
Particle Expansion
Make the gameplay more satisfying by adding particles to some situations in the game.
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About this Mod
About
Make the gameplay more satisfying by adding particles to some situations in the game like the player will drip water after leaving the water and smoke particles will appear after the creeper or TNT explodes and the player will start sweating in hot biomes and more... .
About 1.20.5 - 1.21.6
Creeper particles will not work on 1.20.5 - 1.21.1
Settings / Commands
To open the settings: /function pe:settings
To test experimental features: /function pe:test_5
To remove experimental features: /function pe:remove_5
Features
Show Features
Player's Particles
Blood & Health indicator:
Blood particles after getting hurt and health indicator particle when the health reach to 3 hearts or lowerCold breath: Being in cold biomes or at height over 150, will emite mist particle on the player's mouth
Bubble breath: Bubble breath if the player underwater
Sweating: Players will sweat in hot biomes.
Player condition: The player will get wet after leaving the water and getting suffocated by sand will cause sand particles on the player etc... .being on these blocks will cause particles: Water, Lava, Powder snow, Sand, Red sand, Gravel and all Concrete powder blocks.
standing Particles: Standing on some blocks will cause particles on the player's feet,
the blocks are sand/red sand, gravel, concrete powder, slime, honey, mud, soul sand. (experimental)Smoke while burning: Smoke when the player caught in fire and white smoke after getting extinguished by water.
Entities Particles
Entities Blood: All the mobs have blood particle when you deal damage to them except:Enderman, Endermite, Ender Dragon, Shulker, Skeleton, Creeper, Stray, Husk, Guardian, Elder Guardian, Skeleton Horse, Allay, Vex, Wither Skeleton, Wither, Strider, Ghast, Magma Cube, Snow Golem, Iron Golem, Drowned, Sniffer, Phantom, Slime and Warden.
Hit Particles: Some entites will drop custom particles when they gets damaged. Skeleton, Stray and Skeleton horse will drop bone particle. Snow golem and Stray will drop snow particle. Husk will drop sand particle. Wither and Skeleton wither will drop black dust particle. Drowned will drip water particle. Blaze will drop lava particle.Warden emits soul particles when it gets hurt.
Natural Particles: some mobs have natural particle like the slime has slime particle, snow golem has snow particles or Blaze has flame particle around it.this is the list of mobs that have natural particles:
All underwater mobs if they leave the water they will drip water particle except turtles and frogs.
Husk: sand particle
Snow golem & Stray: snow particle
Slime: slime particles.
Shulker: purple particle like the Enderman.
Wither skeleton: black dust particle
Cave Spider: green dust particle on its face as a poison.
Blaze: flame particle around it.
Strider: if a strider left the lava, a dripping lava particle will appear under it.
Iron Golem: electric spark particle as if the iron golem shine.
Magma Cube: red particle.
Allay: glow particle.
Vex: black particle.
Charged creeper: electric spark particles.
Smoke when an entity caught in fire and white smoke after getting extinguished by water
- Creeper explosion and End Crystal: Smoke particles when a creeper explode.End crystal purple and white particle.
- Angry mobs: When Iron golem and Polar bear get mad at you and when Guardians not on water they will have angry villager particles on them.
- Projectiles: particles to snowball, Ender pearl, fireball etc...here is the list:. Snowball: snow particle.
Fireball & Small fireball: flame & black dust.
Ender pearl: purple particle.
Dragon Fireball: dragon breath particle.
Trident: falling water particle
- Flame arrow: Flame enchantment will cause flame trail to the arrow
Blocks Particles
- Ores particles: Breaking an ore will release a particle of the item it drops (breaking diamond ore will release diamond particle).
- Shulker boxes and Ender chest: Opening Shulker boxes or Ender chest will cause particles.
- TNT: flame and smoke particle before explosion, large smoke particle after explosion and it cause bubbles underwater.
- Sponge: Using Sponge to absorb water will cause falling water around the block.
Biomes Particles
- Storms: Sand storm in desert and badland, Snow storm in snowy biomes. (at height 55 to 100)
- Fireflies: Fireflies on swamp biomes at height 55 to 100 (only at night)
- Cave dust: Cave dust at height 30 or lower.
- End dust: Dust in end dimension.
Show Features (Disabled by Default)
Player's Particles
Sweating in the Nether.
Bad smell: If the player didn't touch water for 2 days (40 minutes) then the player's smell will be bad.
Show Experimental Features (Disabled by Default)
Player's Particles
- standing Particles: Standing on some blocks will cause particles on the player's feet,
the blocks are sand, red sand, gravel, concrete powder, slime, honey, mud and soul sand.
Blocks Particles
- Smoker: Smoker emit smoke now.
- Falling Leaves: Falling leaves particles for all leaves blocks except cherry leaves [1.20.3-1.21.4].
Items Particles
- Horn Particle: Using horn will cause note particle.
- Airshow: Holding dyes while flying by elytra will emite colored dust of the dye you are holding.
Available Versions
How to Install Particle Expansion on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.8).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Particle Expansion". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.8, 1.21.7, 1.21.6 (+10 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Particle Expansion server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack 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 (1.21.8). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Particle Expansion compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Particle Expansion officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.7, 1.21.6. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Particle Expansion – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Particle Expansion 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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