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Dynamic Lighting and Offhand Addon (26.x, 1.21) – Light Up the Dark With Offhand Torches

Hold glowing items in your offhand to dynamically light up dark areas. Place torches in your left hand while exploring without needing experimental features.

69 MCPE
  • 1.21

Dynamic Lighting and Offhand Addon enables you to hold glowing items in your offhand to illuminate your surroundings as you explore. The addon lets you carry torches in your left hand during survival play while providing dynamic lighting from held light sources.

Activating the dynamic lighting and offhand addon in the behavior packs menu
Activating the dynamic lighting and offhand addon in the behavior packs menu

Features

  • Glowing items in your hand emit light that illuminates the surrounding area.
  • Hold a standard torch in your offhand while exploring.
  • Glowing blocks from the copper update are fully supported.
  • Optimized for mobile performance with minimal lag.
  • No experimental features or settings required to use.
Inventory screen showing a sea lantern with dynamic lighting range in the tooltip
Inventory screen showing a sea lantern with dynamic lighting range in the tooltip

Installation

  1. Download the addon file.
  2. Open the file with Minecraft to import it.
  3. Create or select a world and enable the addon in world settings.
  4. Load the world and start playing with dynamic offhand lighting.
Player character standing on a beach at night with dynamic lighting active
Player character standing on a beach at night with dynamic lighting active

Compatibility

This addon is designed for Minecraft 1.21 and works with the 26.x addon format. It does not require experimental gameplay features and runs on standard survival worlds.

Player holding a glowing block to illuminate the surrounding area at night
Player holding a glowing block to illuminate the surrounding area at night
Player using Dynamic Lighting And Offhand Addon to hold a torch while mining coal
Player using Dynamic Lighting And Offhand Addon to hold a torch while mining coal

DOWNLOAD FILES

  • mcaddon
    For MCPE/Bedrock 26.x, 1.21.x · Dynamic-Lighting-And-Offhand-Addon-26x.mcaddon
    • 1.21