
TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded
This mod adds a "realistic" way to enjoy looking at the sun.
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About this Mod
📖 About
Sun-Blinded is a small immersive mod that adds some "realism" and difficulty to Minecraft.
By introducing a simple yet impactful mechanic, it turns an everyday visual detail into a gameplay element with consequences, encouraging players to think twice before exposing themselves to intense sunlight.
Thankfully, not everything is doom and blindness; a pair of sunglasses might just save your eyes.
✨ Features
- 😎 Wearable Sunglasses – Equip sunglasses in the helmet slot or Curios slot for flexible compatibility and added features.
- 🌞 Sun Exposure Effects – Looking directly at the sun comes with visual consequences.
- 👁️ Immersive Visual Filters – Custom screen effects simulate glare, exposure, blindness.
- 🕶️ Eye Protection System – Sunglasses help negating the sun exposure, but at a cost...
- ⚙️ Configurable Settings - Detection radius for the sun and toggle sunglasses overlay can be changed in the sunblinded-common.toml config file.
This mod supports multiplayer.
If you find bugs please report so I can try to fix them.
❗ IMPORTANT ❗
This mod is NOT compatible with Optifine, use Embeddium and Oculus instead.
⚙️ How it works
Sun Exposure
Looking at the sun for up to 5s builds up sun exposure, gradually triggering visual discomfort effects instead of instant penalties. [Detection radius be changed in the config file]
- Exposure: Staring at the sun increases exposure intensity over time, which slowly decreases once the player looks away.
- Afterimage: If the player stares at the sun for more than 1 second, an afterimage is generated when they stop looking at it. Its duration and intensity depend on how long the sun was stared at.
Sun Blindness
Staring at the sun for a full 5 seconds applies the new Sun-Blinded effect, causing the screen to become blurry and decolored. This effect persists until the player dies or drinks milk.
Sunglasses
Sunglasses are a wearable and dyeable new item that protect the player’s eyes from sun exposure and its effects, at the cost of a dark screen overlay that simulates the reduced brightness of real-life sunglasses. [Can be disabled in the config file]
- Behavior
- Can be equipped in the helmet helmet slot or in a Curios slot.
- When equipped in a Curios slot, the sunglasses can be toggled up or down using a dedicated keybind. When toggled up, they behave as if they were not equipped.
- Certain mobs can spawn wearing sunglasses (random color), making them immune to sunlight and causing them to drop the sunglasses upon death.
- Sunglasses can also be found inside chests in: bonus chest, simple dungeons, woodland mansions, weaponsmith house and toolsmith house.
🛠 Recipes
Crafting
Dyeing (Shapeless)
Clearing (Shapeless)(Returns Bucket)
📦 Dependencies
Forge
Available Versions
How to Install TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge 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 (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded compatible with forge?
TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if TheDragon's Mini: Sun-Blinded 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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