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Essential mods

75 projects
Sodium
A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
181.6M
38.5K
1 hour ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
Entity Culling
Using async path-tracing to hide Block-/Entities that are not visible
132.23M
16.3K
3 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
53.83M
5,757
2 days 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.
46.15M
13.5K
3 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.
44.71M
9,002
3 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.
38.4M
13.2K
3 months ago
Client
Entities
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Presence Footsteps
..An Overly complicated Sound Mod...
32.35M
6,355
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
LiteLoader
Quilt
AmbientSounds
#listentonature
31.86M
6,433
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Falling Leaves
Adds a neat little particle effect to leaf blocks
23.43M
5,644
Last month
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Supplementaries
Vanilla+ additions: Jars, signposts, faucets, weather vanes spring launchers, sconces, planters, lights, decoration and automation
22.08M
4,413
Last week
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
Carry On
Carry On allows you to pick up Tile Entities and Mobs and carry them around!
21.4M
4,541
2 days ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Storage
Transportation
Fabric
Forge
+1
spark
spark is a performance profiler for Minecraft clients, servers and proxies.
17.92M
2,037
3 weeks ago
Client or server
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
Particle Rain
Replaces weather with prettier particle effects
16.74M
5,451
2 months ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Better Combat
⚔️ Easy, spectacular and fun melee combat system from Minecraft Dungeons.
14.48M
4,378
4 months ago
Client and server
Adventure
Equipment
Library
Fabric
Forge
+1
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.
13.7M
3,804
Last week
Client
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
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.
12.04M
3,732
Last year
Client
16x
Equipment
Modded
Resource Pack
Blur+
Spices up the boring vanilla blur effect – featuring animations, colors and lots of customizability!
9.34M
3,445
Last week
Client
Decoration
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
Respackopts
Config menus for resource packs
7.27M
1,268
3 weeks ago
Client or server
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
Enderman Overhaul
Enderman Overhaul adds over 20 new enderman variants, each with their own sounds, models, and animations!
7.22M
1,864
4 months ago
Client and server
Mobs
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Cull Less Leaves
Cull leaves while looking hot!
6.76M
1,483
2 years ago
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Quilt
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
6.59M
937
Yesterday
Server
Adventure
Utility
World Generation
Fabric
Forge
+1
Snow! Real Magic! ⛄
Not a magic mod. · Snow Gravity & Accumulation · Snow-covered blocks · Tweak snow behaviors
6.36M
1,302
2 weeks ago
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+1
Nyf's Spiders
Modifes spiders to be more realistic
6.25M
2,157
Last month
Client and server
Mobs
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
Bountiful
Adds bounty boards, giving rewards for collecting different blocks and items.
6.2M
1,273
3 months ago
Client and server
Adventure
Economy
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
Sit
Allows you to sit on slabs and stairs.
5.75M
1,367
2 months ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
Wakes
Adds splashes and wakes while traveling on water
5.57M
3,696
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
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.
5.1M
2,618
24 minutes ago
Server
World Generation
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Data Pack
+1
Better Block Entities
A Minecraft optimization mod for Fabric-Sodium that improves framerates by improving block entity rendering via a hybrid renderer
4.77M
816
3 weeks ago
Client
Management
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Particle Effects
Visual Mod which adds unique textured particles for every effect in vanilla Minecraft!
4.73M
1,403
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Magic
Fabric
Forge
+1
AsyncParticles
Async particle tick, GPU accelerated particle rendering.
4.69M
544
7 hours ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Better Clouds
Beautiful clouds in touch with the vanilla style
4.47M
3,311
3 hours ago
Client
Decoration
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
HT's TreeChop
Take down trees chop-by-chop instead of block-by-block.
4.41M
1,043
Last year
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
VulkanMod
Vulkan renderer mod for Minecraft.
3.94M
2,367
3 weeks 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.
3.32M
1,501
Last year
Client
Adventure
Game Mechanics
Technology
Fabric
Forge
+2
ItemPhysic
Items lay on the ground, wood swims in water, stone does not burn in lava, enable right click to pick items, ...
2.44M
796
2 weeks ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Enhanced Audio (Sound Pack)
Changes Minecraft's sounds with a new style of more realistic sounds.
1.98M
384
3 months ago
Client
Audio
Realistic
Simplistic
Resource Pack
Drodi's Illagers x Fresh Animation
Makes Drodi's Illagers compatible with Fresh Animations!
1.95M
447
8 months ago
Client
16x
Simplistic
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Enchanted Books: Re-covered
The new look of enchanted books' covers
1.84M
865
4 months ago
Client
16x
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Particle Interactions
Adds particles to more interactions in the game, such as placing blocks or stripping logs. Fully configurable and client side!
1.68M
1,261
2 days ago
Client
Game Mechanics
Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt
Naturally Trimmed
Minecraft mod that applies armor trims to naturally generated armor and equipment from mobs, loot tables and trades
1.55M
236
Last week
Server
Adventure
Equipment
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
+1
Shield Expansion
Adds parrying, enchantments, tiers and customization to shields for more fun!
