Water Light Level
Visualization of low-light water blocks, useful for spotting and creating drowned-safe zones
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About this Mod
Water-Light-Level
🌊Water Light Level is a client-side Fabric mod that visualizes underwater blocks whose light level is below a configurable threshold.
It renders a translucent aura around qualifying water blocks, making it easy to:
- spot drowned-safe areas
- identify dark underwater regions
- explore and debug underwater lighting
✨ Features
- 🔦 Highlights water blocks below a chosen light level
- 📏 Configurable scan distance
- 🎨 Customizable aura color (ARGB)
- ⌨ Toggle the aura on/off instantly
- ⌨️ Toggle the aura via a keystroke
🧭 Commands
All commands are under:
/waterlightlevel
Light Level
/waterlightlevel lightlevel <level>/waterlightlevel lightlevel
Sets or gets the maximum light level a water block may have to be highlighted.
Scan Distance
/waterlightlevel distance <distance>/waterlightlevel distance
Controls how far around the player the mod scans for water blocks.
Aura Color (ARGB)
/waterlightlevel color_argb <alpha><red><green><blue>/waterlightlevel color_argb
Customize the aura color and transparency. Value need to be in HEX.
Toggle Aura
/waterlightlevel on/waterlightlevel off/waterlightlevel toggle
or just use the toggle keybind (L by default)
Turns the aura on / off or toggles it.
Aura Only
/waterlightlevel aura_only
Scans the water once and renders the result.
Good for large distances that would generate lag if continuously scanned.
Updates on the waters light level will obviously not be taken into account when this setting is on.
GitHub
📦 Requirements
- Minecraft: 1.21.11
- Loader: Fabric
- Fabric API: required
- Client-side only (safe to use on servers)
🧑💻 License
MIT
Available Versions
How to Install Water Light Level 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 (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Water Light Level". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11
Server-side
✗ UnsupportedRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Water Light Level 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 (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Water Light Level compatible with fabric?
Water Light Level officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.11. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Water Light Level – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Water Light Level 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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