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Plants & Minecraft

Modpack

by Arthurow

Play PvZ in Modern Minecraft | QoL & Optimization

Type

Modpack

CurseForge Downloads

3,900

CurseForge ID

1523769

Last Updated

Jun 19, 2026

Description

Plants & Minecraft is a Fabric modpack that blends strategic base defense with a complete survival overhaul. Built around the Plants & Zombies mod, this pack challenges you to defend your world against zombies using a variety of plants, while improving the atmosphere, performance, and visual  of the base game.

Whether you are building a massive garden defense or exploring the new plants, every aspect of the game has been polished to feel more responsive and immersive.

New Fresh Combat: Center your gameplay around the Plants & Zombies mechanics. make a base to kill zombies.

Immersion: The world feels alive thanks to Particle Rain, Crops Love Rain, and Snow Under Trees. Environmental effects like Make Bubbles Pop and Explosive Enhancement add of physical feedback to your actions.

Visual Polish: Everything from your character to the items you hold has been upgraded. 3D Skin Layers, Not Enough Animations, and Fresh Food/Flowers textures provide a modern aesthetic without losing the Minecraft feel

Refined Interface: A clean, informative HUD powered by Immersive Hotbar, Status Effect Bars, and AppleSkin ensures you have all the data you need without cluttering your screen.

This pack is built on the Fabric loader, specifically optimized for high frame rates and stability.

Optimization: Utilizing Sodium, ImmediatelyFast, and FerriteCore, the pack is designed to run smoothly at times with many entities on screen.

Utility Tools: Mods like Zoomify, Mouse Tweaks, and Shulker Box Tooltip are included to streamline inventory management and exploration.

Visual Control: Full support for Iris Shaders is included, along with LambDynamicLights for real-time lighting from held torches and glowing plants.

Focus: The only mod that adds content is Plants & Zombies. This ensures a balanced and original gameplay feel.

Category               Mods                                                                                           Core Content         Plants & Zombies, Universal Ores, Lootr, More Mobs                                             Visuals               Visuality, Continuity, 3D Skin Layers, Entity Model Features (EMF), Entity Texture Features (ETF) Animations           Not Enough Animations, Spawn Animations, Chat Animation                                         World & Environment   Particle Rain, Crops Love Rain, Snow Under Trees, Better Biome Blend                           UI & HUD             Just Enough Items (JEI), BetterF3, AppleSkin, Immersive Hotbar, Shulker Box Tooltip, Icons     Performance               Sodium, Lithium, FerriteCore, Dynamic FPS, Resourcify, Mod Menu                                

Check out Plants & Zombies by PopsicleNate & Joshxviii!

Credits to PopsicleNate.

*italic text is used for mod citations, except Plants & Zombies.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

26.1 26.1.1 26.1.2

Screenshots

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Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

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Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 489,875,604
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

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

Mod 504,460,905
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 469,468,776
Balm

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Mod 277,411,861
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 257,369,997
Controlling

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Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 411,065,484
Clumps

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Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag

Mod 378,673,317
FancyMenu

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Customize Minecraft's menus with ease!

Mod 250,784,031
Collective

Collective

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Melody

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Mod 170,495,067
Puzzles Lib

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Cupboard

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Searchables

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Konkrete

Konkrete

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Fabric API

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Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 404,495,314
[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 136,668,045
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

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Mod 201,499,961
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 201,001,215
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 304,472,203
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 117,431,177
Framework

Framework

A common library powering all of MrCrayfish's Mods

Mod 122,288,896
Not Enough Animations

Not Enough Animations

Bringing first-person animations to the third-person

Mod 218,032,578
Better Advancements

Better Advancements

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Packet Fixer

Packet Fixer

A simple mod to solve various problems with packets, NBTs and timeouts.

Mod 119,137,648
Drippy Loading Screen

Drippy Loading Screen

Addon for FancyMenu to customize the loading screen.

Mod 126,474,024
Connectivity

Connectivity

Fix Login timeouts, Packet sizes errors, Payloads errors, ghostblocks and more.

Mod 148,180,970
Fzzy Config

Fzzy Config

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

Mod 102,698,743
Euphoria Patches

Euphoria Patches

Euphoria Patches is an add-on for Complementary Shaders, extending it with more optional features and settings.

Mod 100,553,775
No Chat Reports

No Chat Reports

Makes chat unreportable (where possible)

Mod 156,659,081
Configured

Configured

Automatic in-game configuration menus for every mod!

Mod 115,698,303
Default Options

Default Options

A way for modpacks to ship a default (key) configuration without having to include an options.txt file.

Mod 176,930,133
Chat Heads

Chat Heads

See who are you chatting with!

Mod 142,805,087
Skin Layers 3D

Skin Layers 3D

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 103,561,550
TrashSlot

TrashSlot

Adds a trash slot to the inventory screen that allows deletion of unwanted items.

