Blendium Mod (1.20.4, 1.20.1) is a lightweight, client-side utility mod designed to enhance the visual integration between standard Minecraft terrain and the far-rendered landscapes produced by the Distant Horizons mod. By using alpha blending techniques, Blendium softens the transition lines between chunks and distant LODs (Levels of Detail), eliminating jarring borders and enhancing visual immersion especially when paired with Sodium for high performance.
This mod also offers optional support for Iris shaders, bringing customizable visual polish like reflection tinting and LOD brightness adjustment. Whether you’re flying above vast landscapes or capturing scenic views, Blendium ensures the world feels more cohesive and natural.
Features:
- Alpha Blending for Chunk Transitions
Smooths out the harsh visual edges between normal Minecraft chunks and faraway Distant Horizons terrain, creating a seamless world appearance. - LOD Brightness & Saturation Tweaks
Customize how far terrain is rendered with optional presets that adjust brightness, saturation, and visual tone of LODs to match your base world more closely. - Shader Compatibility (Iris Support)
Offers partial integration with Iris shaders, allowing water color blending and more realistic environmental transitions when using shaderpacks. - Client-Side Only
This mod requires no server-side installation. Simply install it on your client and enjoy improved visuals immediately great for singleplayer or compatible multiplayer clients. - Optimized for Sodium
Blendium was designed with Sodium in mind, ensuring compatibility with Minecraft’s best-performing rendering engine.
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Crafting Recipes:
Recommend that you should install Just Enough Items (for mods using Forge) or Roughly Enough Items (for mods using Fabric) to view the full recipes included in this mod.
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How to install:
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Why use Blendium Mod?
If you use Distant Horizons for long-range terrain rendering but hate the visible cutoffs between regular and LOD chunks, Blendium is your fix. It acts as a visual glue, blending terrain layers for better depth perception and realism. The addition of optional shader tweaks further helps integrate far views with your active world, and its lightweight design ensures it won’t hurt performance. It’s a perfect mod for builders, adventurers, and shader users who want a cleaner, more immersive world without installing anything server-side.
FAQs
Do I need Distant Horizons for this mod to work?
Yes. Blendium is specifically designed to enhance the visuals of Distant Horizons. It won’t function properly without it installed.
Can I use Blendium with Sodium and Iris?
Yes. Blendium works best with Sodium and has optional compatibility for Iris shaders. It’s designed to complement these rendering mods.
Does Blendium affect game performance?
No. It’s optimized for minimal performance impact and is fully client-side. You’ll still benefit from Sodium’s FPS boosts.
Will this mod work on servers?
Yes, since it’s client-side only, it will work on any server where Distant Horizons is also supported—no server mod installation is needed.
Are the LOD presets customizable?
Yes. Blendium includes built-in shader presets that can be adjusted for brightness, saturation, and reflection tone through the config files.
Download links
- Forge Version:download Download file
