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Lantern Belly
"Your own little nightlight for the darkest corners of the world."
How do I install Lantern Belly?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Lantern Belly for Rain World in one click.
</>What does Lantern Belly do?
Rain World has rooms so dark you can barely find the next ledge, and the friendly body glow is normally something you only get late in a run. Lantern Belly hands it to you whenever you want it — flip it on and your slugcat gives off that warm halo, turning inky caves and shadowed pipes into something you can actually navigate. It's cosy and genuinely useful. Turn it off to slip back into the dark.
</>What is Lantern Belly?
Rain World has rooms so dark you can barely find the next ledge, and the friendly body glow is normally something you only earn late in a run. Lantern Belly hands it to you whenever you want — flip it on and your slugcat gives off that warm halo, turning inky caves and shadowed pipes into something you can navigate. A free-tier mod from ProjectMods. Turn it off to slip back into the dark.
</>Common questions about Lantern Belly
What does Lantern Belly do in Rain World?
Lantern Belly keeps your slugcat's soft body glow switched on permanently in Rain World, so you carry your own warm halo of light everywhere you go. Normally that friendly glow is something you only gain late in a run, leaving the game's pitch-black rooms and shadowed pipes almost impossible to read early on. Lantern Belly hands the light to you whenever you want it, turning inky caves and dark corridors into spaces you can actually navigate. It is cosy and genuinely useful for finding the next ledge. Lantern Belly is a free-tier mod from ProjectMods, and you can turn it off any time to slip back into the dark.
How does the Always Glow toggle work?
Always Glow is the single switch behind Lantern Belly in Rain World. Flip it on and your slugcat's body glow stays lit for the entire run, casting light on the rooms around you no matter where you are or how far into the game you have got; flip it off and your slugcat goes dark again, back to relying on whatever the environment provides. There is nothing to configure — it simply keeps the halo burning. Because ProjectMods toggles are reversible and leave your save untouched, you can light up the world for a dark region, then switch Always Glow off the moment you want the tension of true darkness back.
Does Lantern Belly help in the darkest regions of Rain World?
Yes — the pitch-black regions are exactly where Lantern Belly earns its place. Rain World has areas so dark that you can barely make out the next ledge or spot a lurking predator, and normally you need to find light sources or survive long enough to earn the glow. With Lantern Belly on, your slugcat lights its own surroundings from the very first step into those caves and shadowed pipes, so you can explore them calmly instead of feeling your way blindly. It reveals the world around you without changing anything else about the run. Lantern Belly is a free-tier mod from ProjectMods, reversible whenever you want the dark back.
Does the glow from Lantern Belly change how creatures react to me?
Lantern Belly is a lighting mod — its job is to keep your slugcat's own body glow lit in Rain World so you can see, and that is the effect it focuses on. It does not calm predators or make you invincible, so the creatures around you behave as they normally would while you carry your light. If you want to explore a dark region without being hunted as well, you can pair Lantern Belly with another ProjectMods mod like Ceasefire, which tells the wildlife to leave you alone. On its own, Lantern Belly simply turns darkness into something you can navigate. It is a free-tier mod from ProjectMods.
Why would I use Lantern Belly in Rain World?
Lantern Belly is for anyone tired of squinting through Rain World's darkest rooms. Use it to explore inky caves and shadowed pipes without missing a ledge or walking blindly into a predator, or to reach and read areas that are normally punishing until you earn the glow much later. It is especially handy for content creators, since the extra light makes dark footage far more watchable on stream or video. Curious players use it to actually see parts of the world the darkness usually hides. As a free-tier mod from ProjectMods, it is fully reversible, so you can light your way through the gloom and switch the glow off the moment you want the dark to feel dangerous again.
What options does Lantern Belly include?
Always Glow
Keeps your body glow switched on so dark rooms light up around you. Turn it off to go dark again.
Lantern Belly is a free Rain World mod from ProjectMods that keeps your slugcat's soft body glow switched on for good, lighting up pitch-black rooms and deep caves around you.
System Requirements
What features does Lantern Belly include?
- Leaves your warm body glow switched on for good, turning pitch-black rooms into something you can actually read.
- Hands you that friendly halo from the very start, instead of making you wait for it late in a run.
- Lights up inky caves and shadowed pipes around you, so you can spot the next ledge.
- Fades back to normal darkness the instant you switch it off.
Best For
- Players creeping through the game's darkest rooms, tired of feeling for the next platform blind.
- Newcomers who haven't earned the glow yet but still want to see where they're going in deep caves.
- Content creators recording in shadowed regions who need the scene lit enough for viewers to follow.
- Anyone who just finds the cosy glow charming and wants their slugcat to carry it everywhere.
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