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A very simple modpack that improves performance but tries to stay as vanilla as possible with very little QoL mods that don't affect gameplay.

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Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

2,418

Modrinth ID

gkDpflko

Last Updated

Oct 3, 2026

Description

barelyoptimized

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A very simple modpack that improves performance but tries to stay as vanilla as possible with very little QoL mods that don't affect gameplay.

About

This modpack does not feature any eye candy features like shaders or support for advanced resource packs as the goal here is to provide an enhanced vanilla experience with improved performance and a small amount of hand-picked QoL mods that don't affect gameplay at all. All mods will use default configurations as after my own research I don't think it's necessary to change anything and you're free to configure them on your own either via the in-game Mod Menu or by directly altering the config files.

List of Included Mods

Do note you can add your own mods on top of this and use this modpack as a base!

Performance Optimization Mods
  1. BadOptimizations -> Small optimizations that improve the game's performance.
  2. Better Block Entities -> Improves the performance of entity block rendering.
  3. Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric) -> Improves how chunks are handled for better performance.
  4. Dynamic FPS -> Decreases FPS when the game window is not active to save on computer resources.
  5. Entity Culling -> Stops entities from rendering if they are not visible to the player.
  6. FerriteCore -> Reduces the game's memory usage.
  7. ImmediatelyFast -> Improves the performance of immediate mode rendering.
  8. Ixeris -> Improves game performance when using high polling rate mice.
  9. Lithium -> Improves the game's systems without sacrificing vanilla behavior.
  10. More Culling -> Modifies how culling is handled in order to improve performance.
  11. ScalableLux -> Improves the lighting engine for faster light updates.
  12. Sodium -> Improves the game's rendering performance and fixes some bugs.
QoL Mods
  1. Bobby -> Stores the chunks of a server's world locally on your computer to let you go beyond the server's render distance limit.
  2. Cubes Without Borders -> Lets you play the game in borderless fullscreen mode.
  3. e4mc -> Lets you host singleplayer worlds to let your friends join you without needing to set up a server or port forward.
  4. Fast IP Ping -> Makes it faster to ping servers with pure IP addresses in the server browser.
  5. Mod Menu -> Adds a menu to view all installed mods and configure them if supported.
  6. More Chat History -> Increases the amount of messages stored in the in-game chat.
  7. Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks -> Re-introduces shadows on non-full blocks which Sodium gets rid of.
Dependencies
  1. Cloth Config API -> API for configuration screens.
  2. Fabric API -> Official API for the Fabric mod loader.
  3. Text Placeholder API -> API for parsing placeholders in strings.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21 1.21.1 1.21.5 1.21.6 1.21.7 1.21.8 1.21.9 1.21.10 1.21.11 26.1 +3 more

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Contained Mods (22)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 570,982,654
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 525,687,367
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 412,316,626
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 332,329,774
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 244,017,817
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.

Mod 243,604,182
FerriteCore

FerriteCore

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 165,430,723
BadOptimizations

BadOptimizations

Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering

Mod 129,912,082
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 126,658,357
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

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

Mod 102,837,204
Fast IP Ping

Fast IP Ping

Yeet the laggy reversed DNS lookup for literal IP server addresses

Mod 80,972,175
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 74,153,544
e4mc

e4mc

Open a LAN server to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Mod 51,492,581
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

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

Mod 45,829,802
More Chat History

More Chat History

Increases the size of the chat history.

Mod 43,978,863
Bobby

Bobby

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

Mod 42,515,577
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)

Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)

A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.

Mod 41,036,874
Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks

Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks

Reintroduces vanilla-like smooth lighting to non-full blocks (e.g. dirt paths and how they have dark shading when direct...

Mod 34,816,220
ScalableLux

ScalableLux

A Fabric mod based on Starlight that improves the performance of light updates in Minecraft.

Mod 29,018,127
Ixeris

Ixeris

Buffered raw input and threaded event polling

Mod 24,800,695
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 13,421,330

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