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Vanilla Plus

Modpack

Vanilla Plus modpack focused on performance, visuals and quality-of-life

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

9,354

Modrinth ID

Xd31u0tv

Last Updated

Jul 25, 2026

Description

Vanilla Plus

Vanilla Plus is a lightweight Vanilla+ client-side modpack focused on stunning visuals, high performance, immersive audio, and quality-of-life improvements β€” while preserving the original Minecraft experience.

The goal is simple: Minecraft, just better. No new gameplay mechanics, no balance changes β€” only a smoother, cleaner, and more immersive vanilla experience.

🟩 Visuals & Immersion

  • Iris Shaders with Complementary Shaders – Reimagined
  • Improved lighting, weather, clouds, rain, and atmospheric effects
  • High-quality particle enhancements
  • Connected textures and seamless block transitions
  • Fresh Animations with extended entity animations
  • 3D models for armor, food, books, flowers, crops, ores, paintings, shields, and more
  • Enhanced item, entity, and environment visuals

🟫 Audio Experience

  • Realistic sound propagation with Sound Physics Remastered
  • Enhanced thunder, rain, ambient sounds, and music
  • Increased sound channel limits for richer environments

🟦 Quality of Life

  • Better inventory management and sorting
  • Improved UI with smooth animations and scrolling
  • Dynamic crosshair and cleaner HUD elements
  • Zoom, held item information, and pickup notifications
  • Shulker previews and numerous interface improvements
  • Click-through inventory interactions

🟨 Performance

  • Modern Fabric optimization stack
  • Sodium + Iris + ImmediatelyFast + Entity Culling + More Culling
  • Optimized rendering, particles, models, and chunk loading
  • Excellent FPS with or without shaders
  • No gameplay compromises or visual shortcuts

🧱 Building & Exploration

  • Axiom for advanced building and world editing
  • Voxy for massive view distances and efficient terrain rendering
  • Great for creative projects, screenshots, and large survival worlds

🌍 Multiplayer

  • Fully client-side
  • Compatible with vanilla servers
  • Built-in proximity voice chat
  • No server-side installation required

πŸ’Ž Features

  • Vanilla-compatible worlds
  • No new items, mobs, or gameplay mechanics
  • Beautiful visuals and immersive atmosphere
  • Smooth animations and responsive UI
  • High performance
  • Perfect for survival, building, exploration, and multiplayer

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.4 1.21.6 1.21.11

Screenshots

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Contained Mods (98)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 509,847,402
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.

Mod 514,843,990
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 480,896,338
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 275,047,736
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Using async path-tracing to hide Tiles/Entities that are not visible

Mod 355,768,738
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 434,632,381
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.

Mod 213,752,307
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 216,678,465
Sodium

Sodium

The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!

Mod 330,812,853
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs

Mod 151,255,805
[ETF] Entity Texture Features

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric

Mod 88,751,903
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 65,652,994
Sound Physics Remastered

Sound Physics Remastered

A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.

Mod 184,213,105
Fzzy Config

Fzzy Config

Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!

Mod 111,463,192
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 171,785,659
Forge Config API Port

Forge Config API Port

NeoForge's & Forge's config systems provided to other modding ecosystems. Designed for a multiloader architecture.

Mod 132,650,996
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.

Mod 201,393,049
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 140,887,491
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 180,587,680
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 121,966,870
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 151,419,729
Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular is a mod that enhances Minecraft's ambience with many hand-crafted visual effects. Forge Port !

Mod 30,664,596
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 53,173,973
Freecam

Freecam

A highly customizable freecam mod.

Mod 17,531,346
Axiom

Axiom

Small additions to Minecraft

Mod 10,927,212
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

Make your game like the trailers! Dynamic animated entities to freshen your Minecraft experience.

Resource Pack 40,704,048
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 18,873,628
Fresh Flower Pots

Fresh Flower Pots

Adds more detail and variation to flower pots with new, vanilla-friendly models

Resource Pack 2,261,546
(Bee's) Fancy Crops

(Bee's) Fancy Crops

My take on prettier farming, compatible with mods

Resource Pack 6,578,521
Detailed Animations

Detailed Animations

Actually decent player animations.

Resource Pack 4,486,612
Smooth Scrolling

Smooth Scrolling

Customize the scrolling smoothness or speed in various places like chat, hotbar, creative screen...

