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Mod/Datapack for Minecraft: Java Edition
Fear the dark like never before. Lights Out turns Minecraft's night into a near pitch-black abyss, where only the brave (and well-lit) survive.
ATTENTION
Using a dynamic lights mod/datapack alongside this pack will ruin the challenge of the darkness. If you're okay with this, go for it, but if you want the true Lights Out experience we highly recommend leaving your dynamic lights mods off.
Installation
Stable releases
The latest releases of From The Fog is published to our GitHub release pages. Releases are considered to be suitable for general use, but they are not guaranteed to be free of bugs and other issues.
Community
We have an official Discord community. By joining, you can:
- Get installation help and technical support
- Be notified of the latest developments as they happen
- just hang out with the rest of our community.
License
This project is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Feel free to use and modify the mod/datapack as you see fit, as long as you give credit to the original authors, do not use it for commercial purposes, and share any modifications under the same license. See the LICENSE file for more details.
Website
Feel free to check out our website! https://lunareclipse.studio
How to Install Lights Out (Datapack)
Lights Out by Unknown is verified for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge across Minecraft versions 1.21.10, 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8 (latest release: 1.1.3, file size: 184 KB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21.10, 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8) and platform (Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge.
- Move the downloaded Lights Out file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacksfolder and launch the game.
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[1.1.3] ✨Release v1.1.3 - 1.21.9-1.21.10
by Unknown on Oct 12, 2025
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## **🐛 Bug Fixes**
## **💻 Technical**
- Fixed particle errors in console due to the resourcepack.
- Fixed the GUI cutting off the model for the candle when it was lit.
## **💻 Technical**
- Modified the pack.mcmeta to use the new format system.
[1.1.3] ✨Release v1.1.3 - 1.21.9-1.21.10
by Unknown on Oct 12, 2025
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## **🐛 Bug Fixes**
## **💻 Technical**
- Fixed particle errors in console due to the resourcepack.
- Fixed the GUI cutting off the model for the candle when it was lit.
## **💻 Technical**
- Modified the pack.mcmeta to use the new format system.
[1.1.2] ✨Release v1.1.2 - 1.21.6-1.21.8
by Unknown on Aug 27, 2025
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## **💻 Technical**
- Modified the shader to work on 1.21.6+.
[1.1.2] ✨Release v1.1.2 - 1.21.6-1.21.8
by Unknown on Aug 27, 2025
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## **💻 Technical**
- Modified the shader to work on 1.21.6+.
[1.1.1] ✨Release v1.1.1 - 1.21.5
by Unknown on Aug 27, 2025
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## **💻 Technical**
- Changed the loot tables and recipes to be compatible with 1.21.5+.
[1.1.1] ✨Release v1.1.1 - 1.21.5
by Unknown on Aug 27, 2025
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## **💻 Technical**
- Changed the loot tables and recipes to be compatible with 1.21.5+.
[1.1] ✨Release v1.1 - 1.21.2-1.21.4
by Unknown on Aug 10, 2025
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## **🚀 New Features**
## **🔧 Improvements**
## **💻 Technical**
## **📷 Images**
- Added the lighter! - Concept, model, and design from [Zwaluw](https://lunareclipse.studio/profile/Zwaluw)!
- Produces a light level 9. (One less than the candle.)
- Requires just 8 iron nuggets and a flint and steel.
- Lasts 15 minutes. (50% longer than a candle.)
- Goes out when sprinting.
- Added the mining helmet!
- Produces a light level 10. (Same as the candle, two less than the flashlight. + Point radius)
- Requires 5 iron ingots and a lantern.
- Lasts 7.5 minutes. (50% longer than a flashlight.)
- Recharges in sunlight.
- Worn on head. - Same armor points as an iron helmet.
- Flickers with the From The Fog Flickering Flashlight mechanic.
## **🔧 Improvements**
- Made light level zero true darkness by default.
- Fixed mipmaps being lowered due to some of the textures. Thanks [Zwaluw](https://lunareclipse.studio/profile/Zwaluw)!
- You will now receive the recipes when you receive just one ingredient from them.
- Any player around can now hear the flickering sound from Flickering Flashlight.
## **💻 Technical**
- Remove all instances of UUIDs being used to log and remove markers. - This improved performance A LOT.
