The Living World
ModpackLiving World is a long-form, family-friendly Minecraft experience built around a simple idea: The world should feel alive, dangerous when you’re ready, and peaceful when you’re not.
Description

Living World
The Living World
Peaceful when you're not ready. Dangerous when you are.
The Living World is a long-form, family-friendly Minecraft 1.21.1 (NeoForge) modpack designed around a simple philosophy: the world should feel alive, peaceful while you're building your foundation, and challenging when you're ready to venture out.
Whether you're playing solo or on a shared server, The Living World accommodates slower starts, cozy homesteading, group progression, and escalating late-game boss encounters—all while remaining fully playable in Peaceful difficulty.
This is not a speedrun pack. It is a world to live in first—and conquer later.
How the Pack Flows
Phase 1:
- Settle in & Thrive
- Build a Homestead: Utilize cozy furniture, aesthetic building options, and storage
- helpers (Another Furniture, Sophisticated Storage).
Farming & Cooking: Establish sustainable crops, animal feeding troughs, and food infrastructure (Actually Harvest, AppleSkin).
Explore a Busy Ecosystem: Discover active wildlife, detailed structures, and vibrant biomes (Living Things, YUNG's Structure Series).
Phase 2: Venture Beyond the Fence
When you decide to escalate the difficulty, the world opens up:
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Tech & Automation: Transition into mid-game processing, automated logistics, and power generation (Oritech, Create).
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Magical & Utility Options: Master spellcasting and specialized tools (Ace's Spell Utils, Cataclysm: Spellbooks).
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Mythic Bosses & Dungeons: Battle massive creatures, explore dangerous caves, and take on legendary threats (Ice and Fire, Cataclysm).
Built for Relaxed & Family-Friendly Play
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Peaceful-Friendly Progression: Integrated mechanics like Peaceful Hunger ensure food and farming remain vital, while crafted recipes for key mob drops allow you to progress seamlessly without forcing early combat.
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Low-Frustration Multiplayer: Designed for families and mixed-skill groups with personal loot instances (Lootr), land claiming/parties, shared travel networks (Waystones), and backup tools to prevent lost progress.
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Target Audience: Families, cozy/peaceful builders, tech/magic explorers, and cooperative groups.
Build your home. Tell your story. Live in the world.
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Contained Mods (191)
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
[ETF] Entity Texture Features
Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
/sit
Adds a command to sit anywhere you'd like to!
Ace's Spell Utils
An util API for making Iron's Spells and Spellbooks addons
Actually Harvest (right click and XP)
An actual working right click harvest without dependencies. XP from harvest feature as well. Automatically adds modded f...
Amendments
Cauldron Potion Mixing, Lanterns Animation, Carpeted Stairs, Candle Skulls, Double Cakes, Better Lilypads and much more
Animal Feeding Trough
Mobs self feed with feeding trough
Another Furniture
Another Furniture is a vanilla-styled furniture mod aiming to keep things simple while adding cute decoration!
Anvil Never Too Expensive
This lightweight Forge mod removes the "Too Expensive!" message that appears in anvils when the XP cost goes above 40 le...
AppleSkin
Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD
Architectury API
An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.
Artifacts
Adds various treasure items that can be found through exploration
Athena
A crossplatform (Forge/Fabric) solution to connected block textures for 1.19.4+
AttributeFix
Removes arbitrary limits on Minecraft's attribute system.
AzureLib
Java Minecraft mod using Bedrock models to create custom models and animations for items, blocks, entities
BaguetteLib
A simple but powerful event library that gives mod developers the control they actually need.
Balm
Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods
Better Advancements
Successor to BetterAchievements for the new advancements system in minecraft 1.12+
Better Animations Collection
Changing the in-game models to allow for better animations and subtle effects.
Better Combat
⚔️ Easy, spectacular and fun melee combat system from Minecraft Dungeons.
Better Combat x Cataclysm Spellbooks Compatibility
For the people who want compatibility with Cataclysm Spellbooks and Better Combat
Better Third Person
Improves third-person camera view.
Bookshelf
An open source library for other mods!
Brooms Unofficial
An unofficial port of Brooms, adding balanced enchantable brooms to Minecraft. Fly around the world!
Carry On
Carry On allows you to pick up Tile Entities and Mobs and carry them around!
Cataclysm & BetterCombat - Compatibility
This is a datapack/mod for compatibility between Cataclysm and Better Combat
Cataclysm Tools
New Ignitium Tools and Cursium Tools for L_Ender's_Cataclysm.
