Surface Living
ModpackDesigned to run well on my wife's Surface Pro, this pack is mostly focused on building, farming, and the early game.
Description
Surface Living is a small, curated modpack made to run well on my wife's Surface Pro X Elite.
We had a rough time trying to play popular modpacks on this device. Some mods that are commonly included can drop performance to 2 or 3 FPS and cause serious graphical issues. I never found one clear cause. After removing a few mods, dependency issues piled up and the pack stopped being what we originally downloaded.
Instead of tearing apart large modpacks to find the problem, this pack was built from scratch. Mods were added gradually and tested to keep performance stable.
The mod list reflects how we actually play Minecraft. Building, farming, light exploration, and the slower early game.
This is not a kitchen sink pack and it is not trying to replace larger modpacks. The goal is simply to provide a stable and enjoyable modded experience that runs well on the Surface Pro. If it works well on other systems too, that is a bonus.
Mods may change over time and things may occasionally break.
The Whimscape resource pack is included and enabled by default. Recommended shaders are included but optional.
CosmeticArmorReworked is included with permission
https://github.com/zlainsama/CosmeticArmorReworked/issues/108#issuecomment-2832537719
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Contained Mods (114)
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
GeckoLib
A 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Architectury API
An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.
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
Clumps
Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
Xaero's Minimap
Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen. Lets you create waypoints which...
Jade 🔍
Shows information about what you are looking at. (Hwyla/WAILA fork for Minecraft 1.16+)
Waystones
Teleport from waystone to waystone or craft magical scrolls to warp.
Curios API (Forge/NeoForge)
A flexible and expandable accessory/equipment API for users and developers.
Collective
🎓 Collective is a shared library with common code for all of Serilum's mods.
Patchouli
Accessible, Data-Driven, Dependency-Free Documentation for Minecraft Modders and Pack Makers
ModernFix
All-in-one mod that improves performance, reduces memory usage, and fixes many bugs. Compatible with all your favorite p...
Balm
Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods
Xaero's World Map
Adds a fullscreen worldmap which shows you what you have explored in the world. Can work together with Xaero's Minimap.
Comforts
Adds sleeping bags and hammocks for, respectively, portability and turning day to night, without setting new spawns. Com...
Sophisticated Backpacks
Yet another backpack mod this time with backpack you can place in world, color in different color combinations, upgrade...
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
Farmer's Delight
A cozy expansion to farming and cooking!
Kotlin for Forge
Adds a Kotlin language loader and provides some optional utilities.
Supplementaries
Vanilla+ additions: Jars, signposts, faucets, weather vanes spring launchers, sconces, planters, lights, decoration and...
Polymorph (Fabric/Forge/Quilt)
No more recipe conflicts! Adds an option to choose the crafting result if more than one is available.
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Carry On
Carry On allows you to pick up Tile Entities and Mobs and carry them around!
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
Sophisticated Core
Library mod for Sophisticated mods
YUNG's API (Forge/NeoForge)
A library mod for YUNG's Minecraft mods
Resourceful Lib
Lib for Team Resourceful and more
Searchables
Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...
TerraBlender (Forge)
A library mod for adding biomes in a simple and compatible manner!
Default Options
Ship default options or keybinds without having to overwrite an existing options.txt.
Lootr (Forge & NeoForge)
A mod that makes it so nobody misses out on Loot! All loot chests are instanced per player and visually unique.
Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
Crafting Tweaks
Allows you to rotate, balance or clear crafting grids by the press of a button.
Macaw's Bridges
A simple mod that adds a lot of bridges!
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
Resourceful Config
Resourceful Config is a mod that allows for developers to make crossplatform configs
Artifacts
Adds various treasure items that can be found through exploration
Industrial Foregoing
A collection of machines to make your minecraft builds easier to automate
Handcrafted
Make your house a home!
Macaw's Doors
Adds vanila doors with every wood color and new unique doors!
TrashSlot
Adds a draggable trash slot to all inventory screens. Press T to toggle.
oωo (owo-lib)
A general utility, GUI and config library for modding on Fabric and Quilt
Macaw's Windows
Adds lots of Windows, Mosaic Glass, Blinds, Shutters, Curtains and more..!
Macaw's Fences and Walls
Adds new vanila styled fences, walls and gates!
Dynamic FPS
Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background
Amendments
Cauldron Potion Mixing, Lanterns Animation, Carpeted Stairs, Candle Skulls, Double Cakes, Better Lilypads and much more
Cristel Lib
A Library mod for easy structure config and runtime datapacks.
Towns and Towers
Spice up your world with new villages, pillager outposts, and even new ships!
