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Immersive Storms

Immersive fog and weather effects for mountains, deserts, pale gardens, and more!

FabricNeoForgeQuilt
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FabricNeoForgeQuilt
Downloads on Modrinth
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Followers on Modrinth
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18
Updated
October 18, 2026Oct 18
Published
in 2025
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At a glance

Runs on Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt
For Minecraft 1.21.5–26.3
Client only — no need to install it on the server
Latest version — 2.0.0+26.1.x-beta.1 from October 18, 2026
Requires YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)
License LGPL-3.0-or-later — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn servernot needed

Install in the game only; not needed on the server

Game versions1.21.5–26.3

Immersive Storms

A small client-side mod that adds subtle and immersive fog and particle effects to various biomes, based on the weather.

Sandstorms

A Sandstorm blowing in across the Desert

Deserts, Badlands, and Savannas are now affected by Sandstorms. When it rains in the world, a dense sandy fog will close in and a fierce wind will kick up new dust particles. When thunderstorms roll in, this fog will get even thicker, making it very difficult to see where you are going.


Snowy Fog

Blizzard fog in a Snowy Taiga

Fog is now whiter during snowy weather, and will get thicker during thunder storms, signalling a blizzard. While not as harsh as sandstorms, blizzards do still reduce visibility.


Foggy Swamps

Swamp fog during a rain storm

A thick Fog now envelopes Swamps during rainy weather. This fog is as thick as the thickest sandstorms, but in all rainy weather, not just thunderstorms. This also applies in Pale Gardens, a much requested feature from the community.

Ambient Wind

Windswept hills and mountains have been made more windy in all weather conditions. A soft breeze will now carry bits of dust and rock with them. Deserts and badlands have been given this effect too (though the sound is a vanilla thing).


Compatibility

  • Scorchful: This mod is a standalone extraction of the sandstorm feature from Scorchful and is bundled with that mod as of 1.21.5.
  • Particle Rain: This mod is also compatible with Particle Rain. Sandstorm particles and sounds will be automatically disabled if Particle Rain is detected. Rain particles will also be made black in the Pale Gardens.
  • Subtle Effects: Rain will be made black in the Pale Gardens.
  • Shader Packs: The fog effects of this mod likely do not, and will not ever, work with most shaders packs as they have separate handling for fog. However, the particle and sound effects should work just fine.
  • Neoforge (Connector): This mod may work with Neoforge via Sinytra connector on versions where it is available; but this will neither be tested for nor supported.

Help and Support

You can report any bugs or issues you find to: https://github.com/theDeathlyCow/immersive-storms/issues

You can also get technical support in my Discord at https://discord.thedeathlycow.com

FAQ

How to install Immersive Storms?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Immersive Storms for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Immersive Storms support?

Immersive Storms has builds for Minecraft 1.21.5–26.3.

Is Immersive Storms needed on the server?

Client only — no need to install it on the server

License and source
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or laterfree to use and share; changes to the mod itself must be published under the same license
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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