Cataclysm Weaponery
New ignitium weapons for L_Ender's Cataclysm mod
Cataclysm x YUNG's Better Nether Fortresses Compat
Cataclysm's Ignited Berserkers can now spawn in YUNG's Better Nether Fortresses after defeating Ignis
Cataclysm: Spellbooks
An addon for Iron's Spells and Spellbooks and L_Ender's Cataclysm
Cataclysm: Spellbooks & BetterCombat - Compatibility
This is a datapack/mod for compatibility between Cataclysm: Spellbooks and Better Combat
Charm of Undying (Fabric/Forge/Quilt)
Adds curios and trinkets support for the Totem of Undying so you can place it in a slot and don't have to be holding it....
Chorus Fruit Drops Nearby
🍇 When breaking chorus plants, all chorus fruit will drop at the base position.
Chunk Loaders
Chunk Loaders allows you keep chunks loaded with different tiers of chunk loaders!
Chunky
A small mod that adds chunky pigs!
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Clumps (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge/Quilt)
Merge experience orbs and instant pickup experience orbs to reduce lag!
Collective
🎓 Collective is a shared library with common code for all of Serilum's mods.
Comfortable Campfires
Sitting by the campfire is now just a little more comfortable. Lit campfires now give nearby players Regeneration or a c...
Comforts
Adds sleeping bags and hammocks for, respectively, portability and turning day to night, without setting new spawns. Com...
Controlling
Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu
Craftable Horse Armor
Adds crafting recipes for all types of horse armor based on the leather horse armor recipe
Craftable Nametag
Adds a crafting recipe for nametags!
Craftable Saddles
Craft saddles in older versions of Minecraft using the new 1.21.6 saddle recipe!
Create
Aesthetic Technology that empowers the Player
Create Contraption Terminals
Allows Tom's Simple Storage Terminals to work on Create contraptions.
Create Jetpack
Upgrade your backtank and utilize the pressurized air to fly
Create: Northstar - Redux
Space exploration addon for Create.
Curios API (Forge/NeoForge)
A flexible and expandable accessory/equipment API for users and developers.
Cut Through
Cleanly swing through transparent blocks like tall grass to hit mobs without breaking said block.
Deimos
Configuration and data generation library
Diagonal Fences
Fences connecting diagonally? Wait. That's illegal.
Dis-Enchanting Table
Recover enchantments from enchanted weapons or books!
Durability Tooltip
Durability Tooltip shows you the durability of an item!
Dynamic FPS
Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background
e4mc
Open a LAN server to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Easy Magic
Enchanting tables as they always should have been! Items stay after closing, and easy re-rolls.
Enchanted: Witchcraft
A magic and sorcery mod for all things witchcraft
Enchantment Descriptions
Adds in-game descriptions for enchantments to tooltips.
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
Using async path-tracing to hide BlockEntities/Entities that are not visible
Equipment Compare [Neo/Forge]
Makes it easier to compare equipment by showing a tooltip for what you're already wearing.
FallingTree
Break down your trees by only cutting one piece of it
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
Forti shields
Fortishields expands your defensive options by adding new shields to the game.
Fusion (Connected Textures)
Fusion allows resource packs to use additional texture and model types such as connected textures!
GeckoLib
A 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Geophilic – Vanilla Biome Overhauls
A subtle-ish overhaul of vanilla Overworld biomes! Reworked!
Global XP
Adds a block to store XP that is accessible to all players
Glow Squids Actually Glow
Makes glow squids actually glow!
Golem Overhaul
A mod which overhauls the vanilla golems!
GraveStone Mod
Places a gravestone with your inventory items inside when you die
Gravestone x Curios API Compat
Adds compatibility between Gravestone mod and Curios API
Guard Villagers
Guards that help with village pest control
Hang Glider
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Hooked
Grappling hooks done simple, natural, and useful.
IceAndFire Community Edition
The community version of mod Ice and Fire
Iceberg [Neo/Forge]
A modding library that contains new events, helpers, and utilities to make modder's lives easier.
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
Immersive Aircraft [Fabric/Forge]
A set of vanilla style, customizable and upgradable aircraft, from biplanes to airships
Immersive Machinery [Fabric/Forge]
A bunch of rustic machinery to transport, mine, and automate things, while staying close to the vanilla style.
Inventory Essentials
The most essential inventory tweaks. Now with sorting!
Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
Iron Furnaces
Inspired by cpw's Iron Chests, this mod introduces a variety of new furnaces to the game.
