
Thinner Air
The air isn't always breathable in caves, at high elevations, or other extreme locations.
About this Mod
The air isn't always breathable in caves, at high elevations, or other extreme locations. Equip yourself to mine safely, or face the consequences!
A Fabric/Quilt continuation of Thin Air by Fusz (as the original project was discontinued), which itself was a port of Miner's Lung by Petra.
Features
- In deep caves and at high elevations the air is hazardous to breathe!
Equipping a Respirator allows you to to breathe there, or Air Bladders can be used to restore your breath. - Similarly, the air in the Nether is hazardous to breathe, and in The End there's no air at all!
- Respirators can be repaired with charcoal, and Air Bladders can be refilled in breathable air.
- Potions of Free Breathing (renamed from Water Breathing) allow you to breathe anywhere, as does Conduit Power.
- Soul Fire & its campfire, torch, and lantern stop you from losing your breath, giving you a respite, but they don't help you recover it.
- Safety Lanterns indicate the current local air quality both in your inventory and when placed in the world.
- Lava & fire make the air immediately surrounding them unbreathable.
- Nether & End Portals allow air to "pass through", making a small bubble of breathable air around them on the other side.
- sitelen kepeken toki pona a! (toki pona translation! (i'm still learning, so it's likely imperfect))
Compatibility
- Trinkets is required; Respirators can be placed in the face slot.
Use Trinkets (Updated) for Minecraft 1.21.11 & 26.1+, and Trinkets Canary for Minecraft 1.21.8 - Create's diving equipment activates in hazardous air, allowing you to breathe safely. Backtanks can only be refilled in safe air.
- Dimensional Doors's pockets have blue air quality and dungeons have yellow air quality, both for thematic reasons and to prevent cheesing other areas.
- The Aether is breathable in middle elevations, but very low and very high areas have low oxygen, similar to the overworld.
- If you have a world with items/blocks from the original Thin Air, they will be upgraded (instead of disappearing).
- The in-game config menu is only present if Cloth Config is installed.
Additionally, the mod was written with performance in mind, and it should have very minor impacts on TPS. Only players are affected by the need to breathe.
The mod is also highly data-driven and configurable, allowing you to define which blocks emit what air quality, the natural air quality of any dimension at any elevation (and even dimension-specific emitters!); see the guide.
Requires Fabric API (or QSL).
You may include and distribute this mod, unmodified, in modpacks. Do not distribute this mod on its own, and do not download this mod from anywhere other than Modrinth!
Available Versions
How to Install Thinner Air 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 (26.1.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Thinner Air". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+4 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Thinner Air 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 (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Thinner Air compatible with fabric and quilt?
Thinner Air officially supports fabric, quilt for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Thinner Air – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Thinner Air 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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