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A lightweight and extremely optimized modpack for vanilla minecraft

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

4,605

Modrinth ID

ifVzzDmW

Last Updated

Jul 29, 2026

Description

Neon

Stable 1.21.1 neoforged (LTS) 1.20.1 1.20.4

Unstable 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.8 1.21.11 26.2

About

A lightweight modpack for vanilla minecraft, with some nice tweaks and seriously raised performance. Made to play on vanilla (no mods) servers or you can create your own modpack based on this.

Steam deck and controllers compatibility

  • Using Controlify
  • Controlify comes with a huge range of settings to fine-tune each of your controllers individually, including vibration strength, every single controller input bind (no hardcoding!) and more.

Perfomance

We recommend allocate minimum 3GB of ram for singleplayer game and 1GB for playing on server. And dual core cpu is strongly recommended.

What exactly does this modpack include?

  • Automatic screenshot copy
  • Shulker box tooltip
  • Immediate mode rendering optimization
  • Cleaner F3
  • Rendering optimization
  • FPS counter
  • Steam Deck support (and controllers)
  • Saturation display
  • Chunk fade animation
  • Noise optimization
  • Fixes GPU-related memory leaks
  • Fixes random memory leaks for both the client and server
  • Advanced blur
  • Entity culling system
  • Fast language loader
  • Enhance block entities
  • Improve the UI and UX for the advancements system
  • Adds marking system (only if server support this)
  • Fixes gaps in models
  • Fixes various Minecraft bugs
  • Disables telemetry
  • Adds more advanced online mod configuration screen
  • Random Generator optimization
  • Adds Concurrent Chunk Management Engine
  • Improves the visualization of specific blocks
  • XP orbs optimization
  • Advanced configuration for falling leaves effect
  • Shader pack loader (and some shaders included)
  • Dynamic crosshair
  • Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons
  • Solves various problems with packets
  • Adds a customizable (bedrock like) preview of yourself
  • Minecraft networking stack optimization
  • Game logic optimization
  • More detail about armor in Armor bar
  • Automatic log cleaner
  • Mod menu
  • Improves the statistics screen
  • Allows you to easily type emoji and emoticons in game
  • Makes chat unreportable
  • Redstone dust optimization
  • Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles
  • Improve footsteps sounds
  • Memory usage optimizations
  • Improve server performance at high playercounts
  • Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu
  • Adds way to log into your account in game
  • Render the player skin layer in 3d
  • Connected textures support

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric Neoforge

Game Versions

1.20.1 1.20.4 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.8 1.21.11 26.2

Recommended Gear

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Mod 438,781,783
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Mod 529,795,546
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Mod 497,843,179
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Jade 🔍

Jade 🔍

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Mod 332,003,503
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

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Mod 299,379,816
Controlling

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Mod 428,769,919
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Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag

Mod 405,165,167
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 386,566,465
Puzzles Lib

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Searchables

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Mod 210,286,679
Fabric API

Fabric API

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Mod 476,031,974
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

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Mod 239,677,385
Sodium

Sodium

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Mod 367,547,395
Resourceful Lib

Resourceful Lib

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Mod 207,988,593
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 171,447,140
FerriteCore

FerriteCore

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 147,160,849
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 74,326,401
CreativeCore

CreativeCore

a core mod

Mod 268,649,765
Sound Physics Remastered

Sound Physics Remastered

A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.

Mod 196,407,668
spark

spark

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Mod 229,844,126
Iceberg [Neo/Forge]

Iceberg [Neo/Forge]

A modding library that contains new events, helpers, and utilities to make modder's lives easier.

Mod 197,071,834
Better Advancements

Better Advancements

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Mod 274,185,287
Resourceful Config

Resourceful Config

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YUNG's API (Forge/NeoForge)

YUNG's API (Forge/NeoForge)

A library mod for YUNG's Minecraft mods

Mod 214,948,614
Packet Fixer

Packet Fixer

A simple mod to solve various problems with packets, NBTs and timeouts.

