Install Distant Horizons for Minecraft 1.21.1

Choose Fabric or NeoForge for your existing Minecraft setup, then use the matching Distant Horizons build and dependencies. This overview helps you choose a loader; the loader pages below contain the version-specific path.

Install Distant Horizons

Download and set up Distant Horizons for your Minecraft version. Select your version and mod loader to get started.

Distant Horizons 3.2.0-b

For Minecraft 1.21.1Fabricbeta

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Required & Recommended Dependencies

Fabric APIRequired
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SodiumRecommended

Highly recommended for performance

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Iris ShadersRecommended

Required for shader support

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IndiumRecommended

Required if using Sodium + Fabric Rendering API mods

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Quick Installation Steps

1

Install Fabric for Minecraft 1.21.1

2

Download and place Fabric API in your mods folder

3

Download Distant Horizons 3.2.0-b from the link above

4

Place the DH .jar file in your .minecraft/mods folder

5

Install recommended dependencies (Sodium/Iris for Fabric, Embeddium/Oculus for NeoForge)

6

Launch Minecraft with the Fabric profile and verify that distant terrain appears.

Download Distant Horizons for Minecraft 1.21.1 on Fabric. This guide covers the complete installation process including all required dependencies like Fabric API, Sodium, Iris, and Indium. Distant Horizons is a free, open-source Minecraft LOD mod that extends your view distance up to 512+ chunks.

Other Minecraft Versions

Use the overview when choosing a loader. Once you know your loader, open its dedicated page for the exact download and dependency path.