Path between darkness and light

Path between darkness and light

This mod was created by the Path between darkness and light team using MCreator, for the Jam Drops 2026 contest.

Description

This mod adds several features built around the theme of light and darkness.

The core of the mod is a gauge that shows the player their current level of light. This gauge can go up or down depending on the player’s actions.

The light/darkness gauge

A gauge showing how much the player is in the light or in the darkness.

It is displayed above the player’s health bar. Some items can make the gauge go up or down…

The gems

There are two gems: the light gem and the darkness gem.

They can be used to raise or lower the light gauge. Right-clicking a light gem raises the gauge, while right-clicking a darkness gem lowers it. These gems are obtained by defeating the light and darkness bosses.

Gems can also be used as currency between players. For example, a player who is interested in light could trade darkness gems for light gems with another player.

The bosses

There are two bosses in this mod: the Light Boss and the Darkness Boss.

The Light Boss

This boss lives in a Temple of Light, so you need to find a temple to fight it. When it dies, the Light Boss drops a light gem, which the player can use to raise their light gauge.

Attack

The Light Boss uses a ranged attack. When the projectile it fires hits you, a lightning bolt strikes you from the sky! Fortunately, the boss doesn’t always hit its target, and you can dodge the attack if you are quick and keep moving.

The Darkness Boss

This boss is the opposite of the Light Boss. It lives in a Temple of Darkness. When it dies, the Darkness Boss drops a darkness gem, which the player can use to lower their light gauge.

Attack

This boss also fires a projectile, but this one creates a hole under your feet!

The Darkness Boss wants to send you into the dark. Its dream: to make you fall through the bedrock layer and into the void! Fortunately, the hole isn’t deep enough to take you through the bedrock, but it is deep enough to kill you!

The hole has a variable width and depth. The depth varies between 1 and 30 blocks, and the width varies between 1 and 10 blocks.

Summoning the bosses

In the temples

The bosses live in their temples, so you will find them by discovering a temple.

Summoning a boss

You can summon a boss using a spawn egg. To obtain the egg, you must have reached the maximum level of light or darkness on the gauge. You can then craft the Light Boss or Darkness Boss spawn egg (depending on whether you are at maximum light or maximum darkness).

In Creative mode, you can spawn them with the spawn eggs without needing to reach the maximum level of light or darkness.

The mobs

In addition to the two bosses, this mod adds several mobs.

Light Priest

This mob is associated with the Light Boss. It helps spread light across the world, but above all it helps fight the player!

There are two variants of the Light Priest: one fights by firing an orb of light, the other fights in melee.

Light Guardian

This mob is also associated with the Light Boss. Unlike the Light Priest, the Guardian only fights in melee, which makes it a bit less powerful than the Light Priest.

Healing Light Priest

This variant of the Light Priest heals other mobs. It will only attack you if you hit it first, but it is usually accompanied by other light mobs, which will not hesitate to attack you.

Light mobs vs. darkness mobs

Light mobs and darkness mobs hate each other, of course! They can’t stand being within about twenty blocks of one another. If that happens, they will fight to the death!

All light mobs (the boss, the priests…) and all darkness mobs will fight each other.

You can of course use this to your advantage to defeat them more easily!

The Temple of Light and the Temple of Darkness

These temples are the homes of the bosses and of the other mobs associated with them.

Temple of Light

This temple is a tall wooden tower with light blocks at the top. It has 3 floors:

• The first floor is a parkour course leading to the second floor.
• The second floor is home to the light mobs, and there are plenty of them!
• The third floor is the top of the tower, where the Light Boss keeps watch.

This structure generates in all Overworld biomes.

Temple of Darkness

This temple is a pyramid made of darkness blocks. It has 3 floors:

• The first floor is a large dark space. It’s up to you to discover what it hides.
• The second floor is the Darkness Boss’s chamber. It is very dark here too. You will have to fight the boss in this room.
• The third floor is the top of the pyramid. Unfortunately, it has been abandoned for a very long time, so there are no stairs or ladders to get up there. It’s up to you to find a way in!

The blocks

This mod adds new blocks (as well as stairs, slabs and walls).

There are light and darkness blocks, slabs, stairs and walls.

Naturally, light blocks are bright and give off a lot of light.

In Creative mode, you will find these blocks in the mod’s creative tab…

Crafting

Light and darkness blocks are crafted from 4 light or darkness gems. They can then be turned into slabs, stairs or walls, using the same kind of recipes as other blocks in the game, such as wood.

The items

This mod adds many new items. There are the gems, the light and darkness items, and a few others:

The Sword of Darkness

This sword is dark and mysterious!

You gain the Strength effect when you hit an enemy with this sword.

The Sword of Light

This sword is bright and radiant!

While the sword is in your hand, you gain several effects:

• Night Vision
• Extra health
• Resistance

You can download the presentation’s video here

Download

We also make releases available on GitHub for beta and testing versions:

GitHub Releases

License

MIT License