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What...what is "Cave Dust"?
I'm glad you asked! It's just a mod that adds the white ash particle from the Basalt Deltas biome to the underground to simulate dust! After all, the air wouldn't be 100% clear in a real mineshaft :p
Now to the nitty gritty: It works by checking if the player has the sky above them while being below sea level and then scales the amount of particles based on depth.
It has a config system that you can access using Mod Menu, most things you can change in-game, but to change the particle you'll need to open the config file manually :) As a note, it doesn't activate in the Lush Caves biome, since it already has it's own particles :p
This was inspired by Dylanstime in the moonflower Discord server, thanks for the idea!
Dependencies
Cave Dust requires the Fabric API but everything else Cave Dust needs is included. HOWEVER, I recommend Mod Menu to be able to use the config screen :p
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[3.1.0] Cave Dust v3.1.0
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Updated to 26.1.2!
Also! New features:
Heat rises! Near heat and light sources the dust will subtly rise.
Try going into a cave and running around! The air will flow around you and drag the dust around!
Streamlined code, should be faster.
Particles are spawned in sphere now.
Better options!
Also! New features:
Heat rises! Near heat and light sources the dust will subtly rise.
Try going into a cave and running around! The air will flow around you and drag the dust around!
Streamlined code, should be faster.
Particles are spawned in sphere now.
Better options!
[3.0.1] Cave Dust 3.0.1
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Update to 1.21.8!
[3.0.1] Cave Dust 3.0.1
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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update to 1.20.5
[3.0.1] Cave Dust 3.0.1
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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updated to 1.21.4
[3.0.1] Cave Dust 3.0.1
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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backport features from 3.0.1 1.20.4
[3.0.1] Cave Dust 3.0.1
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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fixes many bugs
[3.0.1] Cave Dust 3.0.1 - Fabric
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Update to 1.21.3.
Rewrite internals to fix changing config with adding mods.
Rename dust.mixins.json to cavedust.mixins.json.
Add more translations.
Rewrite internals to fix changing config with adding mods.
Rename dust.mixins.json to cavedust.mixins.json.
Add more translations.
[3.0.0] Cave Dust 3.0 - Fabric
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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When installing on a client with lots of particle mods, reset the config using the reset button to default to the new default particle, unavoidable :(
[2.0.4] v2.0.4 - 1.20.4 - Forge
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fix major log spam issue
[2.0.4] Cave Dust 2.0.4
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fix major log spam issue
[2.0.4] 2.0.4 - 1.20.4 - Forge
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fix major log spam issue
[2.0.3] v2.0.3 - 1.20.4 - Forge
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fix more issues! Yippee!
[2.0.3] v2.0.3 - 1.20.1 - Forge
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fix more issues! Yippee!
[1.4.1] v1.4.1 1.20.2
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Updated to 1.20.2!
[1.4.1] v1.4.1 1.20.1
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Updated to 1.20.0 and 1.20.1!
[v1.4.1_1.19.4] v1.4.1 1.19.4
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fixed error in fabric.mod.json causing failure to open on 1.19.4.
[1.4.1] Cave Dust 1.4.1 1.19.4
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Fixed error in fabric.mod.json causing failure to open on 1.19.4.
[1.4.0] Cave Dust 1.4.0 1.19.3
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Particles can no longer spawn under the world.
Particles no longer spawn in blocks, instead spawning in air.
Fixed bug present since 1.2.0, which meant particle amount was dependant on blocks around player.
New particle multiplier allowing greater control of particle amount.
New F3 screen text, allows user to debug particle amount.
Removed upper and lower limit buttons.
Updated UI.
Particles no longer spawn in blocks, instead spawning in air.
Fixed bug present since 1.2.0, which meant particle amount was dependant on blocks around player.
New particle multiplier allowing greater control of particle amount.
New F3 screen text, allows user to debug particle amount.
Removed upper and lower limit buttons.
Updated UI.
