including those running on LAN servers, will need the mod installed to join. For a list of features that require server access, visit the wiki.
Note: Forge 1.20.1 does NOT support the mod running client side only.

Q: Does this mod work with Fancy Block Particles, Particle Core, Visuality, Effective, Effectual, or Particular?
A: Yes

Q: Do you take suggestions/feature requests?
A: Yes, suggestions and feedback in general are much appreciated. You can provide feedback/suggestions in a GitHub issue, the CurseForge comments, or on my Discord Server. Please keep your suggestions somewhat Minecraft-y, e.g.

Q: The mod isn't working/no particles are appearing.
A: Check your Video Settings to make sure that the Particles setting is not set to minimal

Q: Will you support Forge beyond 1.20.1?
A: Absolutely not

 

 

💬 Translations

Feel free to translate this mod into any language or update existing translations. To get your translation into the mod, make a pull request on GitHub with the translated language file

 

All translators are credited in the list below.

 

 

📢 Additional Credit
Stomach Growling Sound Effect, licensed under CC0

 

 

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