Cull LeavesMods · 1.16 – 26.xAdds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla.
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Smart leaf culling algorithm for Sodium on 1.21+
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Sodium Leaf Culling is a mod made by Txni. Smart leaf culling algorithm for Sodium on 1.21+.
It supports Minecraft 1.21. It has been downloaded 6,580,249 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Apr 7, 2025.
Sodium Leaf Culling has had 4 releases on Modrinth since Aug 23, 2024. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.0.1, released on Apr 7, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.1. It runs on Fabric. The download is 293 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.1 | Apr 7, 2025 | 1.21.1 | Release |
1.0.1 | Apr 7, 2025 | 1.21.1 | Release |
1.0.0 | Aug 23, 2024 | 1.21.1 | Release |
1.0.0 | Aug 23, 2024 | 1.21.1 | Release |
Smart leaf culling algorithm for Sodium on 1.21+
This Sodium addon optimizes the performance of leaves, which are typically more costly to render due to their transparency.
Unlike other leaf culling performance mods, this mod injects directly into Sodium's chunk mesh render pipeline and provides a few new modes. The default is "Solid Aggressive," which will make the insides of large blocks of leaves run in solid non-transparent FAST mode, while maintaining the FANCY mode leaves on the outside. This can lead to a sizable performance boost when using shaders in a dense forest. A more traditional "Hollow" culling mode is also available, which greedily culls vertices inside the tree.
Downloads are available for NeoForge and Fabric. It will not be backported.
Written by Txni. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.
This mod runs only on your own game. Servers do not need it, so you can use it on any server.
Install Fabric and NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.
Add the mods it needs: Fabric API and Sodium.
Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the mods folder of your .minecraft directory.
Start Minecraft with the Fabric profile.
Easier: in Prism Launcher or the Modrinth App, search for Sodium Leaf Culling in your instance's mods and click Install. It adds the loader and the mods it needs for you.
Full guide: How to install Minecraft mods
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Leaf Cullingthe one you looked at | 6.6M | 1.21 | Apr 7, 2025 | Free |
| Cull LeavesMotschen | 10.9M | 1.16 – 26.x | Oct 10, 2026 | Free |
 Sodiumjellysquid3 | 251.1M | 1.16 – 26.x | 3 days ago | Free |
 Entity Cullingtr7zw | 187.4M | 1.8 – 26.x | Oct 8, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Sodium Leaf Culling is free to download from Modrinth.
Client-side. Sodium Leaf Culling goes in your own mods folder and works on any server, including servers without mods.
Yes: Fabric API, Sodium. Install it before Sodium Leaf Culling.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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