ItemBeam
Highlights dropped items with customizable colored beams based on tooltip keywords.
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 863
- Followers on Modrinth
- 1
- versions
- 3
- Updated
- August 9, 2026Aug 9
- Published
- in 2025
At a glance
Install in the game only; not needed on the server
ItemBeam - Advanced Item Highlighting Mod
ItemBeam is a powerful visual enhancement mod that transforms how you interact with dropped items in Minecraft by adding customizable colored beams to highlight valuable loot based on tooltip keywords.
🌟 Core Features
- Tooltip-Based Scanning: The mod intelligently scans item tooltips for specific keywords and highlights matching dropped items with colored beams
- Full Tooltip Analysis: Examines all tooltip text including item names, descriptions, enchantments, and modded content
- Real-Time Processing: Instantly detects and highlights items as they're dropped or enter your view range
- Colored Light Beams: Items are highlighted with vertical beacon-style light beams that extend upward from dropped items
- Dynamic Animation: Beams feature animated textures that move smoothly, making them highly visible
- Adjustable Transparency: Each beam rule supports individual opacity settings from 0-100% for perfect visibility balance
- Color Customization: Full hex color support (#RRGGBB format) allowing unlimited color combinations
- Priority System: Rules are processed in order, with the first matching rule determining the beam color
- Enable/Disable Toggle: Individual rules can be quickly enabled or disabled without deletion
- Persistent Configuration: All settings are automatically saved to
config/itembeam.json - Easy Access: Press 'V' key (configurable) to open the rules management screen
- Visual Rule Management: Clean interface showing keyword, color, opacity, and status for each rule
- Scrollable List: Handles unlimited rules with smooth scrolling for large rule sets
- Validation: Built-in validation prevents invalid hex colors or opacity values
Pre-Configured Rarity Settings
- VOID - Black beams (100% opacity)
- MYTHIC - Red beams (75% opacity)
- LEGENDARY - Orange beams (50% opacity)
- EPIC - Magenta beams (35% opacity)
- RARE - Cyan beams (20% opacity)
FAQ
How to install ItemBeam?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download ItemBeam 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 ItemBeam support?
ItemBeam has builds for Minecraft 1.21.4, 1.21.8, 1.21.11.
Is ItemBeam needed on the server?
Client only — no need to install it on the server