Sodium Extra Mod
A Sodium addon that adds features that shouldn't be in Sodium • client-side • Fabric / NeoForge / Quilt
📖 Mod Overview & Core Features
Sodium Extra aims to bring most of OptiFine's eye-candy options to Sodium; in addition to providing some features such as visual bug fixes and other performance options that are not yet available on Sodium.
🎨 Animations Settings
- Control fire, water, lava, block animations – customize which animations are enabled.
- Fine-tune animation speed – adjust the speed of various animated textures.
- Disable specific animations – improve performance by turning off unnecessary animations.
✨ Particles Settings
- Control all types of particles – including ones from other mods.
- Adjust particle density – reduce or increase particle counts.
- Disable specific particle types – fine-tune which particles appear.
🌌 Details Settings
- Control sky, stars, sun/moon – customize celestial rendering.
- Weather control – adjust rain and snow visibility.
- Miscellaneous details – fine-tune visual elements.
🖥️ Render & Extra Settings
- Fog control – adjust fog density and distance.
- Static entities – control rendering of stationary entities.
- Extra Settings – display FPS, coordinates, toast notifications, clouds, and much more.
🔧 Feature Breakdown
📋 Animations
- Fire, water, lava, portal animations.
- Block and fluid animations.
- Customizable animation speeds.
💨 Particles
- All particle types (vanilla & modded).
- Particle density control.
- Particle culling options.
🌤️ Details
- Sky, stars, sun, moon rendering.
- Weather effects (rain, snow).
- Cloud rendering options.
🖥️ Render
- Fog distance & density.
- Static entity rendering.
- Miscellaneous rendering tweaks.
📊 Extra
- FPS display overlay.
- Coordinates HUD.
- Toast notification control.
- Cloud rendering options.
🔗 More Details
- See a more detailed explanation of what features are included in Sodium Extra here.
- Visual bug fixes for Sodium.
- Performance options not yet available in Sodium.
🛠️ Technical Summary
🧠 Architecture & Data
- Client-side only – pure visual mod; no server-side changes.
- Sodium integration – extends Sodium's rendering pipeline with additional options.
- Mixins – uses Mixin to hook into Sodium's rendering engine.
- Configurable – all settings are stored in a config file.
📦 Loader & Dependencies
- Fabric – requires Fabric Loader + Fabric API + Sodium.
- NeoForge – requires NeoForge + Sodium (NeoForge version).
- Quilt – requires Quilt Loader + QSL + Sodium.
- Required – Sodium must be installed for this mod to work.
⚙️ Core Mechanics
- Animation control – intercepts and modifies animation rendering.
- Particle management – filters and adjusts particle rendering.
- Detail toggles – enables/disables specific visual elements.
- HUD overlays – adds FPS, coordinates, and other info displays.
🔧 Advanced Features
- Fog customization – fine-tune fog rendering.
- Static entity optimization – improved rendering for stationary entities.
- Toast notification control – manage in-game toast messages.
- Cloud rendering options – customize cloud appearance.
/* Technical highlights */
• Uses Mixin to extend Sodium's rendering pipeline.
• All settings are stored in /config/sodium-extra.json.
• Animation control uses Sodium's animation system hooks.
• Particle management filters particles before they are rendered.
• HUD overlays are rendered using the game's built-in overlay system.
• Fog control modifies Sodium's fog rendering calculations.
• Uses Mixin to extend Sodium's rendering pipeline.
• All settings are stored in /config/sodium-extra.json.
• Animation control uses Sodium's animation system hooks.
• Particle management filters particles before they are rendered.
• HUD overlays are rendered using the game's built-in overlay system.
• Fog control modifies Sodium's fog rendering calculations.
📥 Installation Guide
🧵 Fabric Installation
RECOMMENDED Best performance & stability
1. Install the Fabric Loader (recommended version for your MCPE version).
2. Download Fabric API from Modrinth or CurseForge.
3. Download Sodium (required dependency).
4. Download SodiumExtra-Fabric-[version].jar.
5. Place all JARs in .minecraft/mods/.
Example mods folder:
└── mods/
├── fabric-api-0.92.0+1.20.1.jar
├── sodium-fabric-0.5.0+1.20.1.jar
└── SodiumExtra-Fabric-1.2.0+1.20.1.jar
└── mods/
├── fabric-api-0.92.0+1.20.1.jar
├── sodium-fabric-0.5.0+1.20.1.jar
└── SodiumExtra-Fabric-1.2.0+1.20.1.jar
✅ Note: Sodium is mandatory.
⚙️ NeoForge / Quilt Installation
ALTERNATIVE For modpacks relying on NeoForge or Quilt
1. Install the recommended NeoForge or Quilt version.
2. Download Sodium (NeoForge or Quilt version).
3. Download SodiumExtra-[loader]-[version].jar.
4. Place both JARs in mods/.
5. Launch the profile.
Example mods folder (NeoForge):
└── mods/
├── sodium-neoforge-0.5.0+1.20.1.jar
└── SodiumExtra-NeoForge-1.2.0+1.20.1.jar
└── mods/
├── sodium-neoforge-0.5.0+1.20.1.jar
└── SodiumExtra-NeoForge-1.2.0+1.20.1.jar
⚠️ Important: Sodium is required for this mod to work.
📌 Universal steps & recommendations
- Modpack: Available on Modrinth and CurseForge. Recommended launchers: Modrinth App, Prism Launcher, MultiMC.
- Client-side only – works perfectly without server installation.
- Performance tip: Disabling unnecessary animations and particles can improve FPS.
- Mod compatibility: Works with most mods; if you encounter issues, check the GitHub page.
- Data location: Config in
/config/sodium-extra.json.
⚡ Quick setup:
1. Install Fabric/NeoForge/Quilt for your MCPE version.
2. Add Sodium + Sodium Extra JARs to "mods" folder.
3. Launch the game — the mod works automatically!
4. Adjust settings in the Sodium Extra menu or config file.
1. Install Fabric/NeoForge/Quilt for your MCPE version.
2. Add Sodium + Sodium Extra JARs to "mods" folder.
3. Launch the game — the mod works automatically!
4. Adjust settings in the Sodium Extra menu or config file.
✅ Fabric: Fabric Loader + Fabric API + Sodium + SodiumExtra-Fabric
✅ NeoForge/Quilt: Loader + Sodium + SodiumExtra
📦 Place JARs in /mods folder
🖥️ Client-side only
📋 Compatibility & FAQ
🕹️ Supported versions
26.2
26.1.x
1.21.x
1.20.x
1.19.x
1.18.x
1.17.x
1.16.2–1.16.5
Platforms
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
Environments: Client-side only
❓ Common Questions
Do I need Sodium installed for this mod to work?
You will need to download Sodium for this mod to work.
Can I re-host/upload this mod somewhere else?
Yes, as long as you provide the mod source code. Preferably if you message/ask for permission first.
Will you add x features to this mod?
No, unless I explicitly state that I will.
I have more questions!
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📦 Modpack Permissions
This is a free and open-source project; you can include it in your mod pack as long as you provide attribution!
Sodium Extra Mod · by FlashyReese · made for optimizers and customizers.