📊 Benchmarks

Tested on Helium v1.1.0, Windows 11, RTX 3070, 16GB RAM, Minecraft 1.21.11 with Sodium 0.8.

All tests ran 3 times, averaged. "Baseline" is Sodium only, "Helium" is Sodium + Helium with default settings.

Singleplayer (Void World)

Scenario	Baseline	Helium	Difference
Standing still, no entities	847 fps	892 fps	+5.3%
Flying around, chunk loading	412 fps	438 fps	+6.3%

Singleplayer (Survival World, 24 Render Distance)

Scenario	Baseline	Helium	Difference
Village with 40+ villagers	189 fps	224 fps	+18.5%
Storage room, 100 chests in view	203 fps	267 fps	+31.5%
TNT explosion, 500+ particles	78 fps	112 fps	+43.6%
Ocean monument, guardians + particles	145 fps	178 fps	+22.8%

Singleplayer (With Iris + Complementary Shaders)

Scenario	Baseline	Helium	Difference
Standing in plains biome	94 fps	98 fps	+4.3%
Dense forest, lots of leaves	67 fps	72 fps	+7.5%
Village with villagers	58 fps	68 fps	+17.2%

Multiplayer (Large Server, 100+ Players Online)

Scenario	Baseline	Helium	Difference
Hub area, 50 players visible	134 fps	167 fps	+24.6%
PvP arena, particles everywhere	89 fps	121 fps	+36.0%
Server list refresh (15 servers)	4.2s	0.8s	5x faster

Mob Farm Stress Test (100 Zombies in View)

Scenario	Baseline	Helium	Difference
All mobs visible, 32 blocks away	156 fps	198 fps	+26.9%
Mobs at 64+ blocks (culled by Helium)	156 fps	312 fps	+100%

⚡ Features

Distance Culling Skip rendering stuff that's too far away. Entities, block entities (chests, signs, etc), and particles all get culled based on distance. You set the range per type.

Faster Math Replaces Minecraft's trig functions with lookup tables and faster approximations. Runs throughout the entire renderer every frame.

GL State Caching Tracks what OpenGL state is already set and skips redundant calls. Less driver overhead, smoother frames.

Memory Pooling Reuses objects instead of creating new ones. Less garbage collection, fewer stutters.

Server List Speed Pings all your servers at once instead of one by one. Way faster to see which servers are online.

Scroll Position When you refresh the server list, it remembers where you scrolled. Small thing but its nice.

📦 Installation

1. Get Fabric Loader 0.16.0 or newer
2. Get Fabric API
3. Get Sodium 0.6.0 or newer
4. Drop Helium in your mods folder
5. Launch the game

Settings are in Options > Video Settings > Helium (inside Sodium's menu)

Optional: grab ModMenu if you want a quick on/off toggle

🤝 Works With

Mod	Status
Sodium	Required. Helium's settings live here
Lithium	Works great. Lithium does game logic, Helium does rendering
Iris	Works. Shader compatibility is fine
ImmediatelyFast	Works. GL cache auto disables to avoid conflicts
ViaFabricPlus	Works. No protocol issues

⚠️ Notes

Android / PojavLauncher: Not supported. Helium needs desktop OpenGL, not OpenGL ES. The mod will detect Android and disable itself automatically.

Minecraft versions: 1.21.1 to 1.21.11

Java: 21 or newer

📝 License

MIT License. Do whatever you want with it.