Mod 135,019,673
Lithostitched

Lithostitched

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Mod 111,388,463
No Chat Reports

No Chat Reports

Makes chat unreportable (where possible)

Mod 174,668,526
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

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Mod 219,000,624
AmbientSounds 6

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BadOptimizations

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Mod 115,190,201
Mod Menu

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Mod 219,730,850
Continuity

Continuity

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Mod 132,585,859
Prickle

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Mod 58,786,846
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 80,704,533
Pick Up Notifier

Pick Up Notifier

Be notified about all the things you've just collected.

Mod 94,923,836
Item Highlighter [Neo/Forge]

Item Highlighter [Neo/Forge]

Highlights newly picked-up items. Simple and convenient.

Mod 93,983,967
Cherished Worlds

Cherished Worlds

Favorite/pin/bookmark certain worlds, which will always be at the top of the list and cannot be deleted.

Mod 109,760,984
Alternate Current

Alternate Current

An efficient and non-locational redstone dust implementation

Mod 85,447,593
JamLib

JamLib

The platform-agnostic, Architectury based library used in all of JamCoreModding's mods

Mod 72,941,959
EMI

EMI

Featureful and accessible modern item and recipe viewer with JEI compatibility

Mod 74,699,567
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)

Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)

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Mod 35,837,526
Rethinking Voxels

Rethinking Voxels

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Shader 12,626,467
Ping Wheel

Ping Wheel

Allows players to temporarily mark locations and entities

Mod 60,503,338
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 20,334,733
Model Gap Fix

Model Gap Fix

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Mod 31,778,260
Blur+

Blur+

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Mod 10,511,846
Better Statistics Screen

Better Statistics Screen

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Mod 18,744,030
Better "Add Server"

Better "Add Server"

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Mod 161,932
Chunky

Chunky

A small mod that adds chunky pigs!

Mod 17,428,979
Super Duper Vanilla

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A shader pack created to convey the style of the cancelled Super Duper Graphics Pack and other popular Minecraft titles.

Shader 7,652,637
MakeUp - Ultra Fast

MakeUp - Ultra Fast

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Shader 12,312,113
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Mod 44,593,586
Max Health Fix

Max Health Fix

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Mod 58,445,361
Structure Layout Optimizer

Structure Layout Optimizer

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Mod 34,413,305
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (NeoForge)

Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (NeoForge)

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Mod 2,543,584
Visuality: Reforged

Visuality: Reforged

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Mod 5,454,567
ServerCore

ServerCore

A mod that aims to optimize the minecraft server.

Mod 59,461,156
Falling Leaves

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Adds a neat little particle effect to leaf blocks

Mod 26,082,675
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Traveler's Titles (Forge/NeoForge)

Epic, RPG-like titles when entering biomes & dimensions!

Mod 62,875,758
Snow Under Trees

Snow Under Trees

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Mod 53,283,772
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Mod 69,339,340
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Mod 1,199,558
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Mod 11,771,645
Debugify

Debugify

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Mod 70,875,770
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(ARCHIVE) Faster Random

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YUNG's Menu Tweaks (Forge/NeoForge)

A small, lightweight mod that makes browsing menus a lot easier

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Explosive Enhancement: Reforged

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Mod 1,307,856
GPUTape

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Fix VRAM leaks. Based on VideoTape.

Mod 11,908,517
Scholar

Scholar

Two-page book editing/viewing, easy formatting, colored books, literate mobs and other book-related improvements

Mod 9,248,543
Photon Shader

Photon Shader

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Shader 33,728,672
Complementary Shaders - Unbound

Complementary Shaders - Unbound

Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.

Shader 180,922,641
Krypton Reno

Krypton Reno

Provides powerful network optimization capabilities for all mainstream systems.

Mod 14,307,408
Improved Village Placement

Improved Village Placement

Forces villages to spawn on flat terrain.

Mod 14,879,222
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.

Shader 235,827,603
I'm Fast

I'm Fast

A mod to remove minecraft moved too quickly! and moved wrongly (speed limits)

Mod 14,776,201
Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Makes chat messages appear with a smooth animation.

Mod 32,997,172
lazy-language-loader (Fabric)

lazy-language-loader (Fabric)

lazy-language-loader improves loading times when changing your language by only reloading the language instead of all th...

