Minecraft Vanilla is great, but time has taken its toll. This modpack reshapes the game into the version I always wished existed.

This is the client version. The server version is located here.

MCE MPA — Minecraft Explorer Modpack Adventure

A complete Vanilla+ experience on Fabric 1.21.1.
Rediscover Minecraft, enhanced in every aspect: performance, immersion, exploration, survival, and atmosphere.
Slower-paced but richer gameplay. Set out to discover new structures. Face new monsters, while staying as faithful as possible to the spirit of the game.

Significantly improved performance

Play a smoother, faster, more responsive Minecraft with a curated set of optimization mods:

A more stunning and immersive experience than ever

Enjoy a world that feels alive, dynamic, and visually captivating:

Iris Shaders
Biome Particle Weather
Complementary Shaders – Reimagined
Cubic Sun and Moon
Dynamic Surroundings
Euphoria Patches
Fertilizer
Fresh Animations + addons
Fresh Moves
MCE RP — Visual improvements and fixes tailored for this modpack
MCE FR PATCH — Full French translation
Perception
Shrimp’s Immersive Interfaces
3D: armors, doors, items, Spears, Knife, GI Progression Reborn and GI Primity
And more

Better exploration

The world expands naturally with richer structures, improved biomes, and new places to discover:

More challenging survival experience

From now on, even the most basic resources become essential.
The challenge no longer lies solely in fighting mobs, but in survival itself.:

Backpacked — Experience-based backpack progression
Boring Default Game Rules — A compass or map is required to determine your coordinates.
Cattlestrophic! — Animals affected by hunger and old age
Cook Your Food — Raw food causes poisoning
CraftTweaker — To modify/complicate more than 180 recipes
Dehydration — Hydration and water purification
Map Atlas — Immersive RPG-like map system
NutritionZ — Buffs/debuffs based on nutrition
Serene Seasons + addons — Seasonal farming changes
Spoiled — Add a food expiration and preservation system using barrels
StaminaZ — Stamina limiting sprint
Thermoo Patches — Immersive temperature system
Unkindled — Requires a lighter to ignite blocks
And more

Backported features

Enjoy several recent additions brought into this version:

New friendly and hostile creatures

Just enough new wildlife to enhance the world while keeping a coherent Vanilla feeling:

Clutter: Bestiary — Beavers, capybaras, seahorses, insect and more
Fowl Play — Various birds species
Guard Villagers — To defend itself against new threats
It Takes a Pillage Continuation — New pillager variant
Pillager Caravans | Pillager mobile group
Sharks Manatee Sea Oteer — More oceanic varieties
And more

Utility

Practical, discreet and useful additions:

Armor Statues — Have fun with statue poses more easily
Bobby — Exceed the view distance of the servers and save this to the cache
Beltborne Lanterns — Attach any lantern to your belt by pressing the "R" key for constant lighting
Colorize — A right-click with the colorant in hand is all it takes to tint the objects
Distant Horizons — Similar functionality to Bobby but to see even further, in reduced quality
Paxi — Use your datapacks in all your worlds thanks to Paxi
And more