Setting Up Extended Render Distance and Distant Fog

Open your Minecraft pause menu, navigate to Options, and enter Video Settings to manage how far your world renders. Distant Horizons works alongside your standard vanilla view distance rather than replacing it, filling the space beyond normal chunks with simplified terrain.

Raising the Distant Chunk Limit

Keep your vanilla render distance at a comfortable setting for smooth nearby gameplay, then open the Distant Horizons config GUI to control the extended horizon. By default, the mod renders simplified terrain at 64 chunks. If your game runs smoothly, raise the mod's render distance setting to higher ranges such as 256 or 512 chunks. Capable computers can push this limit up to 4096 chunks, though increasing it in stages helps you find a smooth balance for your hardware.

Toggling Distant Fog

Haze on the horizon can either blend simplified chunks into the sky or block a clear view from a tall mountain. Open the mod's config GUI and find the fog option to enable or disable distant fog. Turning fog off gives you a crisp, unobstructed panorama across distant biomes, while enabling it softens the far edge of the world.