Heed The Light

Heed the Light

The dark is dangerous. Stay in darkness too long, and it will start to hurt.

Heed the Light adds a simple, brutal mechanic to Minecraft 1.20.1: when you linger in
low light levels (6 or below by default), a brief grace period begins — and when it ends,
the darkness starts dealing damage. The longer you stay in the dark, the harder it hits.
Keep a torch in hand. Watch the edges of your screen. The darkness is watching you back.

Features

• Darkness damage that ramps up — after the grace period, damage is dealt every few ticks and gets stronger the longer you stay out of the light
• Subtle vignette warning — the edges of your screen darken during the grace period and intensify as the damage ramps, so you always know how much trouble you’re in
• Fully configurable — light threshold, grace period, damage interval, base damage, ramp rate and damage cap are all adjustable
• In-game config screen — settings can be changed through Mod Menu (Cloth Config), or directly in config/heed_the_light.json
• LambDynamicLights support — dynamic light sources count toward your light level

Defaults

| Setting | Default |
| — | — |
| Max dangerous light level | 6 |
| Grace period | 15 seconds |
| Damage interval | 1.5 seconds |
| Starting damage | 1 heart |
| Damage ramp per interval | +0.5 heart |
| Max damage per hit | 10 hearts |

Compatibility

• Loaders: Fabric and Forge (requires Architectury API)
• Required: Cloth Config
• Recommended: Mod Menu (config screen), LambDynamicLights (dynamic lights)

License

MIT