Mod 119,134,513
BadOptimizations

BadOptimizations

Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering

Mod 96,088,859
fix GPU memory leak[Forge/Fabric]

fix GPU memory leak[Forge/Fabric]

A mod that fixes memory leaks on the client

Mod 94,790,995
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 125,355,076
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 188,075,967
Just Zoom

Just Zoom

Zoom by pressing a hotkey and adjust the zoom factor with your mouse wheel!

Mod 72,146,877
Just Enough Professions (JEP)

Just Enough Professions (JEP)

A JEI addon that adds profession workstations

Mod 105,517,792
FerriteCore (Fabric)

FerriteCore (Fabric)

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 67,834,524
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 132,158,768
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 168,380,285
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 114,122,037
Visual Workbench

Visual Workbench

Items stay inside of crafting tables and are also rendered on top. It's really fancy!

Mod 106,547,680
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 69,270,679
Almanac Lib

Almanac Lib

A loader independent library containing shared code reused between mods and a fix for empty nbt issues.

Mod 42,307,444
Shoulder Surfing Reloaded

Shoulder Surfing Reloaded

Shoulder Surfing Reloaded is a highly configurable third person camera mod for Minecraft

Mod 67,623,986
Pick Up Notifier

Pick Up Notifier

Be notified about all the things you've just collected.

Mod 87,077,863
Let Me Despawn

Let Me Despawn

Improves performance by tweaking mob despawn rules.

Mod 67,148,895
Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular is a mod that enhances Minecraft's ambience with many hand-crafted visual effects. Forge Port !

Mod 27,909,381
Resource Pack Overrides

Resource Pack Overrides

Ensures important resource packs stay always active and helps clean up the pack selection screen.

Mod 64,253,486
Cherished Worlds

Cherished Worlds

Favorite/pin/bookmark certain worlds, which will always be at the top of the list and cannot be deleted.

Mod 99,864,823
BaguetteLib

BaguetteLib

A simple but powerful event library that gives mod developers the control they actually need.

Mod 25,614,952
JamLib

JamLib

The platform-agnostic, Architectury based library used in all of JamCoreModding's mods

Mod 64,947,676
BetterF3

BetterF3

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

Mod 99,015,328
Starter Kit

Starter Kit

📦 Give all new players joining the world configurable starter gear, items and/or potion effects. It can overwrite the i...

Mod 81,454,593
RightClickHarvest

RightClickHarvest

Allows you to harvest crops by right clicking

Mod 64,573,821
Easy Magic

Easy Magic

Enchanting tables as they always should have been! Items stay after closing, and easy re-rolls.

Mod 81,902,486
Easy Anvils

Easy Anvils

Overhauled anvils with stored items, fairer costs, and no more frustrating repair penalties.

Mod 72,611,987
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 99,859,136
Particle Core

Particle Core

Particle optimizations: Culling, rendering optimizations, configurable particle-type-specific spawn reduction, and potio...

Mod 40,140,648
Leaves Be Gone

Leaves Be Gone

Quick leaf decay from cutting down trees. Built for fast performance and mod compat!

Mod 64,984,165
CraftPresence

CraftPresence

Completely Customize the way others see you play in Discord!

Mod 70,178,798
Trade Cycling

Trade Cycling

Refresh villager trades without needing to break workstations.

Mod 33,329,334
FlickerFix

FlickerFix

Disables nightvision flickering

Mod 40,736,444
M.R.U

M.R.U

Mineblock's Repeated Utilities

Mod 42,265,300
Forgiving Void

Forgiving Void

Makes the void hate you a little less (and vice-versa). Fall down and come back out on top.

Mod 55,750,585
LambDynamicLights

LambDynamicLights

The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.

Mod 85,492,630
UniLib

UniLib

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

Mod 30,017,437
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 31,513,713
Konkrete [Fabric] [MOVED TO NEW PAGE]

Konkrete [Fabric] [MOVED TO NEW PAGE]

Just another boring library mod.

Mod 50,938,171
Snow Under Trees

Snow Under Trees

Adds snow under trees in snowy biomes

Mod 49,521,950
Visuality

Visuality

Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.

Mod 63,124,890
Falling Leaves (Fabric)

Falling Leaves (Fabric)

Makes leaf particles fall from leaf blocks

Mod 37,398,584
Debugify

Debugify

Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker

Mod 62,188,528
Sound​s

Sound​s

Adds a wide range of new and improved sound effects to Minecraft, letting you customize everything from block interactio...

Mod 26,417,029
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

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

Mod 33,592,633
Client Sort

Client Sort

Versatile and easy inventory sorting.

Mod 15,537,593
Tax Free Levels

Tax Free Levels

Flattens the ever-increasing anvil and enchantment costs and makes renaming items always cost 1 level

Mod 11,313,513
Cut Through

Cut Through

Cleanly swing through transparent blocks like tall grass to hit mobs without breaking said block.

Mod 33,741,829
Particle Effects

Particle Effects

Visual Mod that adds unique textured particles for every effect in vanilla Minecraft!

