🏮 Beltborne Lanterns - MC 26.x Port

Free your hands, light your path!

This is a port of Beltborne Lanterns by 0xCoDSnet, updated to work with Minecraft 26.x (26.1 - 26.3).

✨ Features

• 🎒 Belt-mounted lanterns - Press B while holding any lantern to attach it to your belt
• 💡 Dynamic lighting - Lanterns emit light while on your belt (requires LambDynamicLights)
• 🎮 Realistic physics - Lanterns swing and sway as you move, jump, and fight
• 🎨 Full customization - Adjust position, rotation, and scale via ModMenu
• 🔧 Multi-lantern support - Works with vanilla lanterns, soul lanterns, and all copper variants
• 🌐 Multiplayer ready - See other players' belt lanterns in multiplayer

🎮 How to Use

1. Hold any lantern item in your hand
2. Press B (default keybind)
3. The lantern attaches to your belt and lights up your surroundings
4. Press B again to remove it back to your inventory

Toggle returns lantern to an empty inventory slot - no more accidentally replacing items!

⚙️ Requirements

• Minecraft 26.x
• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API
• Cloth Config
• ModMenu (optional, for in-game config)
• LambDynamicLights (optional, for glowing effect)

🔧 Configuration

Open ModMenu → Beltborne Lanterns to adjust:

• Lantern position (X, Y, Z offsets)
• Pivot point for physics
• Rotation angles
• Scale/size
• Debug visualization

🆕 Changes in This Port (v1.2.7)

• ✅ Updated rendering to MC 26.x API (Vulkan backend support)
• ✅ Fixed UV mapping for proper lantern textures
• ✅ Improved inventory handling (returns to empty slot instead of replacing)
• ✅ Updated default position values for better placement

📝 Credits

Original Mod: Beltborne Lanterns by 0xCoDSnet Ported to MC 26.x by: nuramri23

⚖️ License

Apache-2.0 (same as original mod)

🐛 Issues & Support

Report bugs or request features on the Issues page.

Note: This is a port for MC 26.x. For the official mod on older versions, visit the original Modrinth page.