Dark Mode GUI replaces the bright default menus with a dark color. This helps most during long sessions or when you play in a dark room. You can combine it with a few vanilla settings for an even easier-on-the-eyes setup.
Get the menus dark first
1. Enable Dark Mode GUI under Options and then Resource Packs, and place it at the top of the Selected list.
2. Open your inventory, a Chest and a Furnace. These are the screens you will stare at most when sorting loot or smelting. Confirm they are no longer bright.
Tune the rest of the screen
- Brightness: Go to Options, then Video Settings, and adjust the Brightness slider. With dark menus, many players can keep in-game brightness lower without losing track of their surroundings.
- GUI Scale: Also in Video Settings. A larger GUI scale makes item icons easier to read against the dark background if you sit far from the screen.
- Your monitor: Lower your physical screen brightness for night sessions. The dark menus mean opening a chest no longer flashes a bright panel at you.
- Take breaks: The pack helps reduce eye strain, but it is no substitute for looking away from the screen now and then.
The pack only changes menu colors, not game rules. You can turn it on for night play and off during the day without affecting your worlds.