How to Fix Leaves Looking Wrong or Missing After Installing Cull Leaves

Common Causes

Most leaf problems after installing Cull Leaves come from conflicts with resource packs, shaders, or other optimization mods, not from the mod itself. Culling removes faces that are normally hidden, so if another mod or pack expects those faces to exist, you can see holes, flickering, or transparent gaps.

Step-by-Step Fixes

1. Disable shaders and resource packs temporarily to see if the issue disappears.

2. If it does, re-enable them one at a time to find the culprit.

3. Check whether another installed mod also modifies leaf rendering, and disable the duplicate.

4. Open the Cull Leaves config and try toggling the culling option off, then on, to confirm the mod is the source.

5. Update your resource packs to versions that support culling mods.

6. Reload resources with the in-game reload key after each change.

When to Report a Bug

If leaves still look broken with only Cull Leaves installed and no packs active, note your Minecraft version, the other mods present, and the exact visual symptom. Test in a fresh world with a single tree type to isolate the problem. Screenshots from a forest biome help others reproduce it. Avoid stacking multiple leaf-culling mods, as that is the most frequent cause of strange leaf behavior.