While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping makes sleep meaningful by simulating time passage during the night. Instead of skipping time with no progress, your farms, furnaces, and animals continue working while you rest.
About this Mod
While You Were Sleeping makes sleep meaningful by simulating time passage during the night. Instead of skipping time with no progress, your farms, furnaces, and animals continue working while you rest.
Features:
• Simulates crop growth during sleep
• Furnaces smelt items using normal fuel rules
• Animal breeding cooldowns are reduced
• Works automatically when the player sleeps
Compatibility:
• Minecraft 1.21.8
• Fabric API
• Supports all vanilla crops, furnaces, and animals
Perfect for survival players and automation-focused gameplay.
Currently working on adding an option in settings to adjust your own tick rate to get full control over the mod
V1.2.1 SEPT2025
Available Versions
How to Install While You Were Sleeping on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.8).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "While You Were Sleeping". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.8
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
6 GB(min. 4 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
While You Were Sleeping 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 4 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 While You Were Sleeping compatible with fabric?
While You Were Sleeping officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.8. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with While You Were Sleeping – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if While You Were Sleeping 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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