Plants & Minecraft
Modpackby Arthurow
Play PvZ in Modern Minecraft | QoL & Optimization
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!
*italic text is used for mod citations, except Plants & Zombies.
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Mod Loaders
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Recommended Gear
AffiliateHardware and extras that pair well with this modpack.
Mini PC for Self-Hosting
A low-power box that can sit in a cupboard and run a modded server around the clock.
LEGO Minecraft Set
Official sets that translate the building side of the game off-screen.
Minecraft Enderman Character Plush
Enderman plush toys, and a reliable gift for a younger player.
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Contained Mods (130)
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
JamLib
The platform-agnostic, Architectury based library used in all of JamCoreModding's mods
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Collective
🎓 Collective is a shared library with common code for all of Serilum's mods.
Shoulder Surfing Reloaded
Shoulder Surfing Reloaded is a highly configurable third person camera mod for Minecraft
FancyMenu
Customize Minecraft's menus with ease!
Reese's Sodium Options
Alternative Options Menu for Sodium
Just Enough Items (JEI)
View Items and Recipes
Particle Rain
replaces the default weather with particle effects
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
![[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/983/279/638491557830728907.png)
[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]
Custom, Emissive and Varied mobs like Optifine and so much more.. +Player skin features!)
Let Me Despawn
Improves performance by tweaking mob despawn rules.
Almanac Lib
A loader independent library containing shared code reused between mods and a fix for empty nbt issues.
TrashSlot
Adds a draggable trash slot to all inventory screens. Press T to toggle.
Balm
Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods
M.R.U
A library mod used by Cassian and IMB11's mods to function.
Not Enough Animations
Bringing first-person animations to the third-person
Fresh Animations
Make your game like the trailers! Dynamic animated entities to freshen your Minecraft experience.
Fresh Animations: Extensions
A combination of offical extension packs for Fresh Animations
Starter Kit
📦 Give all new players joining the world configurable starter gear, items, potion effects, Curios and Trinkets slots an...
Tax Free Levels
Flattens the ever-increasing anvil and enchantment costs and makes renaming items always cost 1 level
Puzzles Lib
Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.
Fzzy Config
Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!
![Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/850/113/638251427406536090.png)
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]
What's in my shulker box?
Just Zoom
Lots of new features and improvements for the Spyglass, plus a standalone zooming mode!
Resourcify
In-game resource pack, data pack and shader browser and updater
Cubes Without Borders
A mod that allows you to play Minecraft in a borderless fullscreen window.
Better Advancements
Successor to BetterAchievements for the new advancements system in minecraft 1.12+
Skin Layers 3D
Render the player skin layer in 3d!
Advanced Loot Info
EMI/JEI/REI plugin for displaying advanced information about loot tables and villager trades
Better Biome Blend
Improves and fixes biome color blending
![Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/927/15/638397249106651520.png)
Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]
Makes chat messages appear with a smooth animation.
![[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/983/284/638491564386011875.png)
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
MidnightLib
Common library with a built-in configuration system
Gamma Utils (Fullbright)
Fully client side Gamma / Brightness / Night Vision mod, making it easy to see in the dark. Basically Fullbright for Fab...
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
Trade Cycling
Refresh villager trades without needing to break workstations.
Bow Infinity Fix (Forge/Fabric)
Removes need to have an arrow in your inventory to use the Infinity enchant on your bow or crossbow
BaguetteLib
A simple but powerful event library that gives mod developers the control they actually need.
Particle Core
Particle optimizations: Culling, rendering optimizations, configurable particle-type-specific spawn reduction, and potio...
Controlling
Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu
Searchables
Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...
Held Item Info
Shows information (like enchantments) about the held item under its name
Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
Easy Anvils
Overhauled anvils with stored items, fairer costs, and no more frustrating repair penalties.
Bobby
Allows for render distances greater than the server's view-distance setting.
BetterF3
A mod that provides a highly customizable, more human-readable Debug HUD.
Chat Heads
See who are you chatting with!
Sounds
Adds a wide range of new and improved sound effects to Minecraft, letting you customize everything from block interactio...
Framework
A common library powering all of MrCrayfish's Mods
Configured
Automatic in-game configuration menus for every mod!
Language Reload
Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages
Snow Under Trees
Adds snow under trees in snowy biomes
Music Notification
Configure visual notifications when music is played in-game
First Join Message
💬 Sends players who join a world for the first time a configurable message.
No Chat Reports
Makes chat unreportable (where possible)
Iris Shaders
A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing Optifine shaders
Connectivity
Fix Login timeouts, Packet sizes errors, Payloads errors, ghostblocks and more.
Durability Tooltip
Durability Tooltip shows you the durability of an item!
SuperMartijn642's Config Lib
Config Lib makes dealing with config files just a bit easier.
Debugify
Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker
Lootr (Fabric)
A mod that makes it so nobody misses out on Loot! All loot chests are instanced per player and visually unique.
Leaves Be Gone
Quick leaf decay from cutting down trees. Built for fast performance and mod compat!
Client Sort
Versatile and easy inventory sorting.
Forgiving Void
Makes the void hate you a little less (and vice-versa). Fall down and come back out on top.
