Veil
Upgrade your modding potential with cutting-edge rendering and game-engine features. Built for modders, by modders.
- Loaders
- FabricNeoForge
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 522K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 170
- versions
- 109
- Updated
- October 10, 2026Oct 10
- Published
- in 2024
At a glance
Needed in the game; optional on the server

Veil is a sophisticated collection of tools and utilities designed to facilitate advanced rendering for Minecraft mod developers. Our goal is to enable more modern game-engine level content in Java Minecraft, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in modding.
About Veil:
- Colors: Manage colors and use them with Themes.
- Easings: Apply easing functions for more natural motion.
- Framebuffer: JSON-driven custom framebuffers.
- Post Processing: A custom post-processing pipeline with easy texture binding.
- Shaders: Full support for all OpenGL shader types, with HLSL and Spir-V support potentially coming in the future.
- Shader Modification: Inject and modify existing shaders to suit your needs.
- Necromancer: Bone-based animated models with support for independent entity skeletons and models.
Links:
Learn more at the Developer Wiki: Veil Wiki
Explore our Example Mod: Example Mod
Join our Discord here: Foundry Discord
FAQ
How to install Veil?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Veil 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 Veil support?
Veil has builds for Minecraft 1.21.1.
Is Veil needed on the server?
Needed in the game; optional on the server