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Project Gherkin

Modpack

A Vanilla+ modpack focused on performance, immersive visuals, cinematic gameplay, and multiplayer-friendly quality of life enhancements while keeping the core Minecraft experience intact.

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

70

Modrinth ID

SLMMAK1D

Last Updated

Jul 29, 2026

Description

Project Gherkin

Project Gherkin is a lightweight Vanilla+ Minecraft modpack focused on performance, immersive visuals, smooth gameplay, and multiplayer-friendly quality-of-life improvements.

Designed for SMPs and long-term survival worlds, the modpack improves the overall Minecraft experience while still keeping the core vanilla feeling intact. The goal is to make Minecraft feel smoother, cleaner, and more immersive without heavily changing the game itself.

Features

  • Massive FPS and optimization improvements
  • Lightweight and smooth gameplay experience
  • Enhanced visuals and atmosphere
  • Better animations and immersive effects
  • Multiplayer-friendly setup
  • Better UI and quality-of-life improvements
  • Vanilla-friendly experience
  • Fabric 1.21.11 support
  • Iris shader support (shaders not included)

Optimization

Project Gherkin includes multiple optimization-focused mods to improve FPS, chunk loading, rendering, memory usage, and overall game smoothness while keeping the pack lightweight and stable.

Recommended

  • 8GB RAM or higher
  • Optional shader support through Iris
  • Best experienced on SMP and survival servers

Credits

Project Gherkin was inspired by the KwuarmPlayz Modpack, but this pack contains its own tweaks, settings, and overall experience.

Please do not expect the exact same visuals shown in KwuarmPlayz content, especially since shaders are not included in this release.

Focus

This modpack is built for players who want Minecraft to feel smoother, more modern, and more immersive while still keeping the familiar vanilla survival experience.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.11

Recommended Gear

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Hardware and extras that pair well with this modpack.

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Contained Mods (104)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 540,090,556
Architectury API

Architectury API

An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.

Mod 441,044,058
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 500,016,071
Balm

Balm

Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods

Mod 310,349,551
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 302,457,170
Clumps

Clumps

Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag

Mod 407,195,925
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 390,111,684
Puzzles Lib

Puzzles Lib

Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.

Mod 275,318,648
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 480,819,008
[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 233,125,063
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 242,500,574
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 371,867,259
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 173,577,757
FerriteCore

FerriteCore

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 148,929,432
[ETF] Entity Texture Features

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

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

Mod 99,360,907
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 75,199,629
ShatterLib | OctoLib

ShatterLib | OctoLib

Collection of shared code for Shatterbyte mods

Mod 107,600,872
Euphoria Patches

Euphoria Patches

Euphoria Patches is an add-on for Complementary Shaders, extending it with more optional features and settings.

Mod 117,094,565
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 187,609,627
Fusion (Connected Textures)

Fusion (Connected Textures)

Fusion allows resource packs to use additional texture and model types such as connected textures!

Mod 118,101,866
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.

Mod 221,152,969
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 144,209,393
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 221,851,909
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 153,795,307
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 199,615,737
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 81,584,520
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 165,916,055
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 63,226,735
Low On Fire

Low On Fire

Low fire on your screen! Vanilla Friendly

Resource Pack 14,965,850
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

Make your game like the trailers! Dynamic animated entities to freshen your Minecraft experience.

Resource Pack 46,349,634
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 20,511,857
Punchy!

Punchy!

Various first person animations!

Mod 4,468,259
ThreadTweak

ThreadTweak

Improve and tweak Minecraft thread scheduling. Fork of Smooth Boot for ≥1.20

Mod 10,400,021
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 115,777,828
uku's Armor HUD

uku's Armor HUD

Minimalist vanilla-like widget to display your armor items and their durability. Forked by uku.

Mod 8,353,686
Zoomify

Zoomify

A zoom mod with infinite customizability.

Mod 106,897,996
Even Better Enchants

Even Better Enchants

Unique textures for Enchanted Books!

Resource Pack 4,959,744
M.R.U

M.R.U

A library mod used by Cassian and IMB11's mods to function.

Mod 50,636,183
Fresh Animations: Player Extension

Fresh Animations: Player Extension

Animates players in Fresh Animations' style. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 3,840,072
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

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

Mod 90,902,454
LambDynamicLights

LambDynamicLights

The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.

