Better Skies Datapack, Sunsets and Night Colours

Better Skies — a nicer sky, without a resource pack

**Deeper sunsets, brighter stars and a blue night instead of a grey one. It
runs on the server, so every player sees it and nobody installs anything.**

Everything that looks like this is normally a resource pack: every player has
to download it, and anyone who does not still sees the old sky. Since Minecraft
26.1 the day cycle lives in a data file the server sends to the client — so a
datapack can do it for everyone at once.

What it changes

Read straight out of the pack, not claimed:

| | vanilla | Better Skies |
|—|—|—|
| Night brightness | 24 % | 34 % — dark, but you can still see what you build |
| Star brightness (peak) | 0.50 | 0.95 — nearly twice as bright |
| Sunset keyframes lit | 23 | 27 — the glow fades in earlier and lingers |
| Night sky colour | #000000 | #141c36 — a deep blue night |

Everything else in the day cycle is left exactly as vanilla has it: the sun’s
path, the moon phases, villager schedules, mob spawning. Only the look changes.

Installation

Server

1. Put the .zip into <level-name>/datapacks/
2. /reload, or restart

Singleplayer

1. Put the .zip into .minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacks/
2. /reload

Works on a world you already play — it changes no world data.

Compatibility

• Minecraft 26.1, 26.2 and 26.3 — pick the download for your version
• Vanilla, Fabric, NeoForge, Paper, Purpur, Folia — it is a datapack
• Server-side only. Players install nothing.
• Mob spawning is untouched: the night is lit differently, not made safer.

FAQ

Is this a resource pack?
No. That is the point. A resource pack has to be installed by every player;
this runs on the server and reaches everyone.

Does it change gameplay?
No. Only the visual tracks of the day cycle.

Can I remove it later?
Yes. Take the zip out and /reload; the sky goes back to vanilla.

Does it work in singleplayer?
Yes, the same way — drop it into the world’s datapacks folder.