
No Player Armor Shadow
Prevents the local player's armor from rendering in first person. Fixes the dynamic lighting in first person while wearing enchanted armor when using certain shaders, such as Rethinking Voxels.
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About this Mod
This Fabric mod fixes a bug with certain Iris shaders where when wearing enchanted armor, dynamic lighting would be very buggy and would often get blocked by the armor. That issue can be fixed by disabling Entity Voxelization, but that also disables entity shadows. This mod fixes the issue while still allowing you to have entity shadows.
Known shaders affected by the issue this fixes include but are not limited to:
- Rethinking Voxels
The way the mod works is when you are in first person, it prevents your player's armor from rendering (this does not affect other players armor, only yours). It also allows you to configure a keybind to toggle the armor hiding (the keybind is unassigned by default).
NOTE: To achieve completely unobstructed dynamic lighting, you will need to disable Player Voxelization in the shader settings. This can be used with Player Voxelization on if you just want to prevent complete obstruction while being fine with some obstruction of the light.

Available Versions
How to Install No Player Armor Shadow on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.10).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "No Player Armor Shadow". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.10
Server-side
✗ UnsupportedRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
No Player Armor Shadow server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.10). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is No Player Armor Shadow compatible with fabric?
No Player Armor Shadow officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.10. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with No Player Armor Shadow – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if No Player Armor Shadow consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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