Mod 100,931,599
Immersive UI

Immersive UI

Enhance your gameplay experience with animated UI components

Mod 28,670,606
Enchantment Outlines

Enchantment Outlines

Adds an outline to all enchantable tools.

Resource Pack 6,071,787
My Totem Doll

My Totem Doll

Replaces vanilla totems with autogenerated 2D or 3D totems for EVERY player in Minecraft! Rename your totem to player's...

Mod 845,899
Clear Water/Lava/PowderSnow

Clear Water/Lava/PowderSnow

Clears the view while in any liquid e.g. water, lava and powder snow, so you are able to see through which is useful in...

Mod 865,760
voxy

voxy

A Level of Detail rendering mod

Mod 6,183,549
Theone's Eating Animation Pack

Theone's Eating Animation Pack

A texture pack that adds sprite animations for edible and drinkable items.

Resource Pack 2,495,169
Enchant Icons

Enchant Icons

makes enchantment names have icons and colors for enchanted books and items and colored enchanting

Resource Pack 5,278,515
Atmospherics

Atmospherics

Change fog, sky, clouds, and stars per biome in real time

Mod 991,718
Debugify

Debugify

Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker

Mod 71,457,467
Sound​s

Sound​s

Adds a wide range of new and improved sound effects to Minecraft, letting you customize everything from block interactio...

Mod 33,944,695
Enchantment Glows

Enchantment Glows

Adds a glowing visual effect to enchanted tools

Resource Pack 1,073,248
AstraLex Shaders

AstraLex Shaders

Shaderpack with very high customization. If you like effects, this shaderpack is made for you!

Shader 4,914,163
Inventory Essentials

Inventory Essentials

The most essential inventory tweaks. Now with sorting!

Mod 51,909,287
Gentler Weather Sounds

Gentler Weather Sounds

Weather sounds you won't mind listening to // Complete replacement for rain & thunder!

Resource Pack 1,530,656
Fresh Animations: Extensions

Fresh Animations: Extensions

A combination of offical extension packs for Fresh Animations

Resource Pack 10,663,628
Refined Buckets

Refined Buckets

This resourcepack enhances the buckets by giving them refined 3D models.

Resource Pack 1,552,697
BSL Shaders

BSL Shaders

Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.

Shader 115,638,543
Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Makes chat messages appear with a smooth animation.

Mod 33,423,964
Presence Footsteps

Presence Footsteps

An overly complicated sound mod

Mod 67,437,390
Obscure Tooltips

Obscure Tooltips

Stylized tooltips with beautiful effects and smooth animations!

Mod 12,950,896
ScalableLux

ScalableLux

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

Mod 24,518,436
Chat Tools

Chat Tools

Timestamp, translators, notifier, macros, chat bubbles, chat filter; everything you need is here!

Mod 4,684,812
Ashen 16x

Ashen 16x

A 16x, medieval-fantasy take on Minecraft.

Resource Pack 2,332,939
Faithful 64x

Faithful 64x

An even more detailed experience with quadruple-resolution textures!

Resource Pack 6,990,824
Fragmentum (Forge)

Fragmentum (Forge)

The lightweight framework for the Obscuria Collection multi-loader mods

Mod 10,572,298
Krypton

Krypton

A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack

Mod 77,471,800
Polytone

Polytone

Custom Block Sounds, Colors, Lightmaps, Colormaps, Post Shaders, Custom Item Models, Biome Variant Textures, Gui modifi...

Mod 26,581,799
Refined Torches

Refined Torches

This resourcepack gives torches, campfires and lanterns a cleaner, more detailed look, with subtle animations and a vani...

Resource Pack 542,865
Fyoncle's 3D Trims

Fyoncle's 3D Trims

Adds 3D Trim Templates for first person!

Resource Pack 851,299
Patrix 32x

Patrix 32x

Realistic textures with vanilla colors custom-made for shaders

Resource Pack 2,650,017
Faithful Fusion Connected Default Glass 64x Add-on

Faithful Fusion Connected Default Glass 64x Add-on

Makes Faithful 64x default glass textures connected for non-Optifine users.

Resource Pack 3,061
NoisiumForked

NoisiumForked

Optimises worldgen performance for a better gameplay experience.

