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Essential mods

81 projects
Sodium
A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
234.64M
41.3K
2 weeks ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
Entity Culling
Using async path-tracing to hide Block-/Entities that are not visible
173.17M
17.6K
2 weeks ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Babric
+1
More Culling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
67.56M
6,204
2 weeks ago
Client
Library
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
+1
LambDynamicLights - Dynamic Lights
Adds dynamic lights to Minecraft as the most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
59.4M
14.5K
2 weeks ago
Client
Adventure
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
+1
Sound Physics Remastered
A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.
53.72M
9,524
2 weeks ago
Client
Adventure
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1
Fresh Animations
Make your game like the trailers! Dynamic animated entities to freshen your Minecraft experience.
48.24M
14.3K
6 months ago
Entities
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+3
Presence Footsteps
..An Overly complicated Sound Mod...
39.83M
6,694
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
LiteLoader
Quilt
AmbientSounds
#listentonature
39.47M
6,934
2 hours ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Supplementaries
Vanilla+ additions: Jars, signposts, faucets, weather vanes spring launchers, sconces, planters, lights, decoration and automation
27.94M
4,694
3 weeks ago
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+2
Falling Leaves
Adds a neat little particle effect to leaf blocks
27M
5,841
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Carry On
Carry On allows you to pick up Tile Entities and Mobs and carry them around!
26.15M
4,946
5 days ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Storage
Transportation
Fabric
Forge
+2
spark
spark is a performance profiler for Minecraft clients, servers and proxies.
22.76M
2,143
2 weeks ago
Client or server
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
Particle Rain
Replaces weather with prettier particle effects
21.01M
6,113
Last month
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Sounds
It's what it says on the tin. A complete upgrade to Minecraft's SFX with over 170 new sound effects for UIs, items, blocks and more.
18.72M
4,089
2 weeks ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1
Better Combat
⚔️ Easy, spectacular and fun melee combat system from Minecraft Dungeons.
16.68M
4,638
2 weeks ago
Client and server
Adventure
Equipment
Library
Fabric
Forge
+2
Fresh Moves
This is EMF Player Animation resource pack. Gives fancy animations to the player entity. Compatible with animations from other mods. Like Quark's emotes, Parcool techniques and Not Enough Animations.
14.75M
3,926
2 years ago
16x
Equipment
Modded
Resource Pack
+1
Blur+
Spices up the boring vanilla blur effect – featuring animations, colors and lots of customizability!
10.93M
3,538
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
Respackopts
Config menus for resource packs
10.65M
1,432
2 weeks ago
Client or server
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
Better Block Entities
A Minecraft optimization mod for Fabric-Sodium that improves framerates by improving block entity rendering via a hybrid renderer
9.62M
1,107
2 weeks ago
Client
Management
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
Sparse Structures
A simple and configurable mod that makes all (even datapacks and modded) structures more spread out (or more common!), essentially making them rarer/easier to find. Useful in big modpacks with a lot of structures mods to encourage exploration
8.07M
1,015
3 months ago
Server
Adventure
Utility
World Generation
Fabric
Forge
+3
Enderman Overhaul
Enderman Overhaul adds over 20 new enderman variants, each with their own sounds, models, and animations!
8.03M
1,982
7 months ago
Client and server
Mobs
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+3
AsyncParticles
Async particle tick, GPU accelerated particle rendering.
7.91M
738
6 days ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Snow! Real Magic! ⛄
Not a magic mod. · Snow Gravity & Accumulation · Snow-covered blocks · Tweak snow behaviors
7.7M
1,366
3 days ago
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+2
Cull Less Leaves
Cull leaves while looking hot!
7.54M
1,466
2 years ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Quilt
Bountiful
Adds bounty boards, giving rewards for collecting different blocks and items.
7.43M
1,344
6 months ago
Client and server
Adventure
Economy
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+3
Nyf's Spiders
Modifes spiders to be more realistic
7.39M
2,238
3 days ago
Client and server
Mobs
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
+2
Particle Effects
Visual Mod which adds unique textured particles for every effect in vanilla Minecraft!
7.08M
1,598
Last week
Client
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Magic
Fabric
Forge
+3
Wakes
Adds splashes and wakes while traveling on water
6.91M
3,856
2 months ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Sit
Allows you to sit on slabs and stairs.
