Minecraft Embeddium mod: Features and installation guide

What is the Minecraft mod known as Embeddium? Without diving too deeply into complexities, Embeddium is a free and open-source optimization mod that forks from Sodium while providing the benefits of its rendering improvements and offering support for its rendering API. It is compatible with non-Fabric mod loaders and mods.

Put plainly, Embeddium performs many of the same great optimizations as the Sodium mod but does so across multiple mod loader types. Additionally, it adds some tweaks and improvements of its own to stand out from Sodium.

Due of its usefulness, it doesn't hurt to examine the features of the Embeddium mod, as well as how to install it.

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How to install the Embeddium mod for Minecraft

Embeddium's Modrinth page, one location where this mod can be downloaded (Image via Embeddedt/Modrinth)

Downloading Embeddium is much like downloading most other Minecraft mods, though you have some options to work with. Specifically, you can download Embeddium for the Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge mod loader.

However, if you want to enjoy Embeddium on Minecraft 1.21.1 at the moment, you'll need to use the NeoForge mod loader, at least until Forge and Fabric catch up in the coming days.

Whatever the case, you can install the Embeddium mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 using NeoForge with these steps:

1. Head to https://neoforged.net/ on your web browser and download the latest NeoForge installer .jar file.
2. Run the .jar file you downloaded and ensure the "Install Client" button is pressed before clicking on "Proceed." You'll be notified when NeoForge has finished downloading.
3. Head to a modding site like Modrinth or CurseForge and find a page for Embeddium. Then, download the NeoForge version of the mod for Minecraft 1.21.1.
4. Open your Minecraft Launcher client and select Java Edition. Then, click on the Installations tab. Hover over the listing for your NeoForge installation and hit the folder icon to open your root directory. There should be a folder named "Mods" in the directory. Take the .jar file for Embeddium and place it within this mods folder.
5. Return to your play tab on your launcher, click on the button that reads "Latest Release," select your NeoForge installation, and enjoy the game.

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Features of the Embeddium mod for Minecraft

Embeddium works very similarly to the Sodium mod (Image via Mojang)

As a fork of the Sodium mod, Embeddium works much like Sodium does, down to having almost the same graphical settings. These can be found by accessing your video settings from the main menu or the pause menu. Here, you can configure your visuals with more detail to ensure consistent framerates and high-end performance in your gameplay experience.

Moreover, Embeddium uses all of the same under-the-hood optimizations for performance that Sodium does, including a rewritten terrain generation code and improvements to immediate rendering for blocks, items, and entities.

Fortunately, Embeddium also has native support for the Fabric Rendering API, as well as other APIs, to ensure that it remains compatible with a wide collection of mods.

For the most part, you won't see how Embeddium works on your Minecraft client, but you'll likely enjoy the results including improved FPS and a better overall responsiveness from the game.

Stutters should be fewer and farther between or completely non-existent. This mod can also help you get a framerate boost if you're using high-resolution texture packs or heavily processed shaders.

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Final notes on Embeddium

Before diving right into the game after installing Embeddium, you should tweak your visual settings to what you believe your CPU/GPU can handle. From there, you can enter a game world and further alter the settings from the pause menu to make sure you get consistently solid framerates.

It's also worth noting that because Embeddium has native support with the Fabric Rendering API, you won't need to install the Indium mod alongside it. Simply install Embeddium and enjoy your performance optimizations.