{"id":138027,"date":"2026-06-08T06:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/shadow-mounts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:56:02","slug":"shadow-mounts","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/shadow-mounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Mounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.serilum.com\/description\/header\/header.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https:\/\/workflow.serilum.com\/badges\/svg\/curseforge.svg&#038;w=400\" width=\"200\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https:\/\/workflow.serilum.com\/badges\/svg\/modrinth.svg&#038;w=400\" width=\"200\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https:\/\/workflow.serilum.com\/badges\/svg\/patreon.svg&#038;w=400\" width=\"200\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https:\/\/workflow.serilum.com\/badges\/svg\/youtube.svg&#038;w=400\" width=\"200\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Requires the library mod&nbsp;Collective.<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\">Shadow Mounts is a mod made for SpookyJam 2024, which adds the Shadow Saddle item. This unique saddle can be put on any horse, and it will transform it into its shadow form. The texture will darken and markings will take on soul fire blue. When ridden, it will show particle effects!<\/p>\n<p>At the moment the effect is purely visual, but I plan on adding more features in the future.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:20px\">Configurable:<\/span> <span style=\"color:#008000;font-size:14px\">(&nbsp;how do I configure?&nbsp;)<\/span><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><strong>darkenHorseTexture<\/strong>&nbsp;(default = true): Whether the horse&#8217;s texture should be darkened when equiped with a shadow saddle.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><strong>showShadowHorseParticles<\/strong>&nbsp;(default = true): Whether the particles should be shown for shadow mounts.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><strong>onlyShowParticlesWhenRiding<\/strong>&nbsp;(default = true): If enabled, shadow mount particles are only shown when a player is riding them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>The recipe to create a Shadow Saddle:<\/strong><\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.serilum.com\/projects\/shadow-mounts\/a.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>A Shadow Mount will output special particle effects:<br \/><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Some when standing still, and lots when moving!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Show Spoiler<\/summary>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.serilum.com\/projects\/shadow-mounts\/b.webp\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>The new saddle transforms any horse into its shadow variant:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Show Spoiler<\/summary>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.serilum.com\/projects\/shadow-mounts\/c.webp\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the Modrinth ecosystem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\">Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Comments are disabled as I&#8217;m unable to keep track of all the separate pages on each mod.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><br \/>For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the&nbsp;Github repo. 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