Distant Horizons Mod lets you see much farther in Minecraft without slowing down your game. It adds a smart system that shows simplified terrain beyond the normal view distance. This means you can finally enjoy the view from that tall mountain or tower you built without performance issues.
Features:
Increases your view distance far beyond what vanilla Minecraft allows, for example, up to 512 chunks.
Renders distant chunks in a simplified form to keep the game running smoothly on your computer.
As you get closer to these areas, they automatically change back to fully detailed blocks.
Works with player-made structures, so you can see your own creations from far away.
Supports multiplayer. If the server has the mod, distant areas load for you automatically.
You can use it with some shaders if you also have mods like Iris or OptiFine installed.
Screenshots:
High altitude view of Minecraft terrain showing simplified chunks for extreme render distance
Variable Detail: Fake chunks closer will become larger and less detailed the further they are from the player, increasing performance.
A panoramic view of a Minecraft world showing a vast landscape and horizon
Distant Fog: Fog can be enabled and disabled in the config GUI.
Top down map view of a Minecraft world showing diverse biomes and terrain
256 render distance: By default the mod renders at 64, but can go up to 4096! (although anything above 512 may become difficult due to high RAM or GPU usage)
The Minecraft Nether dimension showing lava lakes and biomes with extended render distance
Cave/Nether support: Now you can see farther in caves! I mean, you still can’t see that far because you’re in a cave…
A snowy village built inside a massive ice crater with a boat nearby
Custom map support: Pictured: Super Hostile Iceolation
A vast landscape of green forests and blue lakes with high render distance
Ground level horizon
Square sun setting on the horizon viewed through dark green forest leaves
A Distant Horizon
Aerial view of a vast landscape with mountains and a volcano with lava flows
Modded Terrain Generation: Distant Horizons works with mod terrain generators!
A night landscape featuring a forest with cherry blossom trees and a moon
Night time forest
Villagers standing on a cliff overlooking a village and a vast ocean landscape
Cliff side: Vanilla render distance 4. Mod render distance 512.
A vast Minecraft landscape with a village overlooking a distant ocean horizon
Ciff side: Vanilla render distance 4. Mod render distance 512.
A visual guide showing different levels of detail for Minecraft chunks
Detail levels: The mod will render chunks at different detail levels depending on how far they are from you.
A white sheep stands on a hill overlooking a vast Minecraft landscape
Vertical Fog: Fog can be customized to change with vertical height along with horizontal distance.
Extreme render distance showing countless floating islands in the End dimension
The End: Finding end cities will be much easier now…
Vast Minecraft terrain with green fields and cherry blossoms stretching to snowy mountainsMinecraft debug screen displaying technical performance data over a wide landscape viewVast Minecraft landscape with distant mountains and cherry blossom biomes under blue skyPlayer in a red cloak overlooking a foggy lake with distant mountain peaks
It’s working