Valkaw Client
ModpackRebranch of Sliwed Optimize, now refreshed and updated to the latest versions with Sodium for OpenGL and VulkanMod for Vulkan API.
Description
Valkaw

Maximize your Minecraft performance with the ultimate optimization modpack!
What is Valkaw?
Valkaw is a high-performance modpack forked from Sliwed Optimize. We're constantly updating it to squeeze out better frame rates and fix issues, ensuring the project keeps moving forward smoothly.
Core Features
We've focused on three main upgrades to make your game lighter and faster:
Fastest Performance HUD
Powered by Hudder, FlexHUD, and CustomHUD, this displays the stats you actually need without hogging your resources.
Smart Resource Manager
We use FerriteCore and "Put A Plug In it!" to keep your RAM usage in check. Plus, EntityCulling uses your CPU to calculate what you can see in real-time, skipping the rendering of anything hidden behind blocks.
OptiFine Features
Missing Zoom or Dynamic Lights? No problem. With WI Zoom and LambDynamicLights, you get those familiar features back, now running on the faster Sodium or VulkanMod engines.
Main Optimization Mods
Valkaw offers two different rendering paths depending on your hardware. Choose the version that best suits your system!
1. Sodium Edition (Standard)
The standard, highly compatible optimization route using the OpenGL API. Perfect for most users and supports shaders.
Click to expand the Sodium modlist
- Sodium: The absolute best modern rendering engine for Minecraft.
- Lithium: General-purpose optimization for game physics, AI, and block ticking.
- FerriteCore: Significantly reduces the memory footprint of the game.
- EntityCulling: Skips rendering hidden entities/tiles to boost performance.
- Iris Shaders: Seamless, high-performance shader support (the best OptiFine alternative).
2. VulkanMod Edition (Maximum Raw Performance)
A wildly powerful route that completely replaces OpenGL with the Vulkan API. Incredible for squeezing out the absolute maximum raw FPS. Requires Vulkan API 1.3.
Click to expand the VulkanMod modlist
- VulkanMod: Rewrites Minecraft's renderer to use the Vulkan API, drastically reducing CPU overhead and boosting FPS.
- Lithium: General-purpose optimization for game physics, AI, and block ticking.
- FerriteCore: Significantly reduces the memory footprint of the game.
- EntityCulling: Skips rendering hidden entities/tiles to boost performance.
- Beryl: A mod that provides shaders like Vibrant Visuals, created specifically to improve the realistic gaming experience with VulkanMod.
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Contained Mods (57)
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
AppleSkin
Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD
Controlling
Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
Using async path-tracing to hide BlockEntities/Entities that are not visible
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
Searchables
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Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
Sodium Extra
Features that shouldn't be in Sodium
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
BadOptimizations
Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering
LambDynamicLights
The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
MoreCulling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
Krypton
A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack
Fast IP Ping
Yeet the laggy reversed DNS lookup for literal IP server addresses
Text Placeholder API
Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.
Simple Discord RPC
A simple to use RPC plugin for Minecraft and Modpacks
More Chat History
Increases the size of the chat history.
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)
A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.
CraterLib
A library mod for First Dark Development and HypherionSA's mods
Ixeris
Buffered raw input and threaded event polling
Cull Leaves
Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla.
Client Sort
Versatile and easy inventory sorting.
Ksyxis
Speed up your world loading by removing unneeded chunks.
WI Zoom
The zoom from the Wurst Client as a standalone mod.
Gamma Utils (Fullbright)
Fully client side Gamma / Brightness / Night Vision mod, making it easy to see in the dark. Basically Fullbright for Fab...
lazy-language-loader (Fabric)
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Fast Noise
This optimizes noise generation
ModernFix-mVUS
A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.
Better Block Entities
A Minecraft optimization mod for Fabric/Sodium that improves FPS / Block Entity Rendering by implementing a Hybrid Rende...
Smooth Scrolling
Customize the scrolling smoothness or speed in various places like chat, hotbar, creative screen...
Nvidium
Fast nvidia only rendering engine for sodium
Disconnect Packet Fix
Works around the MC-271325 bug on Fabric and NeoForge servers (fixes "error sending packet clientbound/minecraft:disconn...
VulkanMod
Vulkan renderer mod for Minecraft.
NoisiumForked
Optimises worldgen performance for a better gameplay experience.
Shuttfup
A mod that fixes some minor annoyances!
Faster Iris Shadow Mapper
Improves the speed of Iris' shadow mapping
Network Protocol Disconnect
This mod Prevents the Client from disconnecting when invalid packets are received.
Async
Async is a Fabric mod designed to improve the performance of entities by processing them in parallel threads.
Better Render Distance
Improves render distance by making it perfectly spherical, culling diagonal chunk sections and entities for better perfo...
Super Fast Math
A lightweight fabric mod that changes the sin and cos for better math.
Simple Fullbright (Fabric, Forge, NeoForge)
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Beryl
Introducing an efficient shader pipeline for Vulkan.
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Not Enough FPS
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Smooth Join
Eliminates lag spikes when joining a world by dynamically adjusting render distance.
Lomka
Mix of small optimizations for your Minecraft
Flex HUD
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Hudder
Add a highly customizable hud to your game!
Oxidizium
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Player Hider (fps boost)
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ThreatenGL (spikers Fork)
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PotatoRender
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