
The BEST Mods to Enhance Vanilla Minecraft 1.21.7
46 projects

Sodium
A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
183.17M
38.6K
2 days ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt

Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
142.58M
27.7K
Yesterday
Client
Decoration
Optimization
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt

Entity Culling
Using async path-tracing to hide Block-/Entities that are not visible
133.23M
16.3K
3 weeks ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Babric
+1

ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
102.63M
10.6K
Last week
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt

[ETF] Entity Texture Features
Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
84.76M
9,988
3 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1

Xaero's World Map
Adds a full screen world map which shows you what you have explored in the world. Works great together with Xaero's Minimap.
80.47M
12.8K
2 days ago
Client
Adventure
Transportation
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+2

[EMF] Entity Model Features
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
80.25M
9,520
2 weeks ago
Client
Mobs
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1
AppleSkin
Food/hunger-related HUD improvements
74.67M
16.6K
3 weeks ago
Client or server
Food
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1

3D Skin Layers
Render the player skin layer in 3d!
62.22M
10.8K
3 weeks ago
Client
Adventure
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1
Continuity
A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures
61.06M
15.5K
3 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1

Dynamic FPS
Reduce resource usage while Minecraft is in the background, idle, or on battery.
55.19M
8,595
3 weeks ago
Client
Management
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+2

Mouse Tweaks
Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.
48.11M
8,277
3 weeks ago
Client
Storage
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1

Complementary Shaders - Unbound
Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
35.98M
5,427
2 months ago
Client
Colored Lighting
Fantasy
Iris
OptiFine

Distant Horizons
See farther without turning your game into a slide show
28.94M
13.5K
3 days ago
Client or server
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge

Cherished Worlds
Favorite/pin/bookmark certain worlds, which will always be at the top of the list and cannot be deleted.
27.15M
2,375
2 months ago
Client
Management
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1

Litematica
A client-side schematic mod with extra features for creative mode work
19.79M
7,655
5 days ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge
LiteLoader
Ornithe
+1
Bobby
Allows for render distances greater than the server's view-distance
18.24M
5,564
3 weeks ago
Client
Fabric

Particle Rain
Replaces weather with prettier particle effects
16.85M
5,469
2 months ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge

Better Statistics Screen
A Minecraft mod that improves the statistics screen and makes it more useful.
16.7M
3,764
5 days ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
ReplayMod
A Minecraft Mod to record, relive and share your experience.
16.15M
4,273
3 months ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge

Pick Up Notifier
Be notified about all the things you've just collected.
13.1M
2,812
3 weeks ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Durability Tooltip
Durability Tooltip shows you the durability of an item!
12.23M
1,923
2 weeks ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt

Axiom
The all-in-one tool for editing Minecraft Worlds.
10.18M
5,182
3 weeks ago
Client or server
Management
Utility
Fabric

Resourcify
In-game resource pack, data pack and shader browser and updater.
10.06M
2,664
Last month
Client
Management
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1

Smooth Scrolling
Customize the scrolling smoothness or speed in various places like chat, hotbar, creative screen...
9.97M
1,992
Last month
Client
Cursed
Decoration
Social
Fabric
Quilt

Blur+
Spices up the boring vanilla blur effect โ featuring animations, colors and lots of customizability!
9.38M
3,448
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt

Client Tweaks
There, I fixed Minecraft for you. Various optional tweaks to improve Minecraft Quality of Life.
8.99M
937
6 days ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge

WorldEdit
A Minecraft Map Editor... that runs in-game!
With selections, schematics, copy and paste, brushes, and scripting.
Use it in creative, or use it temporarily in survival.
8.72M
4,510
Last week
Server
Library
Management
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+5

Status Effect Bars
Adds customizable bars to the status effects overlay to show the remaining duration of effects.
6.08M
3,365
3 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Quilt

Cool Rain
Creates ambient sounds for certain blocks during rain
5.94M
2,197
3 weeks ago
Client
Adventure
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Fabric

Better Selection
Makes text more pleasant to select by improving the "move by word" feature (Ctrl+โ and Ctrl+โ).
5.73M
165
5 days ago
Client
Utility
Fabric

Held Item Info
Shows information (like enchantments) about the held item under its name.
5.17M
1,627
3 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Equipment
Utility
Fabric
Quilt

MiniHUD
A "mini F3" HUD mod, also with various overlays like light level, spawn chunks, slime chunks etc.
5.12M
3,292
2 weeks ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge
LiteLoader
Ornithe
+1
Clean F3
Removes useless information from the debug screen.
4.34M
785
6 months ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
NeoForge
Dark Loading Screen
Makes the loading screen darker.
3.92M
1,736
3 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Quilt

CalcMod
A calculator in your chat with shortcuts designed for Minecraft
2.76M
734
3 weeks ago
Client or server
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Paper
+1

Raised
Take control of the position of your GUI and fix the broken hotbar selection texture!
2.39M
1,161
5 days ago
Client
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge

ItemSwapper
Inventory update concept for hotswapping items.
1.87M
1,931
2 weeks ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Management
Storage
Fabric
Bukkit
+3

Peek
A Fabric mod that provides additional information about items and blocks
1.71M
883
Last month
Client
Utility
Fabric
Quilt

Immersive Hotbar
Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive
1.59M
651
Last week
Client
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
Description
These mods are great for making Minecraft feel more premium, while still keeping the vanilla feel. Most mods are client-sided.
Curated by
disruptivebuilds
Details
Created last year Updated last year