Mod 10,439,040
ClickThrough Plus

ClickThrough Plus

Click through Signs and Item Frames to Chests and other containers - a port of ClickThrough to modern versions.

Mod 1,544,835
Not Enough Crashes

Not Enough Crashes

When crashing, you can go back to the title screen and keep playing, without needing to restart, alongside other things...

Mod 12,958,888
Cool Rain

Cool Rain

Creates ambient sounds for certain blocks during rain

Mod 6,330,538
MakeUp - Ultra Fast

MakeUp - Ultra Fast

MakeUp aims to provide the best quality / performance ratio, building a shader that can be adapted to anyone's resources...

Shader 10,899,553
Particle Core

Particle Core

Particle optimizations: Culling, rendering optimizations, configurable particle-type-specific spawn reduction, and potio...

Mod 43,925,338
Zoomify

Zoomify

A zoom mod with infinite customizability.

Mod 97,444,619
Unique Dark

Unique Dark

Dark GUI with unique textures for functional blocks. Dark mode for 78 mods

Resource Pack 3,103,912
Fresh Music Discs

Fresh Music Discs

A Minecraft resource pack that adds 3D music disc models!

Resource Pack 810,480
Low Fire

Low Fire

Lower your first-person fire to enhance visibility!

Resource Pack 6,105,381
Fresh Ores and Ingots

Fresh Ores and Ingots

Give ingots, bricks, and ores a 3D makeover for a nicer, more detailed look.

Resource Pack 383,069
M.R.U

M.R.U

A library mod used by Cassian and IMB11's mods to function.

Mod 45,536,634
Icons

Icons

Introduces icons throughout different aspects of the game

Resource Pack 3,207,354
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance

Mod 81,045,993
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 34,403,879
Low Shield

Low Shield

Lower your shield for a visible view!

Resource Pack 3,999,565
Fresh Flowers and Plants

Fresh Flowers and Plants

A Minecraft resource pack that adds 3D plant and flowers models!

Resource Pack 893,298
Fresh Paintings

Fresh Paintings

A Minecraft resource pack that adds 3D paintings and item frames models!

Resource Pack 42,925
Fresh Food

Fresh Food

A Minecraft resource pack that adds 3D food models and eating animations!

Resource Pack 1,921,512
Visual: Armor Trims

Visual: Armor Trims

Your favorite armor trims now show up in your inventory! Works in Vanilla 1.21.5+ βš”οΈ

Resource Pack 3,279,080
Bookshelf Inspector

Bookshelf Inspector

Inspect any book in a chiseled bookshelf.

Mod 1,626,932
voxy

voxy

A Level of Detail rendering mod

Mod 4,820,467
Theone's Eating Animation Pack

Theone's Eating Animation Pack

A texture pack that adds sprite animations for edible and drinkable items.

Resource Pack 2,109,822
Animated Items

Animated Items

Animates various item textures

Resource Pack 2,326,374
Fast Better Grass For Simple Grass Flowers

Fast Better Grass For Simple Grass Flowers

A texture that adds compatibility between Fast Better Grass and Simple Grass Flowers textures

Resource Pack 39,182
Soft Weather

Soft Weather

Makes rain and snow less visually obtrusive.

Resource Pack 33,872
Fast Better Grass

Fast Better Grass

Makes grass and related blocks use the top texture on the sides. Works with other resource packs!

Resource Pack 11,694,635
Bray & Cyber's Better, Fresher 3D Books

Bray & Cyber's Better, Fresher 3D Books

A collaboration pack between Bray and Cyber to make 3D book models for all enchanted book variations!

Resource Pack 701,139
Moss Panorama

Moss Panorama

A custom panorama for Minecraft 1.21.X

Resource Pack 4,298
Glowing Items

Glowing Items

Adds a colorful outline to various items

Resource Pack 56,603
Delight-map

Delight-map

Subtle tweaks to Minecrafts lighting, works in vanilla!

Resource Pack 21,086
Sound​s

Sound​s

Adds a wide range of new and improved sound effects to Minecraft, letting you customize everything from block interactio...

Mod 29,307,541
Fresh Animations: Extensions

Fresh Animations: Extensions

A combination of offical extension packs for Fresh Animations

Resource Pack 9,339,270
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

A mod that allows you to play Minecraft in a borderless fullscreen window.