Iron's Lib
Provides common functionality and content for Iron's mods
iron's spellbooks arcane essence blocks
this mod is an add-on to ISS, adding 3 new block made out of arcane essence to help stacking items in your inventory
Iron's Spellbooks Tweaks
Modpack config tweaks for Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks. TOML options for mana, cooldowns, spell power and buff durations,...
Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks
A magic mod bringing back the classic RPG spellcasting fantasy.
Jade Addons (Neo/Forge)
Jade 🔍's additional mod supports for Neo/Forge
Jade 🔍
Shows information about what you are looking at. (Hwyla/WAILA fork for Minecraft 1.16+)
JourneyMap
Real-time map used for mapping in-game or your browser as you explore.
JourneyMap Integration
Adds some mod integrations for our favorite map mod
Jupiter
A powerful, auto sync config library.
Just Enough Archaeology
JEI and EMI Archaeology addon
Just Enough Breeding (JEBr)
JEI/REI/EMI plugin that displays breeding information
Just Enough Effect Descriptions (JEED)
JEI/REI/EMI plugin that displays information on all potion and status effects
Just Enough Items (JEI)
View Items and Recipes
Just Enough Resources (JER)
A JEI addon that adds mob drops, ore gen, ..
Just Hammers
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Konkrete
Just another boring library mod.
Kotlin for Forge
Adds a Kotlin language loader and provides some optional utilities.
L_Ender's Cataclysm
Cataclysm is a mod that adds difficult dungeons, challenging boss-fights and powerful items.
LibrarianLib
An extensive collection of tools, utilities, and frameworks.
Lionfish API
Very Light Animation API
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
Living Things
adds various new mobs to Minecraft
Lodestone
A collection of code used throughout projects under the Lodestar team.
Lootr (Forge & NeoForge)
A mod that makes it so nobody misses out on Loot! All loot chests are instanced per player and visually unique.
Macaw's Bridges
A simple mod that adds a lot of bridges!
Magic Vibe Decorations (Crystals, Halloween)
A collection of witchy decorations and crystals. Some crystals provide protective effects.
Medieval Buildings - New Structures!
Add exciting medieval buildings with hidden enemies and treasures to the world!
MmmMmmMmmMmm (Target Dummy)
Target Dummy that show damage dealt and can be equipped with armor. Damage numbers!
ModernFix
All-in-one mod that improves performance, reduces memory usage, and fixes many bugs. Compatible with all your favorite p...
Modopedia
In-game guidebooks and documentation driven by data and resource packs.
MonoLib
A non-invasive library mod for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge.
Moonlight Lib
dynamic data pack and registration, villager activities, custom map marker and a lot more
MoreCulling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
Mouse Tweaks
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Multitool
Combine all the tools into the Multitool
Nature's Compass
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Neat
Minimalistic Functional Unit Frames for the modern Minecrafter
Nemo's Inventory Sorting
Automatically sort your inventory with just a button!
Nether Wart Blocks to Nether Warts [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]
A configurable mod that lets you craft Nether Wart Blocks back to Nether Warts
No Chat Reports
Makes chat unreportable (where possible)
Not Enough Animations
Bringing first-person animations to the third-person
notblue's Vegan Recipes
Craft most peaceful and hostile mob drops using vegan base ingredients
Open Parties and Claims
Adds the ability to claim chunks and make player parties, integrates with Xaero's Minimap and World Map
Oritech
A technology-focused mod, with animated machinery, diverse processing options, and plenty of new mechanics and equipment
Overflowing Bars
Expand health, armor and armor toughness bars beyond vanilla. Nice and compact without confusing colors.
Particle Effects
Visual Mod that adds unique textured particles for every effect in vanilla Minecraft!
Patchouli
Accessible, Data-Driven, Dependency-Free Documentation for Minecraft Modders and Pack Makers
Peaceful Hunger | UPDATED
Play Peaceful with hunger; allows you to starve in Peaceful!
Phantom Storage
Summon an ender chest-like container that follows you around!
Pipez
Simple and efficient pipes
playerAnimator
player animation library
Polymorph (Fabric/Forge/Quilt)
No more recipe conflicts! Adds an option to choose the crafting result if more than one is available.
Polytone
Custom Block Sounds, Colors, Lightmaps, Colormaps, Post Shaders, Custom Item Models, Biome Variant Textures, Gui modifi...
