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Minecraft players looking to improve performance often discover Sodium, a lightweight and powerful optimization mod that can dramatically boost FPS and make the game run much smoother. However, with the rise of NeoForge — a new and modernized alternative to Forge — many players have started asking the same question: Can Sodium work with NeoForge?

The short answer is yes, Sodium does natively support NeoForge mod launcher. But there’s more to understand here. Let’s explore what makes Sodium unique, what NeoForge is, and what your best options are if you use NeoForge or want to enjoy similar performance improvements.

What Is Sodium?

Sodium is a client-side optimization mod designed primarily for Fabric (and also compatible with Quilt, another Fabric-based mod loader). It’s part of the CaffeineMC project, alongside other technical mods like Lithium and Phosphor.

Its main purpose is to replace Minecraft’s default rendering engine with a highly optimized one. This leads to major gains in frame rate, smoother world loading, and reduced stuttering. Many players report performance increases of 100% to 300%, even on older hardware.

Sodium doesn’t add new content, blocks, or items. Instead, it focuses purely on the technical side — improving how the game draws, processes, and updates visual data.

What Is NeoForge?

NeoForge is a newer and more developer-friendly continuation of Forge, created after differences in the Forge community led to a split. It aims to modernize the Forge ecosystem, improve mod compatibility, and provide faster updates after each new Minecraft release.

NeoForge keeps most of Forge’s general structure and philosophy but offers better developer tools, improved mod loading performance, and cleaner API support. It’s quickly becoming the preferred mod loader for technical modders and players who want the stability and flexibility of Forge, but with modern improvements.