Using Cull Less Leaves Alongside Sodium for Maximum FPS

Cull Less Leaves works best alongside the Sodium rendering mod for maximum efficiency. Pairing Sodium's rendering optimizations with custom leaf layer culling gives you the strongest frame rate boost when exploring dense tree areas.

Aligning Video Settings and Leaf Culling

1. With both mods installed, start at the game main screen and open Mod Menu.

2. Select Cull Less Leaves, open its configuration menu, and set the number of leaf layers you want to retain.

3. Open Options > Video Settings and confirm your graphics settings keep leaves transparent rather than solid, allowing the outer leaf layers to display properly.

Checking Frame Rates in Forested Terrain

Enter a world and travel to a hilly forest or dense woodland with heavy tree cover. Press F3 to monitor your frame rate as chunks render in the distance. Sodium manages overall terrain rendering efficiency while Cull Less Leaves prevents hidden inner leaf blocks from being calculated. If you find that you have extra performance headroom with Sodium active, return to Mod Menu on the main screen and raise the leaf layer count for fuller-looking trees.