About VarLight
From SpigotMCTurn normal blocks into Light Sources
Welcome to VarLight
VarLight is a plugin for Spigot allowing players to turn normal blocks into custom light sources.
Most of the plugins (normal) functionality revolves around the light update item (LUI in short) which is Glowstone Dust by default.
Gameplay
- Right clicking most blocks with the light update item will increase the luminance (emitting light) by 1.
- Left clicking custom light sources with the light update item will decrease the luminance by 1.
- Breaking a custom light source will
- Drop 1 piece of the configured light update item if neither fortune or silk touch were used
- Up to n pieces of the configured light update item (where n is the custom luminance of the light source) when broken with fortune. Higher levels of fortune will increase the chances to drop more
- A glowing variant of the broken block, which can later be placed again as a custom light source if broken with the appropriate silk touch tool.
All of the plugins config.yml file is documented here.
Commands
All of the plugins commands are documented here.
Please Report Bugs on the Github Issues Page
Showcase Videos
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.16.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
VarLight on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.12.8, released 2020-11-03
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.15 to 1.16 (2 versions) | 1.16 |
| Spigot | 1.15 to 1.16 (2 versions) | 1.16 |
From 10 recorded builds of VarLight.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.12.8 | 2020-11-03 | 1.15 to 1.16 (2 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.12.7 | 2020-10-18 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.12.6 | 2020-10-16 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.12.5 | 2020-08-31 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.12.5 | 2020-08-23 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.12.4 | 2020-08-12 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run VarLight on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogListed on SpigotMC as “Plugins”
Building & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists VarLight as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.16 and 1 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓Authorshawlaf, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
