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Essential Enhancements

Modpack

by TheDanSixx

Enhance your vanilla game with a collection of FPS and Quality of Life improving client mods designed to work on any vanilla server!

Type

Modpack

CurseForge Downloads

4,664

CurseForge ID

658748

Last Updated

Jun 6, 2026

Description

The best way to play Minecraft


This pack can be used to connect to vanilla servers and play your existing vanilla saves.

 

This mod collection will help boost your FPS, you can see 200+ even on a potato.
Major quality of life improvements and visual enhancements.
Block telemetry spying (formerly snooper) and chat reporting.
Optional controller support, play Java with Bedrock controls!

 

This is the collection of mods I use to play Minecraft daily, so I will be maintaining and updating this pack as regularly as required.

 

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.5

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Contained Mods (75)

JourneyMap

JourneyMap

Real-time map used for mapping in-game or your browser as you explore.

Mod 347,119,792
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 476,780,699
Architectury API

Architectury API

An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.

Mod 403,412,256
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

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

Mod 498,657,190
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 462,806,240
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 248,339,176
Controlling

Controlling

Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 407,013,035
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 322,040,850
Puzzles Lib

Puzzles Lib

Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.

Mod 239,523,757
Searchables

Searchables

Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...

Mod 181,458,800
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 389,067,754
[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]

[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]

Custom, Emissive and Varied mobs like Optifine and so much more.. +Player skin features!)

Mod 133,073,857
[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 194,671,722
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 192,688,469
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 290,740,507
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing Optifine shaders

Mod 114,137,632
Sound Physics Remastered

Sound Physics Remastered

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

Mod 170,064,181
Not Enough Animations

Not Enough Animations

Bringing first-person animations to the third-person

Mod 211,525,483
Fzzy Config

Fzzy Config

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

Mod 97,987,920
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 154,727,600
No Chat Reports

No Chat Reports

Makes chat unreportable (where possible)

Mod 152,731,719
oωo (owo-lib)

oωo (owo-lib)

A general utility, GUI and config library for modding on Fabric and Quilt

Mod 107,534,230
Essential Mod

Essential Mod

The best way to play Minecraft. Enhanced Minecraft features in one simple mod. Fast, friendly, and for everyone!

Mod 86,604,872
Chat Heads

Chat Heads

See who are you chatting with! Now for Forge too!

Mod 138,690,474
Skin Layers 3D

Skin Layers 3D

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 101,325,523
BadOptimizations

BadOptimizations

Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering

Mod 91,902,408
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 121,409,856
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 181,052,014
FerriteCore (Fabric)

FerriteCore (Fabric)

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 66,385,425
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 127,512,874
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 162,076,624
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 109,804,420
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 66,890,657
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 136,530,098
BetterF3

BetterF3

A mod that provides a highly customizable, more human-readable Debug HUD.

Mod 96,834,711
Sodium/Embeddium Extras

Sodium/Embeddium Extras

An add-on mod for Sodium (and Embeddium) that adds new features and customization.

Mod 60,647,081
Model Gap Fix

Model Gap Fix

Fixes small gaps in item and block models

Mod 47,163,810
Fast IP Ping

Fast IP Ping

Yeet the laggy reversed DNS lookup for literal IP server addresses

Mod 62,548,867
CraftPresence

CraftPresence

Completely Customize the way others see you play in Discord!

Mod 68,968,412
M.R.U

M.R.U

Mineblock's Repeated Utilities

Mod 40,544,724
Subtle Effects

Subtle Effects

Adding many new subtle details through particles and a few sounds

Mod 24,351,888
UniLib

UniLib

A common set of Utilities, designed for over 50 versions of Minecraft!

Mod 28,892,298
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 29,946,136
Ambient Environment

Ambient Environment

Adds more ambiance to a Minecraft world

Mod 40,762,184
Visuality

Visuality

Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.

Mod 61,721,894
WorldEdit

WorldEdit

In-game Minecraft map editor - build bigger things more quickly!

Mod 69,814,295
Roughly Enough Items Fabric/Forge/NeoForge (REI)

Roughly Enough Items Fabric/Forge/NeoForge (REI)

Clean and Customizable. An easy way to browse recipes. Alternative to JEI Just Enough Items.

Mod 55,000,259
Complementary Shaders - Unbound

Complementary Shaders - Unbound

Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.

Shader 155,873,161
Mandala's GUI - Dark mode

Mandala's GUI - Dark mode

An elegant Interface, in the style of Mandala Creations.

Texture Pack 36,985,434
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

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

Shader 204,878,457
Enhanced Boss Bars

Enhanced Boss Bars

New improved boss bars!

Texture Pack 28,912,523
Extreme sound muffler - Fabric

Extreme sound muffler - Fabric

Forget about those nasty sounds! - Clientside sound muffler.

Mod 5,716,248
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Texture Pack 87,517,918
Bobby

Bobby

Allows for render distances greater than the server's view-distance setting.

Mod 35,287,391
Language Reload

Language Reload

Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages

Mod 59,343,789
More Chat History

More Chat History

Increases the size of the chat history.

Mod 33,237,260
Cool Rain

Cool Rain

Creates ambient sounds for certain blocks during rain

Mod 3,065,451
Fadeless

Fadeless

Remove fade out animations in Minecraft (1.20+)

Mod 8,370,216
Paper Doll

Paper Doll

Shows a tiny player model on screen when performing actions like sprinting, swimming, and flying.

Mod 1,349,725
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 10,786,394
Better Ping Display [Fabric]

Better Ping Display [Fabric]

Displays ping in milliseconds in the player list in a configurable way

Mod 20,792,056
Fabric Capes

Fabric Capes

Lets you use capes from OptiFine, LabyMod and other cape mods

Mod 32,257,197
Wavey Capes

Wavey Capes

The cape shouldn't be a static slab

Mod 12,751,011
[ESF] Entity Sound Features

[ESF] Entity Sound Features

Allows for entity sound variation using ETF / OptiFine format property rules. Also adds aditional sound related utility...

Mod 4,028,546
Raised

Raised

Take control of the position of your GUI and fix the broken hotbar selection texture!

Mod 8,221,961
Auth Me

Auth Me

Authenticate yourself and re-validate your session

Mod 15,528,516
No Telemetry

No Telemetry

Disable the telemetry introduced in 21w38a

Mod 8,443,150
Sounds Be Gone!

Sounds Be Gone!

Allows you to disable specific sounds you don't like. Perfect for people with Misophonia!

Mod 3,281,930
MidnightControls

MidnightControls

Adds controller support and enhanced controls overall.

Mod 5,466,548
Voice Chat Interaction

Voice Chat Interaction

Voice chat skulk sensor activation and warden detection

Mod 3,086,785
View Distance Fix

View Distance Fix

A server side Fabric mod that fixes the fog when having a higher render distance on the client than on the server

Mod 677,503
Cull Particles MultiLoader

Cull Particles MultiLoader

MultiLoader particle culling mod to improve performance

Mod 67,186
project-1207432

project-1207432

A library mod for client-side mods. Contains most of the common/shared code of masa's client mods, and adds some inter-o...

Mod 544
project-1207454

project-1207454

Various client-side tweaks, such as hand restock, hotbar swap/cycle, flexible/fast block placement etc.

Mod 447,763
Advancement Info Update Port

Advancement Info Update Port

Show more information about advancement requirements

Mod 25,800

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