Better Overworld (BOW)
Modpackby ProjektNic
This Modpacks aims to better the aspect of Exploration in the overworld and including some Quality of Life while staying as Vanilla as possible.
Type
Modpack
CurseForge Downloads
5,884
CurseForge ID
822094
Last Updated
Jun 26, 2026
Description
About this Pack
This Modpack is all about making Your Vanilla Experience better then before. This Fabric based Modpack includes a host of Performance Mods like Sodium and Lithium aswell as some Beauty Mods like Effektive and Visuality.
The Gameplayadjustments include a Host of Datapacks from VanillaTweaks that will make crafting Recipe more balanced, in giving you more Stairs or Trapdoors for example. To make Inventory management a little easier ShulkerboxTooltips and InventoryTabs will let you keep a better overview of all the items in your Chestmonsters.
There are more smaller Mods to passively improve your Vanilla Experience.

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Contained Mods (103)
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Architectury API
An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.
Moonlight Lib
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Xaero's Minimap
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Collective
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Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]
Custom, Emissive and Varied mobs like Optifine and so much more.. +Player skin features!)
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
Comforts
Adds sleeping bags and hammocks for, respectively, portability and turning day to night, without setting new spawns. Com...
Iris Shaders
A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing Optifine shaders
Supplementaries
Vanilla+ additions: Jars, signposts, faucets, weather vanes spring launchers, sconces, planters, lights, decoration and...
Sound Physics Remastered
A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.
Not Enough Animations
Bringing first-person animations to the third-person
Better Advancements
Successor to BetterAchievements for the new advancements system in minecraft 1.12+
Amendments
Cauldron Potion Mixing, Lanterns Animation, Carpeted Stairs, Candle Skulls, Double Cakes, Better Lilypads and much more
Lithostitched
Library mod with new configurability and compatibility enhancements for worldgen
Cristel Lib
A Library mod for easy structure config and runtime datapacks.
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
oωo (owo-lib)
A general utility, GUI and config library for modding on Fabric and Quilt
Skin Layers 3D
Render the player skin layer in 3d!
Towns and Towers
Spice up your world with new villages, pillager outposts, and even new ships!
Forge Config API Port
NeoForge's & Forge's config systems provided to other modding ecosystems. Designed for a multiloader architecture.
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Reese's Sodium Options
Alternative Options Menu for Sodium
Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
Continuity
A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures
Terralith
A 1.18+ overworld expansion for Fabric and Forge, with tons of new biomes and caves!
MidnightLib
Common library with a built-in configuration system
Sodium Extra
Features that shouldn't be in Sodium
Structory
An atmospheric structure mod for Fabric/Forge/Quilt.
Pick Up Notifier
Be notified about all the things you've just collected.
Elytra Slot
Adds curio support to the elytra so you can fly and wear chest armor at the same time. Formerly known as Curious Elytra.
JamLib
The platform-agnostic, Architectury based library used in all of JamCoreModding's mods
BetterF3
A mod that provides a highly customizable, more human-readable Debug HUD.
RightClickHarvest
Allows you to harvest crops by right clicking
Better Third Person
Improves third-person camera view.
Charm of Undying (Fabric/Forge/Quilt)
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Another Furniture
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Sawmill
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LambDynamicLights
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Balm (Fabric Edition)
Abstraction Layer for Multiplatform Mods
Trinkets (Fabric)
A data-driven accessory mod
Indium
Sodium addon providing support for the Fabric Rendering API, based on Indigo
Global Packs
Automatically load your favorite data packs and resource packs globally across all your Minecraft worlds. A must have ut...
libIPN
Gui/Config Libarary for Inventory Profiles Next and related mods
YUNG's API (Fabric)
A library mod for some of YUNG's Minecraft mods (Fabric version)
Visuality
Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.
Tree Harvester
🌲 Harvest full trees and huge mushrooms instantly with an axe. Includes fast leaf decay and sapling placement. Also wor...
Roughly Enough Items Fabric/Forge/NeoForge (REI)
Clean and Customizable. An easy way to browse recipes. Alternative to JEI Just Enough Items.
bad packets
Bad Packets allows packet messaging between different modding platforms.
YUNG's Better Mineshafts (Fabric)
A long-awaited and much-needed abandoned mineshaft overhaul!
YUNG's Better Dungeons (Fabric)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's dungeons!
Farmer's Delight Refabricated
Modern Fabric port of the cooking and farming mod, "Farmer's Delight"
Complementary Shaders - Unbound
Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Stay True
Staying True to The Original Textures.
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Connectible Chains [Fabric]
Connect your fences with a decorative chain!
[FABRIC/QUILT] Disable Custom Worlds Advice
Minecraft asking you if you want to load a custom world is annoying. Let's fix it!
YUNG's Bridges (Fabric)
Adds beautiful naturally generated bridges throughout the world
CICADA
Confusing, Interesting and Considerably Agnostic Development Aid
Wraith Waystones
A better way of transport
You're in Grave Danger
A death management mod introducing graves, for Fabric and NeoForge!
YUNG's Better Strongholds (Fabric)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's strongholds
YUNG's Better Witch Huts (Fabric)
Adds overhauled witch huts to swamps!
Eating Animation [Fabric]
A mod that adds sprite animations for edible and drinkable items.
Fresh Animations
Make your game like the trailers! Dynamic animated entities to freshen your Minecraft experience.
YUNG's Better Ocean Monuments (Fabric)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's ocean monuments!
YUNG's Better Desert Temples (Fabric)
A complete redesign of Minecraft's desert temples!
Client Tweaks
There, I fixed Minecraft for you. Various optional tweaks to improve Minecraft Quality of Life.
Inventory Profiles Next
Take control over you inventory. Sort. Move matching Items. Throw all. Locked slots. Gear sets! And much more.
Elytra Trims
Lightweight and customizable support for elytra trims, patterns and dyes
Show Me Your Skin! (Hide armor)
A mod to hide or customize armor rendering.
Traveler's Titles (Fabric)
Epic, RPG-like titles when entering biomes & dimensions!
YUNG's Extras (Fabric)
Extra structures, features, and vanilla+ content suitable for any modpack
Text Placeholder API
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Dynamic Crosshair
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ExtraSounds Next
UI sounds & more.
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]
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Armor Trim Item Fix
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Addon for the inmis mod which enhances the visuals
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Worldgen support for Roughly Enough Items
Roughly Enough Trades
Adds REI category for villager trades
Roughly Enough Loot Tables
REI addon for showing various loot tables
Camera Utils
Helpful camera utilities
Continents
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Statement Library
Library mod for blockstate property manipulation
Satin API
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Inventory update concept for hotswapping items.
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Decorative Blocks Reborn
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