Sodium Leaf Culling

Intelligent leaf rendering optimization algorithm for Sodium on versions 1.21 and above

How does this mod work?

This Sodium addon significantly improves performance when rendering foliage, which typically requires more resources due to its transparency.

Unlike other foliage optimization mods, this solution integrates directly into Sodium's chunk rendering system and offers several new operating modes. By default, the "Aggressive Solid Rendering" mode is used, which converts the interior of large foliage clusters into fast opaque rendering while preserving detailed rendering of the outer layers. This can provide a substantial performance boost when using shaders in dense forests.

A more traditional "Hollow Rendering" mode is also available, which efficiently removes invisible vertices inside trees.

The mod is available for NeoForge and Fabric. Support for older Minecraft versions is not planned.