Titanium
Library for Horizon Studio
Macaw's Roofs
Build roofs with actual roofs instead of stairs!
Macaw's Trapdoors
Adds vanila trapdoors in every plank variation, and some new trapdoors too!
Deeper and Darker
Deep Dark expansion mod adding new mobs, items, blocks and a new dimension.
LambDynamicLights
The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
Sophisticated Storage
Storage mod with multiple tiers and functional upgrades
Macaw's Furniture
Decorate your world with wardrobes, drawers, chairs, desks, tables, couches, sinks... and more!
Creeper Overhaul
A mod which overhauls the vanilla creepers!
Macaw's Lights and Lamps
Adds vanila styled lamps, torches, street lamps, paper lamps, slabs... Make your worlds brighter!
Forgified Fabric API
Fabric API implemented on top of NeoForge
libIPN
Gui/Config Libarary for Inventory Profiles Next and related mods
Inventory Profiles Next
Take control over you inventory. Sort. Move matching Items. Throw all. Locked slots. Gear sets! And much more.
Another Furniture
Another Furniture is a vanilla-styled furniture mod aiming to keep things simple while adding cute decoration!
Smarter Farmers (farmers replant)
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[Let's Do] Vinery
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Inventory Essentials
The most essential inventory tweaks. Now with sorting!
U Team Core
This libary contains many usefull modding stuff
Enderman Overhaul
A mod which overhauls the vanilla enderman!
Accessories
An extendable and data-driven Accessory Mod for Minecraft
Moonlight Lib
dynamic data pack and registration, villager activities, custom map marker and a lot more
Vanilla Backport
Backports modern minecraft features to previous versions, trying to keep it as accurate as vanilla Minecraft
Bridging Mod
Reacharound Placement (Bedrock Bridging) for Forge, Fabric, & Quilt
Supplementaries Squared
The extra content of Supplementaries that doesn't necessarily fit in the base mod!
Explorations
adds more vanilla style structures to the game
Platform
Cross-platform library mod based on Architectury to access both Forge and Fabric APIs.
Critters and Companions
Adds a few new friends to your world!
Macaw's Stairs
Adds new Vanilla styled Stairs, Handrails for Stairs and Balconies!
Ribbits
Swamp villages and musical frogs!
Roughly Enough Items (REI)
Clean and Customizable. Alternative to Just Enough Items/JEI.
Dungeons and Taverns
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[Let's Do] Farm & Charm
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Lan Server Properties
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Kibe Utilities
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[Let's Do] HerbalBrews
It's Tea Time! Brew Tea, Coffee and Flasks.
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[Let's Do] Furniture
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Lighty
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Library Ferret
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Jump Over Fences
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[Let's Do] Bakery - Farm&Charm Compat
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[Let's Do] Brewery - Farm&Charm Compat
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Simple Hats
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You're in Grave Danger
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Hide Experimental Warning
❌ Hides the Experimental Settings Warning when trying to create or load a modded world.
Just Hammers
Adds hammers to the game that are able to mine in a 3x3, 3x3x3, 5x5x1, 5x5x3 and finally a 5x5x5! They're pretty awesome...
Bank Storage
A portable storage device that can store up to 1,000,000,000 items per slot.
Ghosts
Adds ghosts to Minecraft!
Untitled Duck Mod
Ducks and Geese for Forge and Fabric!
Actually Harvest (right click and XP)
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Overworld Mirror
Just adds a new dimension that is nearly a mirror of the overworld
Whimscape
A fresh but familiar 16x16 pixel art look for Minecraft
Just Another Rotten Flesh to Leather Mod
Allows you to convert rotten flesh to leather.
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[Let's Do] Hearth & Timber
Craft timber houses with beams, frames and sturdy wooden details that make every home feel hand-built and storied.
Wandering Ribbit
Addon mod of Ribbits that add the wandering ribbit
Easy Homes
Easy and lightweight /sethome mod
Whimscape + Exploration
This resource pack brings a bundle of mods focused on exploration for the Whimscape style!
ToastBegone
A simple and configurable toast disabler
Whimscape Variated Villagers
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Whimscape x Sophisticated
Carry your inventory in Whimscape style!
Whimscape x Curios
Curios API support for Whimscape resourcepack
Phantom Utilities
Create invisible item frames and hide vanilla signs with Phantom Membranes, without losing displayed items or text.
Compressed Blocks
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Not Just Mushrooms
Adds some missing decorative and functional blocks and items - which will eventually be more than just mushrooms!
Whimscape x Overworld Mirror
Unofficial Whimscape support for Overworld Mirror's portal.