🍂 Ecliptic Seasons
A seasonal environment mod inspired by the 24 Solar Terms.
Spring rain drifting across distant fields.
Long summer days filled with insects and warm wind.
Autumn forests slowly turning gold and red.
Snow quietly gathering through the longest nights of winter.
Ecliptic Seasons is a standalone seasonal environment mod for Minecraft. Inspired by the traditional 24 Solar Terms, it divides the year into four seasons and twenty-four smaller periods, each with its own atmosphere and environmental changes.
Weather, temperature, daylight length, vegetation, crops, animals, sounds, particles, models, and block appearances can all change as time passes.
Make Minecraft feel like a world where time truly passes.
Supported Game Versions
| Minecraft Version |
Status |
| 26.1+ (NeoForge 26.x) |
In Development |
| 1.21.1 |
Continued Support |
| 1.20.1 |
Continued Support |
Status
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In Development
Receives new features, gameplay changes, bug fixes, and compatibility updates.
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Continued Support
Receives bug fixes, compatibility updates, and localization improvements only.
🎬 Showcase
🌱 Seasons That You Can Feel
The world follows a complete cycle of four seasons and twenty-four solar terms.
Instead of abrupt transitions, seasonal changes happen gradually throughout the year.
- Twenty-four solar terms
- Dynamic seasonal progression
- Seasonal daylight length
- Long summer days and long winter nights
- Smooth seasonal transitions
As the year progresses, the world naturally transforms around you.
🌦 Weather, Temperature, and Snow
Weather is no longer limited to vanilla Minecraft’s predictable cycle.
Different seasons have different weather tendencies. Some periods may bring frequent rain, repeated snow, longer dry weather, or colder conditions.
Snow is affected by temperature and the environment. It can gradually appear, accumulate, melt, and retreat as the climate changes.
Features include:
- Seasonal weather probabilities
- Continuous rain and snowfall
- Temperature-based snow and melting
- Snow scenery system
- Optional vanilla snow layer support
🌾 Farming, Humidity, and Greenhouses
Seasons affect more than the sky.
Crop growth can depend on season, humidity, biome climate, and local conditions. Some crops may thrive during one part of the year but struggle in another.
Players can use greenhouses to keep crops growing during unfavorable seasons.
Humidity-related systems can also make farming in different climates feel distinct, so farming in a desert is not the same as farming in a forest or plain.
🧰 Seasonal Tools and Blocks
Ecliptic Seasons also includes practical tools and atmospheric blocks, such as:
- Calendars for checking the current solar term
- Humidity-related tools and blocks
- Growth inspection tools
- Snow-clearing tools
- Wind chimes and other seasonal decorations
These features help players observe, manage, and interact with seasonal changes directly.
🍂 Seasonal Atmosphere
Ecliptic Seasons is not only about mechanics.
The seasonal timeline can drive:
- Seasonal sounds
- Ambient particles
- Falling leaves
- Fireflies
- Foliage colors
- Seasonal block appearances
- Seasonal models
- Resource-pack-driven music
Resource pack creators can build seasonal music packs, custom ambience, visual effects, and model changes on top of the system.
🔧 Data-Driven and Configurable
The mod is designed for customization.
Players, server owners, modpack creators, and resource pack authors can adjust the experience to fit their world.
- Extensive configuration options
- Datapack support
- Resource pack support
- Seasonal customization
- Server synchronization
- Modpack-friendly design
Nearly every major feature can be configured.
🌍 Platforms and Ecosystem
Ecliptic Seasons is primarily developed for NeoForge / Forge.
A native Fabric implementation is also available:
Companion projects:
📖 Documentation
Wiki:
https://ecliptic-seasons.readthedocs.io/en/latest/en/
GitHub:
https://github.com/joe-vettek/Ecliptic-Seasons
❓ FAQ
Can I use this mod in my modpack?
Yes. You may include Ecliptic Seasons in your modpack and customize it as needed.
Please provide proper credit and read changelogs before updating, as some releases may contain breaking changes.
Is there a Fabric version?
Yes.
https://modrinth.com/mod/ecliptic-seasons-fabricated
Will this mod be backported?
Older Minecraft versions often lack systems that Ecliptic Seasons depends on. Backports are generally not planned.
🌾 Credits
The primary artwork of Ecliptic Seasons was created by YunFei, with most of the remaining visual work completed by Aerolite_Dust.
Special thanks to the TeaCon community for testing, profiling, reviewing, and improving the mod.
Performance profiling is powered by JProfiler.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed feedback, testing, inspiration, sponsorship, and support throughout the development of the project.
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