Performance Guide
Antarchy includes client-side optimization mods such as Sodium, Entity Culling, Iris, and Clumps to maintain smooth frame rates during large battles and base construction. Follow this guide to optimize your settings.
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RAM Allocation: Allocate 6 GB – 8 GB in your launcher settings.
- Too Little (<4 GB): Stutters and out-of-memory crashes during heavy modded chunk generation.
- Too Much (>10 GB): Frequent micro-freezes caused by Java Garbage Collection cycles.
- Java Virtual Machine (JVM): Ensure you are using an updated 64-bit Java 21 runtime.
Press Esc ➔ Options ➔ Video Settings to access the Sodium interface[cite: 3]:
| Setting | Recommended Value | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Render Distance | 10 – 14 Chunks |
High CPU & GPU impact; lowering this yields the largest FPS gains. |
| Simulation Distance | 6 – 8 Chunks |
Offloads entity and tick processing from your client. |
| Graphics Quality |
Fast or Fancy
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Fast disables transparent leaves and simplifies weather particles. |
| Smooth Lighting |
Low or Medium
|
Decreases light calculation overhead while preserving visuals. |
| Entity Distance | 75% – 100% |
Controls how far away mobs, vehicles, and items are rendered. |
| Max Framerate | Match Monitor (e.g., 144 / 165) |
Prevents your GPU from rendering excess unneeded frames. |
| Shaders (Iris) |
Off or Medium Profile
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Disable shaders if you experience frame drops in busy colonies[cite: 3]. |
The following client mods run automatically in the background[cite: 3]:
- Entity Culling: Automatically skips rendering tiles, mobs, and chests hidden behind walls or underground to reduce GPU load[cite: 3].
- Clumps: Groups nearby XP orbs into single clusters to eliminate entity lag around farms[cite: 3].
- FastBoot & SmoothJoin: Accelerates loading screens and assets during initial game launch and server connection[cite: 2, 3].
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Configured: Access client-side config menus in-game by pressing
Esc➔ Mods ➔ selecting a mod to tweak individual visual toggles[cite: 3].
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Game using Integrated Graphics (Laptops): Ensure Windows Graphics Settings forces
javaw.exeto run in High Performance (Dedicated GPU) mode. -
Input Lag / Micro-Stutter: In Video Settings ➔ Advanced, toggle VSync to
Offand cap your frame rate just above your monitor refresh rate. -
Lag in Dense Colonies: Lower your Entity Distance slider to
75%to reduce the rendering overhead of large groups of NPCs and farm animals.
