Essential Enhancements
Modpackby 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.
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Contained Mods (75)
JourneyMap
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Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
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Architectury API
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Mouse Tweaks
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AppleSkin
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ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
Controlling
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Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
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Puzzles Lib
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Searchables
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Fabric API
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[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]
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[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]
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YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
Iris Shaders
A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing Optifine shaders
Sound Physics Remastered
A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.
Not Enough Animations
Bringing first-person animations to the third-person
Fzzy Config
Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!
Simple Voice Chat
A working voice chat in Minecraft!
No Chat Reports
Makes chat unreportable (where possible)
oωo (owo-lib)
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Essential Mod
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Chat Heads
See who are you chatting with! Now for Forge too!
Skin Layers 3D
Render the player skin layer in 3d!
BadOptimizations
Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering
Forge Config API Port
NeoForge's & Forge's config systems provided to other modding ecosystems. Designed for a multiloader architecture.
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
FerriteCore (Fabric)
Memory usage optimizations
Reese's Sodium Options
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Fabric Language Kotlin
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Continuity
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MidnightLib
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Sodium Extra
Features that shouldn't be in Sodium
BetterF3
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Sodium/Embeddium Extras
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Model Gap Fix
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Fast IP Ping
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M.R.U
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Subtle Effects
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UniLib
A common set of Utilities, designed for over 50 versions of Minecraft!
Particle Rain
replaces the default weather with particle effects
Ambient Environment
Adds more ambiance to a Minecraft world
Visuality
Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.
WorldEdit
In-game Minecraft map editor - build bigger things more quickly!
Roughly Enough Items Fabric/Forge/NeoForge (REI)
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Mandala's GUI - Dark mode
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Complementary Shaders - Reimagined
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Enhanced Boss Bars
New improved boss bars!
Extreme sound muffler - Fabric
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Fresh Animations
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Bobby
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Language Reload
Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages
More Chat History
Increases the size of the chat history.
Cool Rain
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Fadeless
Remove fade out animations in Minecraft (1.20+)
Paper Doll
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Text Placeholder API
Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.
Better Ping Display [Fabric]
Displays ping in milliseconds in the player list in a configurable way
Fabric Capes
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Auth Me
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No Telemetry
Disable the telemetry introduced in 21w38a
Sounds Be Gone!
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MidnightControls
Adds controller support and enhanced controls overall.
Voice Chat Interaction
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Advancement Info Update Port
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