- Merged some uses of @a to improve performance.
- Improved performance on same-block light sources.
- Added a cooldown override for technical events. - Should fix any unknown bugs with light toggling.
- Reorganized certain parts of the pack.
## **📷 Images**
[1.1] ✨Release v1.1 - 1.21.2-1.21.4
by Unknown on Aug 10, 2025
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## **🚀 New Features**
## **🔧 Improvements**
## **💻 Technical**
## **📷 Images**
- Added the lighter! - Concept, model, and design from [Zwaluw](https://lunareclipse.studio/profile/Zwaluw)!
- Produces a light level 9. (One less than the candle.)
- Requires just 8 iron nuggets and a flint and steel.
- Lasts 15 minutes. (50% longer than a candle.)
- Goes out when sprinting.
- Added the mining helmet!
- Produces a light level 10. (Same as the candle, two less than the flashlight. + Point radius)
- Requires 5 iron ingots and a lantern.
- Lasts 7.5 minutes. (50% longer than a flashlight.)
- Recharges in sunlight.
- Worn on head. - Same armor points as an iron helmet.
- Flickers with the From The Fog Flickering Flashlight mechanic.
## **🔧 Improvements**
- Made light level zero true darkness by default.
- Fixed mipmaps being lowered due to some of the textures. Thanks [Zwaluw](https://lunareclipse.studio/profile/Zwaluw)!
- You will now receive the recipes when you receive just one ingredient from them.
- Any player around can now hear the flickering sound from Flickering Flashlight.
## **💻 Technical**
- Remove all instances of UUIDs being used to log and remove markers. - This improved performance A LOT.
- Merged some uses of @a to improve performance.
- Improved performance on same-block light sources.
- Added a cooldown override for technical events. - Should fix any unknown bugs with light toggling.
- Reorganized certain parts of the pack.
## **📷 Images**
[1.0.0] ✨Release v1.0.0 - 1.21.2-1.21.4 Forge/Fabric
by Unknown on Aug 01, 2025
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## Fear the dark like never before. Lights Out turns Minecraft's night into a near pitch-black abyss, where only the brave (and well-lit) survive.
## ATTENTION
Using a dynamic lights mod/datapack alongside this pack will ruin the challenge of the darkness. If you're okay with this, go for it, but if you want the true Lights Out experience we highly recommend leaving your dynamic lights mods off.
# Item Information
If you get one iron nugget both the candle and flashlight recipes will be added to your recipe book.
## Fear the dark like never before. Lights Out turns Minecraft's night into a near pitch-black abyss, where only the brave (and well-lit) survive.
## ATTENTION
Using a dynamic lights mod/datapack alongside this pack will ruin the challenge of the darkness. If you're okay with this, go for it, but if you want the true Lights Out experience we highly recommend leaving your dynamic lights mods off.
# Item Information
- Candles last much longer than flashlights but are harder to see with.
- Flashlights die quicker than candles but are brighter. - They can also be recharged.
If you get one iron nugget both the candle and flashlight recipes will be added to your recipe book.
[1.0.0] ✨Release v1.0.0 - 1.21.2-1.21.4 Datapack/Resourcepack
by Unknown on Aug 01, 2025
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## Fear the dark like never before. Lights Out turns Minecraft's night into a near pitch-black abyss, where only the brave (and well-lit) survive.
## ATTENTION
Using a dynamic lights mod/datapack alongside this pack will ruin the challenge of the darkness. If you're okay with this, go for it, but if you want the true Lights Out experience we highly recommend leaving your dynamic lights mods off.
# Item Information
If you get one iron nugget both the candle and flashlight recipes will be added to your recipe book.
## Fear the dark like never before. Lights Out turns Minecraft's night into a near pitch-black abyss, where only the brave (and well-lit) survive.
## ATTENTION
Using a dynamic lights mod/datapack alongside this pack will ruin the challenge of the darkness. If you're okay with this, go for it, but if you want the true Lights Out experience we highly recommend leaving your dynamic lights mods off.
# Item Information
- Candles last much longer than flashlights but are harder to see with.
- Flashlights die quicker than candles but are brighter. - They can also be recharged.
If you get one iron nugget both the candle and flashlight recipes will be added to your recipe book.