6.66M
1,413
5 months ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
+1
Nullscape
Transforms the boring Vanilla end into an alien dimension with the most surreal terrain imaginable. Topped with a couple of new biomes to add to the experience, whilst keeping the end desolate.
5.7M
2,756
4 days ago
Server
World Generation
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Data Pack
+1
Better Clouds
Beautiful clouds in touch with the vanilla style
5.37M
3,574
3 days ago
Client
Decoration
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
HT's TreeChop
Take down trees chop-by-chop instead of block-by-block.
5.21M
1,100
2 years ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
VulkanMod
Vulkan renderer mod for Minecraft.
5.03M
2,488
4 months ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Quilt
ImmersiveThunder
A fabric mod that adds realistic and dynamic thunder sounds to Minecraft based on the player’s distance from the lightning strike.
3.77M
1,533
Last year
Client
Adventure
Game Mechanics
Technology
Fabric
Forge
+2
Enhanced Audio (Sound Pack)
Changes Minecraft's sounds with a new style of more realistic sounds.
3.14M
488
6 months ago
Audio
Realistic
Simplistic
Resource Pack
+1
ItemPhysic
Items lay on the ground, wood swims in water, stone does not burn in lava, enable right click to pick items, ...
2.99M
853
Last week
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Smooth Gui
Smooth animation when opening GUI for Minecraft. GUI fades up when opened.
2.71M
1,214
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
Drodi's Illagers x Fresh Animation
Makes Drodi's Illagers compatible with Fresh Animations!
2.68M
485
11 months ago
16x
Simplistic
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+6
Particle Interactions
Adds particles to more interactions in the game, such as placing blocks or stripping logs. Fully configurable and client side!
2.45M
1,432
2 weeks ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
+1
Enchanted Books: Re-covered
The new look of enchanted books' covers
2.43M
1,028
Last month
16x
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+1
Packed Packs
Pack resource and data packs into profiles with multiple selection, drag and drop, and extended mouse and keyboard controls.
2.42M
676
3 days ago
Client
Management
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
Naturally Trimmed
Minecraft mod that applies armor trims to naturally generated armor and equipment from mobs, loot tables and trades
2.04M
267
5 days ago
Server
Adventure
Equipment
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
+3
RenderScale
Change resolution without affecting the UI
1.82M
448
2 weeks ago
Client
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Shield Expansion
Adds parrying, enchantments, tiers and customization to shields for more fun!
1.71M
384
2 weeks ago
Client and server
Adventure
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Gentler Weather Sounds
Weather sounds you won't mind listening to // Complete replacement for rain & thunder!
1.66M
481
3 weeks ago
Audio
Tweaks
Resource Pack
+3
Fancy Toasts | Better Advancements
Overhauls the old advancement toast system, focusing on the presentation of advancements
1.64M
578
23 hours ago
Client
Adventure
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+2
Fresh Skeleton Physics
Give skeletons physics - Now with Fresh Animations!
1.48M
556
6 days ago
Entities
Models
Tweaks
Resource Pack
+2
Drodi's Blazes x Fresh Animations
Makes Drodi's Blazes compatible with Fresh Animations!
1.46M
167
11 months ago
16x
Entities
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+4
Fire Rekindled
Various animated texture overhauls and additions, PBR supported!
1.38M
991
7 months ago
16x
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+3
Fancy World Animations [FWA]
This mod adds animations to a bunch of interactable blocks like doors, trapdoors, levers, buttons, jukeboxes but also swinging lanterns and much more! It makes everything smooth
1.35M
1,032
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
+1
Fresh Animations: Spiders
Overhauls the design of spiders with Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.
1.27M
289
5 months ago
Entities
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+4
Trowel
A very small QoL mod to make placing random blocks less tedious.
916.8K
251
2 years ago
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Quilt
Super Resolution
This mod integrates several super-resolution algorithms in Minecraft to enhance performance or visual quality.
871K
393
6 days ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Shine
Makes Minecraft come alive with tons of visual effects.
768.7K
2,017
Last month
Client
Decoration
Fabric
NeoForge
Seamless Sleep
Adds a smooth, cinematic transition between night and day when players sleep, enhancing the sleeping camera, HUD, and overall visuals. MADE IN HEAVEN!!!
