Chams

Chams (short for "chameleon") renders entities with custom materials — solid colors, glowing overlays, or custom textures — that remain visible through walls. It is a stronger visual alternative to ESP because the entity model itself is re-rendered instead of being outlined.

Category

Visual

Type

Entity re-rendering

Supported clients

Meteor, LiquidBounce, Raven

Minecraft versions

All 1.21.x

Detection risk

Very low

Last checked

2026-09-24

What it does

Chams overrides the material used to render an entity's model. Configurable options:

• Mode — flat color, outline, wireframe, or textured.
• Category colors — separate colors for players, friends, hostile mobs, passive mobs.
• Depth test — whether the overlay renders through walls or only when visible.
• Opacity — transparency level of the material.

Client support

Server compatibility

• Hypixel — Restricted. Prohibited by server rules, not detectable.
• 2b2t — Permitted. No anti-cheat active.
• CubeCraft — Restricted. Client-side, not detectable.

Detection behavior

Chams renders on the client only. No packets reach the server, so server-side detection is not possible. It is functionally identical to ESP from a detection standpoint; the difference is the rendering style.

Known limitations

• Custom shaders can conflict with Chams rendering.
• High entity density makes the overlay visually confusing.
• Some clients no longer ship Chams due to Minecraft rendering pipeline changes in 1.21.5+.

Related modules

• ESP — entity highlight boxes.
• Tracers — lines toward entities.
• NameTags — enhanced player nameplates.
• X-Ray — reveal ores through blocks.