AdvancedShadows

See shadows. Find skybases.

AdvancedShadows is a lightweight clientside mod that overlays colored carpets on the ground showing sky light levels — like a light level overlay, but for skylight. Perfect for hunting down skybase locations on survival or PvP servers.

How it works

Press F7 to toggle the overlay. Colored quads appear on all walkable surfaces around you:

• 🔴 Red — completely hidden from the sky (skylight 0)
• 🟠 Orange — heavily shadowed (skylight 1–7)
• 🟡 Yellow — partially shadowed (skylight 8–14)
• No overlay — full sky exposure

The overlay also renders on tree leaves, so you can walk through a forest canopy and immediately see which areas below are shadowed enough to hide a skybase.

Features

• Toggle with F7 (rebindable in Controls)
• Solid blocks + leaves support
• Overworld only (Nether/End auto-disabled)
• 16 block render radius
• Pure clientside — no mod needed on the server

Installation

Requires Fabric Loader + Fabric API for Minecraft 1.21.11.

1. Download the .jar
2. Place it in .minecraft/mods/
3. Launch → press F7

Compatibility

Works alongside Sodium, Iris, and other rendering mods. Multiplayer-safe (clientside only).