Cherished Worlds
Favorite/pin/bookmark certain worlds, which will always be at the top of the list and cannot be deleted.
Structory
An atmospheric structure mod for Fabric/Forge/Quilt.
Easy Magic
Enchanting tables as they always should have been! Items stay after closing, and easy re-rolls.
Visual Workbench
Items stay inside of crafting tables and are also rendered on top. It's really fancy!
Pick Up Notifier
Be notified about all the things you've just collected.
Cut Through
Cleanly swing through transparent blocks like tall grass to hit mobs without breaking said block.
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Particle Effects
Visual Mod that adds unique textured particles for every effect in vanilla Minecraft!
Resource Pack Overrides
Ensures important resource packs stay always active and helps clean up the pack selection screen.
Particular ✨ Reforged
Particular is a mod that enhances Minecraft's ambience with many hand-crafted visual effects. Forge Port !
LibJF
A library for my mods
BSL Shaders
Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.
Forge Config API Port
NeoForge's & Forge's config systems provided to other modding ecosystems. Designed for a multiloader architecture.
Mouse Tweaks
Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.
Packet Fixer
A simple mod to solve various problems with packets, NBTs and timeouts.
Visuality
Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.
CraftPresence
Completely Customize the way others see you play in Discord!
UniLib
A common set of Utilities, designed for over 50 versions of Minecraft!
Drippy Loading Screen
Addon for FancyMenu to customize the loading screen.
RightClickHarvest
Allows you to harvest crops by right clicking
Melody
OpenAL-based library mod for playing background music.
Konkrete
Just another boring library mod.
![fix GPU memory leak[Forge/Fabric]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/841/827/638236647684351264.png)
fix GPU memory leak[Forge/Fabric]
A mod that fixes memory leaks on the client
AppleSkin
Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD
Just Enough Professions (JEP)
A JEI addon that adds profession workstations
Dynamic FPS
Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background
Clumps
Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag
Default Options
Ship default options or keybinds without having to overwrite an existing options.txt.
Cupboard
Cupboard provides code, frameworks, and utilities for minecraft mods
Continuity
A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures
BadOptimizations
Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering
Falling Leaves (Fabric)
Makes leaf particles fall from leaf blocks
LambDynamicLights
The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
Respackopts
Config menus for resource packs
Snow Under Trees (Fabric)
Snowlogging, better generation and more: Simple & complete parity with Bedrock Edition's snow mechanics while being as u...
Euphoria Patches
Euphoria Patches is an add-on for Complementary Shaders, extending it with more optional features and settings.
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
![Better Fps - Render Distance[Forge]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/531/771/637854357042030339.png)
Better Fps - Render Distance[Forge]
Better FPS Render Distance is a mod which adds a few performance improvements to increase fps.
Explosive Enhancement
Makes the explosion animation look cooler.
Better Mount HUD
Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount
Status Effect Bars
Adds customizable bars to the status effects overlay to show the remaining duration of effects.
Text Placeholder API
Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.
Plants & Zombies
A Plants Vs. Zombies mod for Minecraft
ModMenu Badges Lib
More badge!!!
Raise Sound Limit Simplified
A mod that improves sound engine performance and raises Minecraft sound sources limit in a simple way
FlickerFix
Disables nightvision flickering
FerriteCore (Fabric)
Memory usage optimizations
No Resource Pack Warnings
Disable warnings for outdated resource/data packs
![Konkrete [Fabric] [MOVED TO NEW PAGE]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/310/138/637397695728123168.png)
Konkrete [Fabric] [MOVED TO NEW PAGE]
Just another boring library mod.
![Make Bubbles Pop [Client] [Forge/Fabric/Quilt]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/726/576/638079266840210955.png)
Make Bubbles Pop [Client] [Forge/Fabric/Quilt]
Client-side mod that makes bubble particles pop and lets them rise realistically to the water surface.
Visual Traveler's Titles
Visual titles when entering dimensions!
Cursors Extended
Configurable Minecraft-themed cursors
Icons
Adding icons to several aspects of the game
Immersive Hotbar
Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive
MossyLib
Library with basic utilities for Mossy projects.
Universal Ores (Fabric)
💎 Patches missing ores blocks to Minecraft.
Smooth Gui
Makes menu screens open with a smooth animation.
Fresh Animations: Player Extension
Animates players in Fresh Animations' style. An official FA extension.
Fresh Animations: Emissive
Makes some Fresh Animations' textures emit light. An official FA extension.
Nord's Leaf Me Alone
Allows any rideable entity with controlling it passenger to move trough leaves
![Spawn Animations [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/1202/744/638780024663934569.png)
Spawn Animations [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]
Hostile mobs dig out of the ground or poof into existence when they spawn!
Shrimp's Immersive Interfaces
A complete graphical revamp of Minecraft's GUI, brings variety and charm to the previously grey boxes.
![More Mobs [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]](https://media.forgecdn.net/avatars/873/497/638293560340755507.png)
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!
Breaking Place
Adds satisfying destruction particles when placing blocks, with full control over block breaking particles! Boost FPS or...