Mod 36,847,703
qrafty's Capitalized Font

qrafty's Capitalized Font

This pack replaces lowercase letters with a smaller version of the capitalized letters, as seen on some servers. 🫐

Resource Pack 2,800,496
Actually 3D Stuff

Actually 3D Stuff

Some 3D stuff specially for Hold My Items Mod

Resource Pack 931,967
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.

Shader 221,026,423
Boat Item View

Boat Item View

See your held items when in a moving boat!

Mod 27,685,576
Language Reload

Language Reload

Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages

Mod 64,844,161
OptiGUI

OptiGUI

Blazing fast custom GUI textures on Fabric and Quilt with built-in OptiFine custom GUI resource pack support

Mod 34,922,184
Remove Reloading Screen

Remove Reloading Screen

Makes resource packs load in the background, allowing you to do other things while waiting!

Mod 38,696,687
FancyFast Bushy Leaves

FancyFast Bushy Leaves

Forces Fast Leaves rendering to improve performance with bushy textures, ensuring better FPS in dense biomes like jungle...

Resource Pack 1,385,643
InvMove

InvMove

Adds the ability to walk around while in inventories

Mod 20,895,775
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

What's in my shulker box?

Mod 50,998,878
Polytone

Polytone

Custom Block Sounds, Colors, Lightmaps, Colormaps, Post Shaders, Custom Item Models, Biome Variant Textures, Gui modifi...

Mod 22,371,273
Just 3D Armors HMI

Just 3D Armors HMI

Added 3d armor items that are held by hold my items

Resource Pack 448,273
Story Mode Clouds

Story Mode Clouds

Adds the clouds from Minecraft Story Mode into the main game.

Resource Pack 525,588
Horse Armor & Stuff x Fresh Animations

Horse Armor & Stuff x Fresh Animations

A pack that makes Horse Armor & Stuff compatible with Fresh Animations by Fresh_LX!

Resource Pack 462,887
LibJF

LibJF

A library for my mods

Mod 15,908,679
Respackopts

Respackopts

Config menus for resource packs

Mod 11,822,583
Immersive Hotbar

Immersive Hotbar

Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive

Mod 3,447,903
Raise Sound Limit Simplified

Raise Sound Limit Simplified

A mod that improves sound engine performance and raises Minecraft sound sources limit in a simple way

Mod 3,265,342
ModernFix-mVUS

ModernFix-mVUS

A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.

Mod 5,397,268
Smooth Swapping

Smooth Swapping

Moves items smoothly in inventories

Mod 12,764,859
Held Item Info

Held Item Info

Shows information (like enchantments) about the held item under its name

Mod 8,980,370
Smooth Gui

Smooth Gui

Smooth animation when opening GUI for Minecraft. GUI fades up when opened.

Mod 3,993,033
Explosive Enhancement

Explosive Enhancement

Makes the explosion animation look cooler.

Mod 6,996,269
Better Block Entities

Better Block Entities

A Minecraft optimization mod for Fabric/Sodium that improves FPS / Block Entity Rendering by implementing a Hybrid Rende...

Mod 6,848,265
Hold My Items

Hold My Items

Make your hands visible in first person!

Mod 6,062,516
Glowy Nether Portals

Glowy Nether Portals

Gives nether portals of any size a bright border all around, while keeping the vanilla look.

Resource Pack 220,434
Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed

Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed

More details about armor in the armor bar!

Mod 3,144,631
Packed Packs

Packed Packs

Pack resource and data packs into profiles with multiple selection, drag and drop, and extended mouse and keyboard contr...

Mod 1,696,584
Pickup Notifications

Pickup Notifications

Show notifications on item pickup.

Mod 1,503,858
I Like Vanilla

I Like Vanilla

A shader that improves minecraft's style instead of replacing it

Shader 2,247,975
Lightweight Inventory Sorting

Lightweight Inventory Sorting

Lightweight client-side inventory sorting with no extra fluff

Mod 492,741
Lite Weather

Lite Weather

Lite Weather makes rain and snow less distracting.

Resource Pack 1,168
ImmersiveThunder: Reforged

ImmersiveThunder: Reforged

ImmersiveThunder: Reforged is a Minecraft mod with realistic thunder that changes in volume and intensity based on dista...

Mod 17,172
Quieter Fireflies

Quieter Fireflies

Makes Firefly Bush sounds quieter in vanilla Minecraft.

Resource Pack 321

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