Installing Sodium - pajicadvance/sodium-fabric GitHub Wiki
Official Minecraft launcher
This is the usual way of installing Fabric and Quilt mods, which you may already be familiar with.
- Download and install Fabric or Quilt
- Download Sodium for your Minecraft version from Modrinth
- Drag and drop the downloaded file into the mods folder:
- Windows:
C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\mods
- Linux:
~/.minecraft/mods
- MacOS:
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/mods
- Windows:
- Launch the Fabric or Quilt profile from the Minecraft launcher to launch the game
- Verify that the mod is installed by going to Options -> Video Settings and seeing if the menu changed
Prism Launcher
This launcher is a bit harder to set up if you're not familiar with it, but provides benefits over the official launcher, especially if you're going to be using a lot of mods: easier mod management, a mod updater that keeps your mods up to date, ability to have multiple Minecraft installations completely separate from each other, and more.
- Download and install Prism Launcher
- Click on the "Add Instance" button in the top left
- Select your Minecraft version from the list
- Under "Mod Loader", select Fabric or Quilt, then select the version with a star next to it (recommended version)
- Name your instance (optional) and click OK
- Right click on the newly created instance and click "Edit..."
- Select the "Mods" tab from the left, then click on the "Download Mods" button from the right
- Select the "Modrinth" tab from the left, select Sodium from the mods list, then click on the "Select mod for download" button in the bottom right
- Click on the "Review and confirm" button in the bottom right, click OK, then close the Edit window
- Double click the instance icon to launch the game
- Verify that the mod is installed by going to Options -> Video Settings and seeing if the menu changed