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Essential TerraFirmaCraft (TFC)

Modpack

by gaelmare

TFC modpack for beginner TerraFirmaCraft players with selected QoL and minor content mods

Type

Modpack

CurseForge Downloads

15,298

CurseForge ID

874611

Last Updated

Jun 5, 2026

Description

Curious about TerraFirmaCraft and want to play a curated modpack with just TFC? This modpack is for you!

Designed for the beginner TerraFirmaCraft player in 1.18/1.20, planned as a modpack that someone can just recommend for new arrivals to the TFC TNG community.

I've selected a few content addons and my favorite Quality of Play mods, while not adding shaders or large content changes.

1.21 version coming when enough addons are out.

TerraFirmaCraft addons:

Barrels 2012 - Allows large items and lanterns in the back slot

Water Flasks - leather and iron flasks with durability

TFCGyres-OreHints - adds hint rocks for all mineral veins, buffs veins a lot in 1.18, just adds mountain iron in 1.20

QoL(Quality of Life) Mods:

Jade - for in-game display of items, critical in TFC to know what you're looking at!

JEI - all kinds of recipe questions

Xaero's mini-map and world map - because making over 100 waypoints is not unusual in TFC gameplay

Controlling - because custom keybinds make me happy

Performance Mods:

Embeddium/Extras/Dynamic Lights - Improves graphical performance and adds dynamic lighting

Ferrite Core - Improves memory usage

Dependencies:

Patchouli - for TFC, provides the in-inventory book

Curios API - for back slot access

Version specific notes:

In 1.18, rock layer sizes are essentially the same as in 1.7, which are too big for single-player or small server use. I added my TFCGyres-RockLayerSize mod to decrease rock layer sizes by 50%.

In 1.20, worldgen and rock layer sizes are very different, and quite acceptable, so this is not needed.

1.20 adds the "Searchables" library mod, a required dependency for Controlling. It allows keybind searching by mod, which is super helpful!

1.20 also adds the ModernFix performance mod for several bugfixes and enhancements.

For support, come to the TFC discord: https://discord.gg/PRuAKvY in the #content forum post for this modpack.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Forge

Game Versions

1.20.1

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Curios API (Forge/NeoForge)

A flexible and expandable accessory/equipment API for users and developers.

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Controlling

Controlling

Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 407,036,151
Xaero's Minimap

Xaero's Minimap

Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen. Lets you create waypoints which...

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Xaero's World Map

Xaero's World Map

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Searchables

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Patchouli

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Mod 304,218,356
Embeddium

Embeddium

A powerful, mod-friendly, FOSS client performance mod for NeoForge

Mod 159,732,542
Sodium/Embeddium Dynamic Lights

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Chloride (Embeddium++/Sodium++)

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Zume

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TerraFirmaCraft

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TFC Water Flasks

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Barrels 2012

Barrels 2012

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Mod 1,669,866
TFCGyres-OreHints

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Lowcode mod to add hint rocks that generate above TFC mineral veins, also buffs some veins that were too rare.

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