Mod 11,098,171
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

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

Shader 210,844,148
BSL Shaders

BSL Shaders

Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.

Shader 104,784,959
Better Biome Blend

Better Biome Blend

Improves and fixes biome color blending

Mod 34,165,888
Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Makes chat messages appear with a smooth animation.

Mod 26,435,408
Lootr (Fabric)

Lootr (Fabric)

A mod that makes it so nobody misses out on Loot! All loot chests are instanced per player and visually unique.

Mod 24,487,025
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Texture Pack 89,604,393
Bobby

Bobby

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

Mod 36,154,454
Language Reload

Language Reload

Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages

Mod 61,159,500
Better Mount HUD

Better Mount HUD

Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount

Mod 38,562,663
ModMenu Badges Lib

ModMenu Badges Lib

More badge!!!

Mod 2,495,950
No Resource Pack Warnings

No Resource Pack Warnings

Disable warnings for outdated resource/data packs

Mod 14,063,611
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 11,539,784
Bow Infinity Fix (Forge/Fabric)

Bow Infinity Fix (Forge/Fabric)

Removes need to have an arrow in your inventory to use the Infinity enchant on your bow or crossbow

Mod 16,829,072
Fresh Animations: Extensions

Fresh Animations: Extensions

A combination of offical extension packs for Fresh Animations

Texture Pack 19,390,820
Make Bubbles Pop [Client] [Forge/Fabric/Quilt]

Make Bubbles Pop [Client] [Forge/Fabric/Quilt]

Client-side mod that makes bubble particles pop and lets them rise realistically to the water surface.

Mod 9,676,816
Visual Traveler's Titles

Visual Traveler's Titles

Visual titles when entering dimensions!

Texture Pack 11,293,966
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

What's in my shulker box?

Mod 47,574,232
Cursors Extended

Cursors Extended

Configurable Minecraft-themed cursors

Mod 5,107,484
Icons

Icons

Adding icons to several aspects of the game

Texture Pack 2,421,110
LibJF

LibJF

A library for my mods

Mod 13,904,639
Respackopts

Respackopts

Config menus for resource packs

Mod 10,330,134
Immersive Hotbar

Immersive Hotbar

Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive

Mod 3,034,265
Raise Sound Limit Simplified

Raise Sound Limit Simplified

A mod that raises Minecraft sound sources limit in a simple way

Mod 3,047,023
Held Item Info

Held Item Info

Shows information (like enchantments) about the held item under its name

Mod 8,594,458
MossyLib

MossyLib

Library with basic utilities for Mossy projects.

Mod 2,563,998
Music Notification

Music Notification

Configure visual notifications when music is played in-game

Mod 7,937,410
First Join Message

First Join Message

💬 Sends players who join a world for the first time a configurable message.

Mod 10,031,679
Snow Under Trees (Fabric)​

Snow Under Trees (Fabric)​

1.19+ continuation of Snow Under Trees (Fabric)

Mod 9,726,638
Universal Ores (Fabric)

Universal Ores (Fabric)

💎 Patches missing ores blocks to Minecraft.

Mod 6,759,990
Smooth Gui

Smooth Gui

Smooth animation when opening GUI for Minecraft.

Mod 3,552,198
Fresh Animations: Player Extension

Fresh Animations: Player Extension

Animates players in Fresh Animations' style. An official FA extension.

Texture Pack 1,444,165
Resourcify

Resourcify

In-game resource pack, data pack and shader browser and updater

Mod 12,242,662
Explosive Enhancement

Explosive Enhancement

Makes the explosion animation look cooler.

Mod 6,436,805
Status Effect Bars

Status Effect Bars

Adds customizable bars to the status effects overlay to show the remaining duration of effects.

Mod 9,588,313
Gamma Utils (Fullbright)

Gamma Utils (Fullbright)

Fully client side Gamma / Brightness / Night Vision mod, making it easy to see in the dark. Basically Fullbright for Fab...

Mod 13,275,598
Fresh Animations: Emissive

Fresh Animations: Emissive

Makes some Fresh Animations' textures emit light. An official FA extension.

Texture Pack 689,778
Nord's Leaf Me Alone

Nord's Leaf Me Alone

Allows any rideable entity with controlling it passenger to move trough leaves

Mod 472,119
Spawn Animations [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]

Spawn Animations [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]

Hostile mobs dig out of the ground or poof into existence when they spawn!

Mod 1,419,484
Shrimp's Immersive Interfaces

Shrimp's Immersive Interfaces

A complete graphical revamp of Minecraft's GUI, brings variety and charm to the previously grey boxes.

Texture Pack 3,403,914
More Mobs [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]

More Mobs [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]

Humanoid mobs get new variants through over 85 custom player heads or unused vanilla mobs! No Resource Pack needed!

Mod 611,391
Plants & Zombies

Plants & Zombies

A Plants Vs. Zombies mod for Minecraft

Mod 191,066
Breaking Place

Breaking Place

Adds satisfying block destruction particles every time you place a block.

Mod 1,375

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