Mod 13,930,012
MixinTrace

MixinTrace

Adds a list of mixins in the stack trace to crash reports

Mod 45,285,381
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 30,885,187
Main Menu Credits

Main Menu Credits

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

Mod 22,949,022
Noisium (archived)

Noisium (archived)

Optimises worldgen performance for a better gameplay experience.

Mod 68,400,801
Log Cleaner

Log Cleaner

A lightweight mod that cleans old, unused log files

Mod 3,848,417
ScalableLux

ScalableLux

A Fabric mod based on Starlight that improves the performance of light updates in Minecraft.

Mod 24,176,597
VanillAA

VanillAA

Vanilla rendering, but with TAA

Shader 3,374,660
Horseman

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Improved horses: fast hitching, smooth riding, QOL features and more...

Mod 10,791,085
Krypton

Krypton

A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack

Mod 76,869,261
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

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Mod 55,642,695
Enchanted Book Redesign

Enchanted Book Redesign

Better identify enchanted books

Mod 9,105,922
Fancy Toasts | Better Advancements

Fancy Toasts | Better Advancements

Overhauls the old advancement toast system, focusing on the presentation of advancements

Mod 8,430,955
Better Tooltips

Better Tooltips

Highly configurable tooltip rendering, so you can always read them!

Mod 206,287
Sort It Out!

Sort It Out!

A capable inventory sorting mod that works either client-side or server-side

Mod 332,599
TCDCommons API

TCDCommons API

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

Mod 20,889,303
Better ModList

Better ModList

enhances neoforge modlist by adding options to hide mods, libraries, adding badges to mods to define what it does and mo...

Mod 3,361,805
Auth Me

Auth Me

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Mod 17,468,003
Cull Leaves

Cull Leaves

Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla.

Mod 22,982,752
Controlify (Controller support)

Controlify (Controller support)

Adds controller support to Minecraft!

Mod 30,449,548
Chunks fade in

Chunks fade in

A simple mod that adds fade-in animation for chunks!

Mod 7,867,127
Emoji Type (Fabric/Quilt/NeoForge)

Emoji Type (Fabric/Quilt/NeoForge)

A client-side mod that makes it easier to type emoji (in chat, on signs, etc).

Mod 4,710,919
Very Many Players (Fabric)

Very Many Players (Fabric)

A Fabric mod designed to improve server performance at high playercounts.

Mod 19,391,902
FPS - Display

FPS - Display

A Fabric mod that shows your ingame FPS on screen

Mod 5,657,025
Screenshot to Clipboard (Forge)

Screenshot to Clipboard (Forge)

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Mod 6,350,078
LAN World Plug-n-Play

LAN World Plug-n-Play

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Mod 9,971,588
What's That Slot?

What's That Slot?

Utility that highlights which items can be placed in an item slot.

Mod 2,953,945
Swing Through Grass

Swing Through Grass

Swing through grass to hit mobs: attacks no longer get eaten by tall grass, ferns and plants, so your sword reaches the...

Mod 26,692
PaperDoll

PaperDoll

Get a customizable (bedrock like) preview of yourself

Mod 2,455,167
Custom Item Despawn Duration

Custom Item Despawn Duration

Configure how long items will last before despawning

Mod 349,602
ToadLib

ToadLib

Library-mod for minecraft. I need it for my other mods

Mod 4,110,784
Borderless Window

Borderless Window

Enables the fullscreen mode 'Borderless Window', which replaces the standard Minecraft fullscreen

Mod 170,766
authlogic

authlogic

simple and effective hybrid authentication solution for modded minecraft servers.

Mod 2,940
Villa la Revolution

Villa la Revolution

A simple little overhaul mod for villagers and illagers, adding the things that Mojang never went back to improve.

Mod 12,414
Revamped Shipwrecks

Revamped Shipwrecks

Shipwreck structures redesigned with jigsaw degradation stages, hundreds of unique combinations!

Mod 106,223
Snowimagined

Snowimagined

This shader transforms your game into a beautiful winter wonderland.

Shader 128,132
Log Cleaner Multi Loader

Log Cleaner Multi Loader

A lightweight mod to clean old, unused log files. Forked for adding Forge & 26.1 support

Mod 4,089
Epoch

Epoch

A vintage and Lo-Fi emulating shader.

Shader 210,728

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