A small vanilla-style improvement that gives every candle its own pool of melted wax.
Overview

Better Candles improves all vanilla candles by adding a small puddle of molten wax around their base. Each puddle matches the color of its respective candle, adding a little more detail and character while staying close to Minecraft's original visual style. The change is intentionally subtle: candles still look unmistakably vanilla, but now feel as though they have actually been burning and melting over time.
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Features

🕯️ All Vanilla Candles	Every vanilla candle color is supported.
🎨 Color-Matched Wax	Every wax puddle matches the candle placed above it.
✨ Subtle Detail	Adds extra detail without dramatically changing the original candle design.
🌿 Vanilla-Friendly	Designed to blend naturally with Minecraft's existing art style.
📦 Lightweight	A focused resource pack that changes only what it needs to.

🧩 Compatibility

Dye Depot is fully supported.

Better Candles includes matching melted wax textures for all 16 additional candle colors added by Dye Depot.

The extra candles receive the same treatment as the vanilla variants, keeping their wax colors consistent with the candles themselves.

📥 Installation

Recommended — Modrinth

The easiest way to install Better Candles is directly through Modrinth.

If you use the Modrinth App, simply add Better Candles to your Minecraft instance and Modrinth will handle the installation for you.

When browsing on the Modrinth website, use the available install option to open the project directly in the Modrinth App.

This is the recommended installation method, as it makes selecting and managing the correct resource pack version much easier.

Manual Installation

1. Download the appropriate Better Candles version.
2. Place the downloaded .zip file inside your Minecraft resourcepacks folder.
3. Open Options → Resource Packs in Minecraft.
4. Move Better Candles to the active resource packs.
5. Enjoy!

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_{Better Candles is created by DoomedArtemis as part of Intelligence Modding.}

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1.1.0-mc1.21.9

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