762.8K
345
3 weeks ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Social
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+3
Bray's Better Bow & Arrows
Greatly improves the look of bows and crossbows by loading and firing 3D projectiles! Works with "Real Arrow Tip" to show spectral and tipped arrow projectiles!
725.8K
215
3 days ago
Models
Utility
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+4
Trimmable Tools
Trim your tools!
690.6K
639
3 months ago
Adventure
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+3
Dimanic Beds
Vertical stackable beds with no support mods needed
646.2K
116
2 months ago
Blocks
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+3
Musket Mod
Adds craftable flintlock weapons
532.4K
323
2 years ago
Client and server
Adventure
Equipment
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
+1
Unobtrusive Weather
Makes rain and snow particles smaller! Not called "Unobstructive Weather"... lol
453.6K
216
3 months ago
Environment
Utility
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+4
Spryzeen's Knight Armor
Better armors, knight armors!
348.1K
547
9 months ago
Combat
Equipment
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+5
Benigamer's enhanced visuals
This pack adds custom fog and changes sky and grass colors for every biome and ads cool particle effects
335.4K
342
2 months ago
Environment
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+1
Drodi's Villagers x Fresh Animations
Torn between Drodi’s Villagers and Fresh Animations? You’ve come to the right place!
271.3K
348
Last year
16x
Entities
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+7
[Particle Effects] Particles Updated
Updates the Particle Effects mod textures to ones I like better
249.3K
92
2 months ago
Modded
Themed
Tweaks
Resource Pack
+3
Chase the Skies
Sunrises and sunsets inspired by the promotional art for the 1.21.6 update, Chase the skies.
198.9K
342
6 months ago
Environment
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+3
Better Lights
Realistic torches and lanterns
152.9K
150
2 months ago
Models
Realistic
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+3
Slabbed
Put torches on slabs! Hang lanterns from slabs! Place blocks on slabs! Stack blocks on those blocks on those slabs! Slabbed makes it work! Slabbed!!!
138.6K
475
19 hours ago
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
Toms Server Additions: Decorations & Furniture
Server-side decorations and furniture, comes with its own workbench block! No client side mods required!
116K
298
Yesterday
Server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Dungeons and Taverns Mineshaft Overhaul
A Structure Datapack Overhauling and Replacing the Vanilla Mineshaft, Mesa Mineshaft and adding 4 New rare Mineshafts to your world
111.2K
129
2 weeks ago
World Generation
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Data Pack
+1
Stylus's Bow Retexture
A retexture of the bow, crossbow and arrows + new 2D models for the arrows!
100.4K
66
3 months ago
Items
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+2
Cool Elytra Roll
Client-side fabric mod that rotates the camera while turning during elytra flight. Uses actual physics to imitate aircraft roll maneuvers.
78.7K
148
2 weeks ago
Client
Cursed
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
+2
Smooth Third Person Camera
Lightweight client mod that smooths third-person camera movement.
72.5K
104
3 days ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Mushrooms Plus
Adds 3D mushrooms and Fungi
57.1K
121
6 months ago
16x
Models
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+3
Bray's World: A Vanilla+ Experience
A Vanilla+ resource pack that COMPLETELY overhauls the game, adding variated textures and custom models to nearly 1000 different blocks, items and entities while maintaining the vanilla feel of the game!
41K
237
Last year
16x
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+10
Bountiful Blocks
Expands on Minecraft's blocksets in a vanilla-like manner
35.3K
139
Last year
Client and server
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
TAA-Distant Horizons port
fork of TAA project that adds Distant Horizons support
15K
21
3 months ago
Potato
Vanilla Like
Iris
OptiFine
Redecorate
A vanilla styled furniture mod | successor to Re:Deco
11.8K
50
4 months ago
Client and server
Decoration
NeoForge
+1
Rad's Lush Foliage
Fuller lush visuals for all kinds of foliage.
11.7K
72
3 months ago
Models
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+4
GoldenMaus's connected textures
A simple resource pack to enhance your world
7,049
10
10 months ago
16x
Blocks
Simplistic
Resource Pack
+1
Blooming Ground Fusion
Makes Simple Grass Flowers compatible with Mossy’s Better Dirt by combining their grass block textures and details
930
11
2 days ago
Blocks
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
+4
Simple_Backpack
This mod adds 4 new backpack which are used to store objects
529
0
4 months ago
Client and server
Adventure
Storage
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+2

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