Mod 4,325,656
LibJF

LibJF

A library for my mods

Mod 19,246,415
Respackopts

Respackopts

Config menus for resource packs

Mod 14,254,359
Immersive Hotbar

Immersive Hotbar

Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive

Mod 4,090,625
ModernFix-mVUS

ModernFix-mVUS

A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.

Mod 8,757,124
E-LITE shaders (MakeUp edit)

E-LITE shaders (MakeUp edit)

A MakeUp - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast!

Shader 2,920,168
Cull Leaves

Cull Leaves

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

Mod 23,194,719
Drigo 3D Lantern`s x Punchy

Drigo 3D Lantern`s x Punchy

Adds 3D Lanterns to Minecraft and The Holding Effect Compatible with Punchy

Resource Pack 1,669,037
Hyper Punchy

Hyper Punchy

Hyper Punchy is a animation feature for punchy

Resource Pack 1,868,864
MossyLib

MossyLib

Library with basic utilities for Mossy projects.

Mod 5,083,452
Inventory Particles

Inventory Particles

Beautiful particles for your inventory items! Make your inventory more alive and dynamic! ✨ Now with modded items suppo...

Mod 5,067,993
Resourcify

Resourcify

In-game resource pack, data pack and shader browser and updater

Mod 15,421,383
ukulib

ukulib

Small Utility Mod for Uku's Mods.

Mod 12,884,625
Better Block Entities

Better Block Entities

A Minecraft optimization mod for Fabric/Sodium that improves FPS / Block Entity Rendering by implementing a Hybrid Rende...

Mod 9,780,179
Refined Tools

Refined Tools

This resourcepack enhances the tools and weapons by giving them refined 3D models.

Resource Pack 47,938
Swinging Lanterns

Swinging Lanterns

Swinging Lanterns adds subtle movement to Minecraft lanterns and attached chains, making builds feel more dynamic and al...

Mod 1,037,664
Accurate Block Placement Reborn

Accurate Block Placement Reborn

Makes block placement smarter by timing it for you.

Mod 4,350,157
PaperDoll

PaperDoll

Get a customizable (bedrock like) preview of yourself

Mod 2,472,033
Exordium

Exordium

Render the GUI and screens at a lower framerate to speed up what's really important: the worldrendering.

Mod 7,177,820
Clean Connected Glass

Clean Connected Glass

Adds connected glass without the streaks in the middle

Resource Pack 1,911,312
Health Bars

Health Bars

See every mob's health in style. In the HUD and in-world. Clean, colorful, and customizable!

Mod 138,907
Rainbow Diamond Ores & Ancient Debris

Rainbow Diamond Ores & Ancient Debris

Adds a rainbow outline around diamond ores and ancient debris, making these blocks stand out.

Resource Pack 146,670
Vertical Scroll

Vertical Scroll

This mod allows you to scroll through your inventory vertically, allowing for easier access of items while playing, with...

Mod 9,154
Just 3D Potions (Punchy!)

Just 3D Potions (Punchy!)

Fancy 3D potions! Compatible with Punchy!

Resource Pack 397,670
Sunbathing Godrays

Sunbathing Godrays

Adds godrays to Minecraft! requires polytone

Resource Pack 447,109
DrDestens Minecraft Shaders

DrDestens Minecraft Shaders

A High Performance Shaderpack with great shadowless Visuals and PBR support

Shader 302,515
Clarity

Clarity

displays your active potion effects with precise, second-accurate countdown timers and amplifier levels.

Mod 37,645
Trailer Shaders

Trailer Shaders

Make your game look like a Minecraft trailer — but with higher FPS.

Shader 161,969
Silly's Auto Totem

Silly's Auto Totem

Allows you to automatically reequip a totem after popping one

Mod 171,757
Tooniverse Texture Pack 64x

Tooniverse Texture Pack 64x

Complete colourful, cute & cartoony overhaul | 64x

Resource Pack 21,004
Hearts (Light Blue)

Hearts (Light Blue)

Changes the HUD heart textures to be a nice light blue color.

Resource Pack 10,372
Faithful 64x - Clear Glass

Faithful 64x - Clear Glass

Remove annoying square lines on every glass block (including glass panel). Support connected textures.

Resource Pack 6,562

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