{"id":79037,"date":"2026-06-04T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/handheld-moon\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:23:20","slug":"handheld-moon","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/handheld-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Handheld Moon &#8211; (with flashlight)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>![Handheld Moon](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/88b45c7fc8d9f8aad082353d4813f20f833a0604.png)<\/p>\n<p># Handheld Moon<\/p>\n<p>This mod adds several large-area lighting items such as flashlights and mini moons.<\/p>\n<p>Require dependency Sodium\/Embeddium Dynamic Lights for forge, and LambDynamicLights for other loader.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PwSvrehZuco\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowFullscreen=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>## Main Features<\/p>\n<p>The mod currently contains two core items: **FullMoon** and **MoonlightLamp**.<\/p>\n<p>The lighting features are very easy to understand \u2014 a few pictures say it all:<\/p>\n<p>![Other players using the MoonlightLamp](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/7d02728e58b8609dae8acce41e9b522a716ca3e3.jpeg)<\/p>\n<p>> (Other players using the MoonlightLamp)<\/p>\n<p>![First-person using the MoonlightLamp](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/a8a63163a6cce7e096cb23b7051c7bb018ee7244.jpeg)<\/p>\n<p>> (First-person using the MoonlightLamp)<\/p>\n<p>![Placed MoonlightLamp](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/ea8a166a6ec62f3dc824adf48d58bb5d6079741d.jpeg)<\/p>\n<p>> (Placed MoonlightLamp)<\/p>\n<p>![Comparison: FullMoon, MoonlightLamp, torch](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/0bd1bd6d861a4995ef92bb8d2d60b00c1f0aea3c.jpeg)<\/p>\n<p>> (Comparison: FullMoon, MoonlightLamp, torch)<\/p>\n<p>![However, it&#8217;s cool!](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/dbe526cfb5aaae99dfa9f6bd68e6a0d537b135a2.jpeg))<\/p>\n<p>> (However, it&#8217;s cool!)<\/p>\n<p>In the fifth image the item glowing is the **FullMoon**. It provides a lighting radius of **18**, and its falloff is specially tuned so it only noticeably darkens very close to the edge. Think of it as a mini moon!<\/p>\n<p>The **FullMoon** can be used to craft the **MoonlightLamp**. Although the latter limits the lighting angle, it increases the illumination distance to **32**!<\/p>\n<p>Note: this mod depends on **dynamic lighting** and builds on vanilla lighting behavior. The lighting shown above uses the vanilla lightmap, so it generally doesn\u2019t cause compatibility issues.<\/p>\n<p>On top of vanilla lighting, the **MoonlightLamp** adds a shader filter to make up for vanilla lighting\u2019s lack of brightness and to give the lit area a slightly overexposed look.<\/p>\n<p>Use right-click to toggle the MoonlightLamp on\/off, or use the control hotkey (default **V**) to switch. While holding the control hotkey you can use the mouse wheel to adjust the shader strength. Mouse left-click toggles vanilla lighting, and mouse right-click toggles the global third-person beam.<\/p>\n<p>What is the third-person beam? When other players in your view use a **MoonlightLamp**, a very noticeable beam is emitted to make up for vanilla lighting\u2019s limited expressiveness.<\/p>\n<p>If you place a **MoonlightLamp** on the ground it will also emit a beam and act as a \u201csearchlight.\u201d You can right-click to toggle it, or sneak + use the mouse wheel to change the beam\u2019s direction. Aiming the crosshair at a side causes horizontal rotation; aiming at the top or bottom causes vertical rotation.<\/p>\n<p>![Spooky!](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/f08e001f699784595a514e4aca78d82f3f248b3f.jpeg)<\/p>\n<p>> (Spooky!)<\/p>\n<p>## Mod Integrations<\/p>\n<p>The mod already has planned integrations with several other mods such as TaCZ, Superb Warfare, and Sona Survival 101.<\/p>\n<p>TaCZ integration is already underway \u2014 when both mods are installed two additional attachments become available for the MoonlightLamp: a \u201cmuzzle\u201d version and a \u201claser\u201d version.<\/p>\n<p>An accessory slot integration has also been added: a new **shoulder accessory** slot specifically for holding flashlights, allowing quick toggling via the control hotkey.<\/p>\n<p>More integrations with other mods are actively in progress.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting Valkyrie and Create are planned as well, but \u201cmoving blocks\u201d are rich in design possibilities and won\u2019t be expected for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>## Compatibility<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, this mod\u2019s changes to vanilla lighting and shaders are fully compatible with shader packs, but the third-person beam may fail to render or appear as a laser under some shader packs \u2014 please toggle it off if that happens.<\/p>\n<p>![\u300cMaster Spark\u300d](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/66d162631524fbd4601db9aa029d6244638841f4.jpeg)<\/p>\n<p>> (\u300cMaster Spark\u300d)<\/p>\n<p>Performance-wise, thanks to Mojang\u2019s vanilla lighting optimizations since **1.20**, this mod\u2019s overhead is modest. The shader component has the biggest FPS impact; if you want maximum performance you can set the shader intensity to **0** (turn it off).<\/p>\n<p>LightOcclusion and ConeRaycast may has more FPS impact, so they are disabled for default.<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter other compatibility issues, please report them.<\/p>\n<p>## Future Plans<\/p>\n<p>*   Configurable lighting range and angle<br \/>\n*   Colored lighting<br \/>\n*   More lighting items<br \/>\n*   More mod integrations<br \/>\n*   Allow beams to emit from body parts other than the face<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adds several large-area lighting items such as flashlights and mini moons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79038,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"handheld-moon","_minecraft_project_id":"pKlHQBvX","_minecraft_author":"MerrySnow","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":12848,"_minecraft_follows":41,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"handheld-moon.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":566665,"_minecraft_version_count":4,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T01:35:52.078528Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-12-08T08:12:42.731494Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-04-21T10:02:18.291228Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/handheld-moon","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":79038,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-04T13:23:22+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"ccf5555c78025011ceb8d37c2f903cac","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[156,97,104,158,92],"mod_loader":[99,106,160],"minecraft_version":[36,60,93,94,101,102,37,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-79037","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-decoration","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-forge","mod_category-neoforge","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-fabric","mod_loader-forge","mod_loader-neoforge","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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