[1.4.0] Cave Dust 1.4.0 1.19.4
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Particles can no longer spawn under the world.
Particles no longer spawn in blocks, instead spawning in air.
Fixed bug present since 1.2.0, which meant particle amount was dependant on blocks around player.
New particle multiplier allowing greater control of particle amount.
New F3 screen text, allows user to debug particle amount.
Removed upper and lower limit buttons.
Updated UI.
Particles no longer spawn in blocks, instead spawning in air.
Fixed bug present since 1.2.0, which meant particle amount was dependant on blocks around player.
New particle multiplier allowing greater control of particle amount.
New F3 screen text, allows user to debug particle amount.
Removed upper and lower limit buttons.
Updated UI.
[1.3.0] Cave Dust 1.3.0 1.19.4
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Ported to 1.19.4!
Added support for changing particle in-game. Click to cycle through. Also supports particles from other mods when they're installed! No more manually editing the config file, yayyyyy.
Merged minimum and maximum dimensions into one slider.
Improved internals.
Fixed bugs:
Added support for changing particle in-game. Click to cycle through. Also supports particles from other mods when they're installed! No more manually editing the config file, yayyyyy.
Merged minimum and maximum dimensions into one slider.
Improved internals.
Fixed bugs:
- Fixed issue where setting any dimension to 0 would cause the game to crash.
- Fixed issue where game couldn't find particle so would crash.
[1.3.0] Cave Dust 1.3.0 1.19.3
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Added support for changing particle in-game. Click to cycle through. Also supports particles from other mods when they're installed! No more manually editing the config file, yayyyyy.
Merged minimum and maximum dimensions into one slider.
Improved internals.
Fixed bugs:
Merged minimum and maximum dimensions into one slider.
Improved internals.
Fixed bugs:
- Fixed issue where setting any dimension to 0 would cause the game to crash.
- Fixed issue where game couldn't find particle so would crash.
[1.2.0] Cave Dust 1.2.0 1.19.3
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Updated for 1.19.3!
[1.2.0] Cave Dust 1.2.0 1.19.2
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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Updated to 1.19.2!
In this update, I changed a bunch of stuff! Shocking really. No but really, a whole ton of things were changed, including:
The way particles are spawned, the spawn "check" now performs the check on the particle position instead of the player, very neat!
Added velocity randomness slider. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Added superflat spawning toggle, since superflat worlds are hard to assume things for, they might be broken, so I left a toggle so you folks can decide to spawn them for yourselves :)
Changed license to MPL-2.0
Added keybinds to reload the config and toggle particle spawning! Handy!
Changed particles so that it spawns 10 times the amount! Should be nicer to adjust now!
In this update, I changed a bunch of stuff! Shocking really. No but really, a whole ton of things were changed, including:
The way particles are spawned, the spawn "check" now performs the check on the particle position instead of the player, very neat!
Added velocity randomness slider. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Added superflat spawning toggle, since superflat worlds are hard to assume things for, they might be broken, so I left a toggle so you folks can decide to spawn them for yourselves :)
Changed license to MPL-2.0
Added keybinds to reload the config and toggle particle spawning! Handy!
Changed particles so that it spawns 10 times the amount! Should be nicer to adjust now!
[v1.2.0_1.18.2] Cave Dust 1.2.0 1.18.2
by LizIsTired on Oct 09, 2026
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In this update, I changed a bunch of stuff! Shocking really.
No but really, a whole ton of things were changed, including:
No but really, a whole ton of things were changed, including:
- The way particles are spawned, the spawn "check" now performs the check on the particle position instead of the player, very neat!
- Added velocity randomness slider. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Added superflat spawning toggle, since superflat worlds are hard to assume things for, they might be broken, so I left a toggle so you folks can decide to spawn them for yourselves :)
- Changed license to MPL-2.0
- Added keybinds to reload the config and toggle particle spawning! Handy!
- Changed particles so that it spawns 10 times the amount! Should be nicer to adjust now!
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