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Just Essential Survival modpack

Modpack

A performance-first Fabric modpack with precision tools, built specifically for redstone survival.

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

660

Modrinth ID

uhX8v38R

Last Updated

Jul 29, 2026

Description

JES Modpack — Just Essential Survival

A lean, performance-first Fabric modpack built for redstone survival. No bloat. No gimmicks. Just the mods that actually matter.

Built on Fabulously Optimized
JES is designed around a single question: what does a redstone survival player actually need?

The answer is a tight, curated set of mods that covers four pillars — performance, redstone tooling, survival quality-of-life, and visual polish — without a single mod that doesn't earn its place. Every mod in this pack was chosen because it solves a real problem. Nothing made the cut just because it was popular.

✦ What's Inside

⚡ Performance

Sodium + Lithium + FerriteCore form the core. Rendering is fast, game logic is fast, and memory usage is genuinely lower than vanilla. ImmediatelyFast handles UI rendering acceleration on top of that.

🔴 Redstone & Building

Carpet gives you full control over redstone mechanics and server-side statistics. Tweakeroo adds a suite of client-side utilities for precision play. MiniHUD keeps the information you need visible without cluttering your screen. Litematica handles schematic projection so your builds stay on-plan.

🎒 Survival & Utility

JEI for recipe lookup. Mouse Tweaks for faster inventory management. ViaFabricPlus so you can connect to servers running different Minecraft versions without swapping installs. An auto-fishing assistant for the long hauls. e4mc for instant LAN-over-internet with friends — no port forwarding, no extra software.

🎨 Visuals & Animations

Iris Shaders with Indium for full shader support alongside Sodium. Continuity for connected textures. Smooth Swapping for fluid inventory animations. GUI transitions and scroll behavior that feel polished rather than snappy.

✦ At a Glance

Category Mods
Performance Sodium, Lithium, FerriteCore, ImmediatelyFast
Redstone & Building Carpet, Tweakeroo, MiniHUD, Litematica
Survival & Utility JEI, Mouse Tweaks, ViaFabricPlus, Auto Fishing, e4mc
Visuals & Animations Iris, Indium, Continuity, Smooth Swapping

✦ Requirements

  • Minecraft: See version list on this page
  • Mod Loader: Fabric
  • RAM: 4 GB minimum, 4–6 GB recommended
  • Launcher: Modrinth App or Prism Launcher recommended

✦ Shader Support

Iris Shaders is included out of the box. Load any compatible shader pack directly from Video Settings. No OptiFine needed.

✦ Multiplayer

The pack is multiplayer-ready. ViaFabricPlus lets you connect to servers on different versions. e4mc enables internet-accessible LAN worlds without port forwarding.

✦ Add Your Own Mods

This is an open Fabric pack. You're free to add any compatible Fabric mods on top of it.


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Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.10 26.1.2 26.2

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Just Enough Items (JEI)

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View Items and Recipes

Mod 729,649,394
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 570,982,654
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

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

Mod 550,364,463
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 525,678,630
Controlling

Controlling

Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 443,116,063
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Using async path-tracing to hide BlockEntities/Entities that are not visible

Mod 425,690,346
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 412,306,234
Xaero's Minimap

Xaero's Minimap

Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen. Lets you create waypoints which...

Mod 379,235,810
Jade 🔍

Jade 🔍

Shows information about what you are looking at. (Hwyla/WAILA fork for Minecraft 1.16+)

Mod 357,192,165
Enchantment Descriptions

Enchantment Descriptions

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Xaero's World Map

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.

Mod 332,624,623
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 332,329,774
CreativeCore

CreativeCore

a core mod

Mod 286,891,247
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 268,681,023
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.

Mod 254,795,636
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 244,014,269
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.

Mod 243,604,182
Searchables

Searchables

Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...

Mod 222,754,900
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 217,679,641
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs

Mod 192,929,890
No Chat Reports

No Chat Reports

Makes chat unreportable (where possible)

Mod 187,570,549
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 181,930,365
AmbientSounds 6

AmbientSounds 6

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Mod 175,590,695
Chat Heads

Chat Heads

See who are you chatting with!

Mod 173,503,374
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 167,137,880
FerriteCore

FerriteCore

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 165,430,723
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 156,118,663
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 145,686,360
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 126,658,357
Zoomify

Zoomify

A zoom mod with infinite customizability.

Mod 116,081,031
LambDynamicLights

LambDynamicLights

The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.

Mod 111,078,059
[ETF] Entity Texture Features

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric

Mod 110,303,130
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance

Mod 102,837,204
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 83,826,420
Debugify

Debugify

Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker

Mod 77,021,756
Language Reload

Language Reload

Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages

Mod 75,920,975
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 74,153,544
Presence Footsteps

Presence Footsteps

An overly complicated sound mod

Mod 72,086,276
Prickle

Prickle

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Mod 67,046,896 131K this week
MaLiLib

MaLiLib

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Mod 58,939,193
e4mc

e4mc

Open a LAN server to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Mod 51,492,581
Puzzle

Puzzle

Adds resourcepack features and a GUI to more conveniently configure OptiFine alternatives.

Mod 50,982,369
Better Mount HUD

Better Mount HUD

Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount

Mod 47,238,881
Remove Reloading Screen

Remove Reloading Screen

Makes resource packs load in the background, allowing you to do other things while waiting!

Mod 46,411,898
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

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

Mod 45,828,736
More Chat History

More Chat History

Increases the size of the chat history.

