Minecraft Bobby mod: All you need to know

One of the most interesting genres of Minecraft mods are those for rendering distance. These allow players to see farther, but they all work in slightly different ways. One of the most popular of these is the Bobby mod. This is particularly great for multiplayer fans, but it can be used to great effect in single-player worlds as well.

Everything players could possibly need to know about the Bobby mod, from how exactly it increases render distance to how to install it to other mods that work well with it, can be found below.

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What exactly is Minecraft's Bobby mod?

As previously mentioned, Bobby is a Minecraft render distance mod. It works by storing all loaded chunks locally. It then continues to display these loaded chunks, even if they end up farther away than the player's set render distance.

This is what makes it such a great mod for multiplayer fans. Many of Minecraft's best servers will reduce the global render distance to help with performance. Bobby provides a nice way around this limitation.

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How to install Bobby mod in Minecraft

1) Open an alternate launcher

The CurseForge launcher's homepage (Image via CurseForge)

The first thing to do when installing the Bobby mod is to open one of Minecraft's many different alternative launchers. The most popular of these are CurseForge and Modrinth, both of which have the Bobby mod available to players. This example uses CurseForge.

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2) Search for Bobby mod

The Bobby mod found in the mod section (Image via CurseForge)

Use the search bar featured within the alternate launcher to search for the Bobby mod. Make sure to search within the mods category rather than the modpacks, resource packs, or datapacks sections.

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3) Install it

The prompt for a new profile (Image via CurseForge)

After clicking on the Bobby mod's page, look for an install button. Hitting it should prompt you to either create a new installation for the mod or add it to an existing one. Select whichever option works best, depending on if there's already a modpack being used or not.

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4) Launch the game

Bobby mod in the list of installed mods (Image via Mojang)

The final step of installing the Bobby mod is to load into the game and make sure that it's working. Set the render distance quite low and move around a world. Chunks should stay loaded in, even as they exit the set render distance. Additionally, installing ModMenu will allow you to check a list of installed mods to see if Bobby is loaded.

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ClothConfig and Bobby mod

Bobby mod's in-game config menu (Image via Mojang)

ClothConfig is one of the best Minecraft mods available. It allows you to change different configuration options for mods without needing to close the game and open up the config files manually. Bobby mod supports ClothConfig, meaning that you can use it to change render distance settings on the fly.

The way that Bobby mod supports ClothConfig is by automatically reloading its in-game config files whenever they are updated. This is what causes the changes made in-game using the menu to be reflected automatically, without relaunching the title.