Hardcore True Darkness
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Hardcore True Darkness

By Hyrrx
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Adds an unremovable True Darkness effect to Minecraft, enforced on both client and server sides for a fully immersive dark experience.

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AI slop mod

gentra

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Total 5 hrs MC 1.20
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Terrible mod. Tons of broken features and obviously AI. Lots of parts of the mod just do not function well at all

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Posted June 19, 2026 at 1:10:45 PM UTC
Hardcore True Darkness
0.5

AI slop mod

gentra

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Terrible mod. Tons of broken features and obviously AI. Lots of parts of the mod just do not function well at all

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Posted June 19, 2026 at 1:10:45 PM UTC
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gentra

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Posted June 19, 2026 at 1:10:45 PM UTC
Total 5 hrs MC 1.20
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Hardcore True Darkness v6.1 - NeoForge 1.21.1

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Hardcore True Darkness

Hardcore True Darkness makes Minecraft’s dark areas truly dark. Nights, caves, shadows, and unlit spaces become much harder to see in, making torches and other light sources important again.

The mod also helps prevent fullbright and gamma-based visibility advantages, creating a more consistent experience for survival worlds, servers, and modpacks.

Features

  • Makes caves, nights, shadows, and unlit areas extremely dark
  • Helps block fullbright and gamma abuse
  • Uses a shader-resistant darkness pass for more reliable darkness
  • Supports Oculus shaderpacks
  • Blocks unsupported shader loaders, including OptiFine and Iris
  • Adds smoother darkness transitions around caves, trees, shadows, and sudden light changes
  • Makes torches and other light sources more important
  • Designed for hardcore survival, horror, realism, and multiplayer
  • Can be included in modpacks

Important

  • This mod must be installed on both the server and all connecting clients.
  • Servers using Hardcore True Darkness require connecting clients to have the mod installed.

Compatibility

  • Currently available for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge.
  • Requires Java 17.

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