Mod 43,976,960
Litematica

Litematica

A modern schematic mod written for Fabric (and LiteLoader on 1.12.x), with extra features for Creative mode work

Mod 42,439,722
OptiGUI

OptiGUI

Blazing fast custom GUI textures on Fabric and Quilt with built-in OptiFine custom GUI resource pack support

Mod 41,188,435
Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks

Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks

Reintroduces vanilla-like smooth lighting to non-full blocks (e.g. dirt paths and how they have dark shading when direct...

Mod 34,814,745
Controlify (Controller support)

Controlify (Controller support)

Adds controller support to Minecraft!

Mod 33,710,175
BetterGrassify

BetterGrassify

Gamers can finally touch grass!? OptiFine's Fancy and Fast better grass implemented on Fabric and NeoForge!

Mod 26,172,161
Main Menu Credits

Main Menu Credits

Adds a way of adding information to the user's title screen.

Mod 25,383,206
Ixeris

Ixeris

Buffered raw input and threaded event polling

Mod 24,799,111
Translations for Sodium

Translations for Sodium

Unofficial translations for the Sodium Minecraft mod

Resource Pack 23,080,790
TCDCommons API

TCDCommons API

TheCSDev's personal library mod for the Minecraft modding enviroment.

Mod 23,029,142
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 22,079,795
Better Statistics Screen

Better Statistics Screen

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Mod 20,438,824
Paginated Advancements & Custom Frames

Paginated Advancements & Custom Frames

Better advancements screen

Mod 18,661,952
Skyboxify

Skyboxify

A skybox mod that allows you to use OptiFine skies in Fabric 1.21+

Mod 18,396,207
Gamma Utils (Fullbright)

Gamma Utils (Fullbright)

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Mod 18,251,903
Chat Reporting Helper

Chat Reporting Helper

An educational tool that explains chat reporting in a simple and neutral way.

Resource Pack 17,949,633
No Resource Pack Warnings

No Resource Pack Warnings

Disable warnings for outdated resource/data packs

Mod 17,020,519
Carpet

Carpet

Take full control over your vanilla game.

Mod 15,771,798
IMBlocker

IMBlocker

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Mod 14,599,753
Better Block Entities

Better Block Entities

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Smooth Scrolling

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Mod 13,208,706
Delete Worlds To Trash

Delete Worlds To Trash

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Mod 13,133,144
Tweakeroo

Tweakeroo

Various client-side tweaks, such as hand restock, hotbar swap/cycle, flexible/fast block placement etc.

Mod 10,988,117
InventoryHUD+

InventoryHUD+

Adds your main inventory, potion effects and your equipments to your HUD. And few other features.

Mod 10,987,098
MiniHUD

MiniHUD

A "mini F3" HUD mod, with light level, spawn & slime chunk overlays etc.

Mod 10,833,197
Config Manager

Config Manager

A minecraft mod that allows modpack developers to ship configuration file in the most user-friendly way possible

Mod 9,299,857
ViaFabricPlus

ViaFabricPlus

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Mod 8,693,604
Notes

Notes

A clientside mod that provides a fully functional in-game notepad.

Mod 8,403,987 8.1K this week
In-Game Account Switcher

In-Game Account Switcher

This mod allows you to change your logged in account in-game, without restarting Minecraft

Mod 7,436,093
Cape Provider

Cape Provider

Provides you with capes! You can choose from various providers or add your own

Mod 6,989,096
Smooth Gui

Smooth Gui

Makes menu screens open with a smooth animation.

Mod 5,755,173
Animatica Refabricated

Animatica Refabricated

A fork of Animatica implementing the OptiFine/MCPatcher animated texture format.

Mod 5,473,656
Immersive Hotbar

Immersive Hotbar

Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive

Mod 4,929,285
Nemo's Inventory Sorting

Nemo's Inventory Sorting

Automatically sort your inventory with just a button!

Mod 4,472,305
Litematica Printer

Litematica Printer

This fork adds the missing printing functionality for Litematica

Mod 3,104,508
XPlus Autofish (Fabric / Forge / NeoForge)

XPlus Autofish (Fabric / Forge / NeoForge)

Automatically reel in and recast the fishing rod when fish bites. Including useful options and bugfixs.

Mod 2,556,180
Carpet TIS Addition

Carpet TIS Addition

A carpet mod extension with more features

Mod 2,402,313
GugleCarpetAddition

GugleCarpetAddition

Gugle's Carpet Addition

Mod 2,025,452
Visible Traders

Visible Traders

A mod that allows the player to view locked villager trades

Mod 1,395,466
Fast Trading

Fast Trading

Adds a button to the villager trading GUI to repeat the current trade until it's no longer available again. (Fork of Spe...

Mod 926,847
Syncmatica

Syncmatica

Share litematics with your Servermates easily

Mod 913,499
Locator Heads

Locator Heads

Show player heads on the locator bar and other usefull settings.

Mod 812,706
Carpet Org Addition

Carpet Org Addition

This is an expansion mod for Carpet that offers some useful or useless features, which does not change the mechanics of...

Mod 707,222
Carpet AMS Addition

Carpet AMS Addition

A fabric-carpet extension mod. It offers some interesting and useful features.

Mod 657,671
Better Tab

Better Tab

Better Tab improves the player list, making it scrollable and adding numerical ping.

Mod 481,694
Crystal Carpet Addition

Crystal Carpet Addition

Crystal0404's Carpet(fabric-carpet) Extension!

Mod 212,068
Carpet Extra Extras

Carpet Extra Extras

Even more features for the carpet mod.

Mod 100,556

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