Potentials
Library to allow mod developers to use cross platform capabilities
Potion Stacks
Allows potions to stack to 16
Pretty Pipes
A hassle-free, all-inclusive item transport mod
Pretty Pipes: Fluids
Pretty Pipes Addon which adds fluid pipes to transfer your fluids!
Prickle
Prickle is a JSON based configuration file format brought to Minecraft.
Puzzles Lib
Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.
Reese's Sodium Options
Alternative Options Menu for Sodium
Reese’s Sodium Options – Compat Rewrite
The required compatibility shim to make RSO work, all credit goes to the person who actually wrote RSO; FlashyReese
Remove Reloading Screen
Makes resource packs load in the background, allowing you to do other things while waiting!
Resourceful Config
Resourceful Config is a mod that allows for developers to make crossplatform configs
Resourceful Lib
Lib for Team Resourceful and more
Ribbits
Swamp villages and musical frogs!
Searchables
Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...
Simple Backups
A simple mod to create scheduled backups.
Simple Magnets
Simple Magnets adds Magnets that pickup items around the player!
Sit
Allows you to sit on slabs and stairs.
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
Sodium Dynamic Lights
Multiloader port of LambDynLights that adds Sodium options integration
Sodium Extra
Features that shouldn't be in Sodium
Sodium/Embeddium Options API
Config API for adding Sodium/Embeddium options with a better categories menu
Sophisticated Backpacks
Yet another backpack mod this time with backpack you can place in world, color in different color combinations, upgrade...
Sophisticated Core
Library mod for Sophisticated mods
Sophisticated Storage
Storage mod with multiple tiers and functional upgrades
StateObserver
A library for observing state changes.
Structure Compass
Adds a compass for each structure that you can use to locate structures
SuperMartijn642's Config Lib
Config Lib makes dealing with config files just a bit easier.
SuperMartijn642's Core Lib
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Supplementaries
Vanilla+ additions: Jars, signposts, faucets, weather vanes spring launchers, sconces, planters, lights, decoration and...
Supplementaries Squared
The extra content of Supplementaries that doesn't necessarily fit in the base mod!
Tank Storage
A portable tank that can store multiple fluids.
TerraBlender (Forge)
A library mod for adding biomes in a simple and compatible manner!
Tidal Towns
Several pieces of driftwood have been gathered to form a village that floats on the waves.
Tom's Simple Storage Mod
Simple vanilla style storage mod
Toolbar Sounds
A lightweight datapack that brings sound effects to your toolbar (hotbar).
TrimsEffects - 2.1 NOW AVAILABLE!
Armor trims will now give some special effect
Uranus
A Library contains animation engine, object helper and so on. Partly based on LLibrary and Citadel.
Utilitarian
A bunch of different functionality, neatly packaged in different modules that can be disabled and enabled depending on t...
Vanilla Fireflies
Datapack that adds ambient fireflies - now they fly not only near bushes.
Waystones
Teleport from waystone to waystone or craft magical scrolls to warp.
Yeetus Experimentus
Disable's the Experimental Settings popup, which appears when you create or load world.
YUNG's API (Forge/NeoForge)
A library mod for YUNG's Minecraft mods
YUNG's Better Caves (Forge/NeoForge)
Overhauled cave generation, underground lakes and rivers, lava oceans, and more!
YUNG's Better Desert Temples (Forge/NeoForge)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's desert temples!
YUNG's Better Dungeons (Forge/NeoForge)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's dungeons!
YUNG's Better End Island (Forge/NeoForge)
An overhaul of the main End Island where the dragon fight takes place!
YUNG's Better Jungle Temples (Forge/NeoForge)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's jungle temples!
YUNG's Better Mineshafts
A long-awaited and much-needed abandoned mineshaft overhaul!
YUNG's Better Nether Fortresses (Forge/NeoForge)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's Nether fortresses!
YUNG's Better Ocean Monuments (Forge/NeoForge)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's ocean monuments!
YUNG's Better Strongholds (Forge/NeoForge)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's strongholds
YUNG's Better Witch Huts (Forge/NeoForge)
Adds overhauled witch huts to swamps!
YUNG's Bridges (Forge/NeoForge)
Adds beautiful naturally generated bridges throughout the world
YUNG's Cave Biomes (Forge/NeoForge)
Adds new vanilla+ cave biomes and underground content!
YUNG's Extras (Forge/NeoForge)
Extra structures, features, and vanilla+ content suitable for any modpack
YUNG's Menu Tweaks (Forge/NeoForge)
A small, lightweight mod that makes browsing menus a lot easier