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Vanilla Plus

Modpack

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

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

12,313

Modrinth ID

Xd31u0tv

Last Updated

Sep 12, 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 — while preserving the original Minecraft experience.

The goal is simple: Minecraft, just better. No new gameplay mechanics, no balance changes — 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

💎 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

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Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 570,982,654
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

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

Mod 550,364,463
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 525,678,630
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 520,874,831
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 425,690,346
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 412,306,234
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 332,329,774
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 268,681,023
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

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

Shader 255,617,912
[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 254,795,636
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 244,014,269
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 217,679,641
Sound Physics Remastered

Sound Physics Remastered

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

Mod 212,189,913
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 203,431,248
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 192,929,890
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 181,930,365
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 167,137,880
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 156,118,663
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 145,686,360
Fzzy Config

Fzzy Config

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

Mod 141,708,370
Zoomify

Zoomify

A zoom mod with infinite customizability.

Mod 116,081,031
[ETF] Entity Texture Features

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

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

Mod 110,299,336
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

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

Mod 102,833,300
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 83,826,420
Language Reload

Language Reload

Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages

Mod 75,920,975
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 74,153,544
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

What's in my shulker box?

Mod 61,873,151
Particle Core

Particle Core

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

Mod 56,469,158
M.R.U

M.R.U

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

Mod 56,077,470
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Resource Pack 51,456,225
Remove Reloading Screen

Remove Reloading Screen

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

Mod 46,411,076
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

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

Mod 45,828,736
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 43,455,722
OptiGUI

OptiGUI

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

Mod 41,188,435
Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular ✨ Reforged

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

Mod 40,245,781 52.2K this week
Sound​s

Sound​s

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

Mod 38,076,528
Boat Item View

Boat Item View

See your held items as you row your boat!

Mod 31,823,213
Polytone

Polytone

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

Mod 30,158,611
InvMove

InvMove

Adds the ability to walk around while in inventories

Mod 24,871,792
Freecam

Freecam

A highly customizable freecam mod.

Mod 22,941,444
LibJF

LibJF

A library for my mods

Mod 22,245,993
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 22,079,795
Respackopts

Respackopts

Config menus for resource packs

Mod 16,726,987
Smooth Swapping

Smooth Swapping

Moves items smoothly in inventories

Mod 16,266,507
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 16,213,093
Axiom

Axiom

Small additions to Minecraft

Mod 14,194,278
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 14,092,059
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 13,997,813
ModernFix-mVUS

ModernFix-mVUS

A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.

Mod 13,688,380
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 13,420,389
Smooth Scrolling

Smooth Scrolling

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

Mod 13,208,706
Fresh Animations: Extensions

Fresh Animations: Extensions

A combination of offical extension packs for Fresh Animations

Resource Pack 11,875,814
Held Item Info

Held Item Info

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

Mod 10,005,906
Explosive Enhancement

Explosive Enhancement

Makes the explosion animation look cooler.

Mod 8,525,777
(Bee's) Fancy Crops

(Bee's) Fancy Crops

My take on prettier farming, compatible with mods

Resource Pack 8,292,556
Cool Rain

Cool Rain

Creates ambient sounds for certain blocks during rain

Mod 8,250,771
Low Fire

Low Fire

Lower your first-person fire to enhance visibility!

Resource Pack 8,089,799
voxy

voxy

A Level of Detail rendering mod

Mod 7,594,162
Hold My Items

Hold My Items

Make your hands visible in first person!

Mod 7,137,362
Smooth Gui

Smooth Gui

Makes menu screens open with a smooth animation.

Mod 5,755,173
Low Shield

Low Shield

Lower your shield for a visible view!

Resource Pack 5,701,436
Detailed Animations

Detailed Animations

Actually decent player animations.

Resource Pack 5,345,298
Immersive Hotbar

Immersive Hotbar

Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive

Mod 4,929,285
Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed

Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed

More details about armor in the armor bar!

Mod 4,792,914
Icons

Icons

Introduces icons throughout different aspects of the game

Resource Pack 4,560,634
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 4,494,686
Visual: Armor Trims

Visual: Armor Trims

Your favorite armor trims now show up in your inventory! Works in Vanilla 1.21.5+ ⚔️

Resource Pack 4,241,899
I Like Vanilla

I Like Vanilla

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

Shader 4,008,267
Unique Dark

Unique Dark

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

Resource Pack 3,938,204
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 3,502,752
Fresh Flower Pots

Fresh Flower Pots

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

Resource Pack 3,285,703
Packed Packs

Packed Packs

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

Mod 3,132,188
Animated Items

Animated Items

Animates various item textures

Resource Pack 2,933,593
Theone's Eating Animation Pack

Theone's Eating Animation Pack

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

Resource Pack 2,889,663
Fresh Food

Fresh Food

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

Resource Pack 2,860,298
Bookshelf Inspector

Bookshelf Inspector

Inspect any book in a chiseled bookshelf.

Mod 2,144,095
ClickThrough Plus

ClickThrough Plus

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

Mod 2,140,799
Pickup Notifications

Pickup Notifications

Show notifications on item pickup.

Mod 2,084,268
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 1,657,888
Fresh Flowers and Plants

Fresh Flowers and Plants

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

Resource Pack 1,449,048
Actually 3D Stuff

Actually 3D Stuff

Some 3D stuff specially for Hold My Items Mod

Resource Pack 1,308,790
Fresh Music Discs

Fresh Music Discs

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

Resource Pack 1,221,377
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 1,132,714
Story Mode Clouds

Story Mode Clouds

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

Resource Pack 842,894
Just 3D Armors HMI

Just 3D Armors HMI

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

Resource Pack 841,263
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 785,417
Glowy Nether Portals

Glowy Nether Portals

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

Resource Pack 627,437
Lightweight Inventory Sorting

Lightweight Inventory Sorting

Lightweight client-side inventory sorting with no extra fluff

Mod 552,138
Fresh Ores and Ingots

Fresh Ores and Ingots

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

Resource Pack 467,025
Glowing Items

Glowing Items

Adds a colorful outline to various items

Resource Pack 113,180
Soft Weather

Soft Weather

Makes rain and snow less visually obtrusive.

Resource Pack 67,528
Fresh Paintings

Fresh Paintings

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

Resource Pack 66,085
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 64,710
ImmersiveThunder: Reforged

ImmersiveThunder: Reforged

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

Mod 38,719
Delight-map

Delight-map

Subtle tweaks to Minecrafts lighting, works in vanilla!

Resource Pack 31,127
Moss Panorama

Moss Panorama

A custom panorama for Minecraft 1.21.X

Resource Pack 7,066
Lite Weather

Lite Weather

Lite Weather makes rain and snow less distracting.

Resource Pack 2,317
Quieter Fireflies

Quieter Fireflies

Makes Firefly Bush sounds quieter in vanilla Minecraft.

Resource Pack 2,061

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