Thin Air [Forge & Fabric]

About the Modification

The Thin Air mod fundamentally changes the breathing mechanics in Minecraft, turning exploration of heights and depths into a genuine survival challenge. The further you move away from sea level, the more difficult it becomes to breathe. Ordinary cave expeditions or mountain climbs suddenly transform into life-threatening endeavors without proper air supply. And you'd better not even think about traveling to the Nether...

Main Features

Dangerous Breathing Zones

• Below Y=0 and above Y=128, you gradually lose air
• Breathing becomes difficult in the Nether
• There's no air at all in the End - breathing is impossible here

Protection Equipment

• Potions of Free Breathing (renamed from Water Breathing) provide temporary protection
• Respirators and Air Bladders will help you survive in dangerous conditions
• Soul Fire, Soul Torches, and Soul Campfires create safe zones
• Bottle of Soulfire restores your lungs

Useful Items

• Safety Lanterns change color in your inventory and in the world, showing air quality around you
• Lanterns can be dyed for decorative purposes
• Right-clicking a torch makes it emit particles - a great way to mark a cave exit

Additional Threats

• Drowned will choke the air out of you when attacking

Installation

IMPORTANT: REQUIRED ON CLIENT & REQUIRED ON SERVER

MANDATORY DEPENDENCIES:

• PUZZLES LIB (for Forge and Fabric)
• FABRIC API (Fabric only)
• FORGE CONFIG API PORT (Fabric only)

Configuration

Configuration can be easily changed directly in-game through the mod menu (requires installation of Mod Menu for Fabric or Forge Config Screens for Forge).

For manual configuration, all files are located in the .minecraft/config folder and are named MOD_ID-client.toml, MOD_ID-common.toml, or MOD_ID-server.toml depending on the configuration type. Not all types may be present for this mod.

On older mod versions, server configuration files are located in .minecraft/saves/WORLD_NAME/serverconfigs, meaning separate configuration is required for each world.

Credits

🌟 Many thanks to Petra for originally creating the Miner's Lung mod. Thin Air is a simple port of the original project to modern Minecraft versions.

🌟 Many thanks to AlphaMode for porting Miner's Lung to Minecraft 1.19.2, which served as the basis for Thin Air.