---
title: "God Rays: API"
package: "@phaser-ae/god-rays-3d"
tier: Free
version: 3.0.0-3
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-19
description: "Screen-space light shafts that stream past hills, doorways and trees when the sun is behind them, in one half-resolution pass with no assets."
url: https://phaser.io/packs/god-rays-3d/api
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# God Rays: API

`@phaser-ae/god-rays-3d` — Screen-space light shafts marched toward the sun at half resolution and added into the scene.

## The pack

### `godRays3d`

```ts
function godRays3d(opts: GodRays3dOptions = {}): Pack<{ godRays: GodRays3dApi }>
```

The `god-rays-3d` pack: light shafts marched toward the sun at half resolution and added into the scene.
Requires a 3D world and `render-3d`, whose depth it marches and whose sun position it follows.

## Types

### `GodRays3dApi`

```ts
interface GodRays3dApi
```

`game.godRays`.

- `strength: number` — Shaft brightness, live.
- `decay: number` — Per-step falloff, live.
- `enabled: boolean` — Turn it off entirely.
- `readonly visible: boolean` — Whether the sun is on screen and the shafts are actually drawing.

### `GodRays3dOptions`

```ts
interface GodRays3dOptions
```

How the shafts look. Every field is live.

- `strength?: number` — Overall shaft brightness. Default 0.9.
- `decay?: number` — Per-step energy falloff along the march. Default 0.94.
- `enabled?: boolean` — Whether the pass runs at all. Default true.

---

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