1.4M
350
2 months ago
Server
Adventure
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Packed Packs
Pack resource and data packs into profiles with multiple selection, drag and drop, and extended mouse and keyboard controls.
1.34M
518
Last month
Client
Management
Utility
Fabric
NeoForge
Fire Rekindled
Various animated texture overhauls and additions, PBR supported!
1.24M
941
4 months ago
Client
16x
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
RenderScale
Change resolution without affecting the UI
1.18M
368
2 weeks ago
Client
Optimization
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Fresh Skeleton Physics
Give skeletons physics - Now with Fresh Animations!
1.13M
525
4 months ago
Client
Entities
Models
Tweaks
Resource Pack
Gentler Weather Sounds
Weather sounds you won't mind listening to // Complete replacement for rain & thunder!
1.07M
422
4 months ago
Client
Audio
Tweaks
Resource Pack
Drodi's Blazes x Fresh Animations
Makes Drodi's Blazes compatible with Fresh Animations!
1.04M
148
9 months ago
Client
16x
Entities
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Fancy Toasts | Better Advancements
Overhauls the old advancement toast system
989.3K
496
2 weeks ago
Client
Adventure
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
Trowel
A very small QoL mod to make placing random blocks less tedious.
834.8K
252
2 years ago
Client and server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Quilt
Fresh Animations: Spiders
Overhauls the design of spiders with Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.
785.3K
235
2 months ago
Client
Entities
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Fancy World Animations
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
630.1K
675
2 weeks ago
Client
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt
Trimmable Tools
Trim your tools!
605.9K
623
12 hours ago
Server
Adventure
Decoration
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
+2
Super Resolution
This mod integrates several super-resolution algorithms in Minecraft to enhance performance or visual quality.
481.3K
296
Last month
Client
Optimization
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Musket Mod
Adds craftable flintlock weapons
472.3K
304
2 years ago
Client and server
Adventure
Equipment
Game Mechanics
Fabric
Forge
+1
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!
437K
184
Last month
Client
Models
Utility
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
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!!!
395.3K
273
3 months ago
Client and server
Game Mechanics
Social
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1
Dimanic Beds
Vertical stackable beds with no support mods needed
374K
81
Last month
Client
Blocks
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Unobtrusive Weather
Makes rain and snow particles smaller! Not called "Unobstructive Weather"... lol
353.4K
189
Last week
Client
Environment
Utility
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Shine
Adds bloom, colored lighting, and stylized effects to Minecraft, without shaders.
303.3K
1,173
Last week
Client
Decoration
Fabric
NeoForge
Benigamer's enhanced visuals
This pack adds custom fog and changes sky and grass colors for every biome and ads cool particle effects
276K
306
10 months ago
Client
Environment
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Spryzeen's Knight Armor
Better armors, knight armors!
267K
519
6 months ago
Client
Combat
Equipment
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
[Particle Effects] Particles Updated
Updates the Particle Effects mod textures to ones I like better
228.1K
75
6 months ago
Client
Modded
Themed
Tweaks
Resource Pack
Drodi's Villagers x Fresh Animations
Torn between Drodi’s Villagers and Fresh Animations? You’ve come to the right place!
194.8K
331
Last year
Client
16x
Entities
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Chase the Skies
Sunrises and sunsets inspired by the promotional art for the 1.21.6 update, Chase the skies.
172K
307
3 months ago
Client
Environment
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Better Lights
Realistic torches and lanterns
122.6K
139
Last week
Client
Models
Realistic
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Toms Server Additions: Decorations & Furniture
Server-side decorations and furniture, comes with its own workbench block! No client side mods required!
102.6K
278
2 months ago
Server
Decoration
Game Mechanics
Utility
Fabric
Cool Elytra Roll
Client-side fabric mod that rotates the camera while turning during elytra flight. Uses actual physics to imitate aircraft roll maneuvers.
70.2K
143
7 months ago
Client
Cursed
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
50.8K
91
3 weeks ago
Server
World Generation
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Data Pack
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!
37.7K
231
9 months ago
Client
16x
Decoration
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
Bountiful Blocks
Expands on Minecraft's blocksets in a vanilla-like manner
31.2K
132
Last year
Client and server
Decoration
Utility
Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Stylus's Bow Retexture
A retexture of the bow, crossbow and arrows + new 2D models for the arrows!
18K
56
Last week
Client
Items
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
TAA-Distant Horizons port
fork of TAA project that adds Distant Horizons support
10.4K
18
Last week
Client
Potato
Vanilla Like
Iris
OptiFine
Rad's Lush Foliage
Fuller lush visuals for all kinds of foliage.
8,311
64
8 months ago
Client
Models
Tweaks
Vanilla Like
Resource Pack
GoldenMaus's connected textures
A simple resource pack to enhance your world
5,414
9
7 months ago
Client
16x
Blocks
Simplistic
Resource Pack
Simple_Backpack
This mod adds 4 new backpack which are used to store objects
142
0
Last month
Client and server
Adventure
Storage
Utility
Fabric
Forge
+1

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