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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

4,841

CurseForge ID

658748

Last Updated

Jul 27, 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 355,610,675
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 509,923,902
Architectury API

Architectury API

An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.

Mod 421,308,197
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

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

Mod 514,879,528
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 480,939,383
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 275,113,181
Controlling

Controlling

Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 418,394,387
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 355,870,112
Puzzles Lib

Puzzles Lib

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

Mod 257,335,329
Searchables

Searchables

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

Mod 197,065,007
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 434,770,967
[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 142,973,132
[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 213,800,657
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 216,746,174
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 330,921,959
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 123,475,157
Sound Physics Remastered

Sound Physics Remastered

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

Mod 184,246,110
Not Enough Animations

Not Enough Animations

Bringing first-person animations to the third-person

Mod 229,078,378
Fzzy Config

Fzzy Config

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

Mod 111,495,919
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 171,824,749
No Chat Reports

No Chat Reports

Makes chat unreportable (where possible)

Mod 164,189,530
oωo (owo-lib)

oωo (owo-lib)

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

Mod 116,355,959
Essential Mod

Essential Mod

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

Mod 95,878,044
Chat Heads

Chat Heads

See who are you chatting with!

Mod 150,141,740
Skin Layers 3D

Skin Layers 3D

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 107,251,821
BadOptimizations

BadOptimizations

Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering

Mod 104,208,884
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 132,679,292
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 201,449,056
FerriteCore (Fabric)

FerriteCore (Fabric)

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 70,456,551
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 140,920,462
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 180,645,248
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 121,999,246
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 73,967,624
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 151,459,213
BetterF3

BetterF3

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

Mod 103,269,194
Sodium/Embeddium Extras

Sodium/Embeddium Extras

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

Mod 64,907,074
Model Gap Fix

Model Gap Fix

Fixes small gaps in item and block models

Mod 50,363,912
Fast IP Ping

Fast IP Ping

Yeet the laggy reversed DNS lookup for literal IP server addresses

Mod 68,422,030
CraftPresence

CraftPresence

Completely Customize the way others see you play in Discord!

Mod 72,238,128
M.R.U

M.R.U

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

Mod 45,550,268
Subtle Effects

Subtle Effects

Adding many new subtle details through particles and a few sounds

Mod 28,565,284
UniLib

UniLib

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

Mod 31,912,007
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 34,414,244
Ambient Environment

Ambient Environment

Adds more ambiance to a Minecraft world

Mod 43,459,799
Visuality

Visuality

Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.

Mod 65,714,638
WorldEdit

WorldEdit

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

Mod 72,685,821
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 56,146,624
Complementary Shaders - Unbound

Complementary Shaders - Unbound

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

Shader 169,268,048
Mandala's GUI - Dark mode

Mandala's GUI - Dark mode

An elegant Interface, in the style of Mandala Creations.

Texture Pack 38,717,361
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

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

Shader 221,066,702
Enhanced Boss Bars

Enhanced Boss Bars

New improved boss bars!

Texture Pack 29,854,985
Extreme sound muffler - Fabric

Extreme sound muffler - Fabric

Forget about those nasty sounds! - Clientside sound muffler.

Mod 6,329,122
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Texture Pack 93,241,347
Bobby

Bobby

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

Mod 37,784,898
Language Reload

Language Reload

Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages

Mod 64,860,612
More Chat History

More Chat History

Increases the size of the chat history.

Mod 36,780,655
Cool Rain

Cool Rain

Creates ambient sounds for certain blocks during rain

Mod 3,522,244
Fadeless

Fadeless

Remove fade out animations in Minecraft (1.20+)

Mod 9,193,594
Paper Doll

Paper Doll

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

Mod 1,429,310
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 12,941,305
Better Ping Display [Fabric]

Better Ping Display [Fabric]

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

Mod 22,153,895
Fabric Capes

Fabric Capes

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

Mod 33,936,305
Wavey Capes

Wavey Capes

The cape shouldn't be a static slab

Mod 13,504,003
[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 4,321,778
Raised

Raised

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

Mod 8,530,471
Auth Me

Auth Me

Authenticate yourself and re-validate your session

Mod 16,580,236
No Telemetry

No Telemetry

Disable the telemetry introduced in 21w38a

Mod 9,048,138
Sounds Be Gone!

Sounds Be Gone!

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

Mod 3,819,682
MidnightControls

MidnightControls

Adds controller support and enhanced controls overall.

Mod 5,675,042
Voice Chat Interaction

Voice Chat Interaction

Voice chat skulk sensor activation and warden detection

Mod 3,249,028
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 816,635
Cull Particles MultiLoader

Cull Particles MultiLoader

MultiLoader particle culling mod to improve performance

Mod 69,610
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 456,234
Advancement Info Update Port

Advancement Info Update Port

Show more information about advancement requirements

Mod 26,144

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