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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

142

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 570,982,654
Fabric API

Fabric API

Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 525,687,367
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 520,874,831
Architectury API

Architectury API

An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.

Mod 461,790,402
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 425,690,346
Clumps

Clumps

Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag

Mod 421,878,172
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 412,306,234
Balm

Balm

Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods

Mod 333,204,575 242.2K this week
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 332,329,774
Puzzles Lib

Puzzles Lib

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

Mod 294,610,793
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
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 217,679,641
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 203,433,557
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 192,929,890
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 181,930,365
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
Euphoria Patches

Euphoria Patches

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

Mod 127,520,036
Fusion (Connected Textures)

Fusion (Connected Textures)

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

Mod 127,139,945 292.6K this week
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 126,658,357
BSL Shaders

BSL Shaders

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

Shader 122,677,285
ShatterLib | OctoLib

ShatterLib | OctoLib

Collection of shared code for Shatterbyte mods

Mod 117,936,693 534.5K this week
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
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 89,324,375
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 83,826,420
Krypton

Krypton

A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack

Mod 82,747,726
Debugify

Debugify

Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker

Mod 77,021,756
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
M.R.U

M.R.U

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

Mod 56,077,470
Inventory Essentials

Inventory Essentials

The most essential inventory tweaks. Now with sorting!

Mod 54,878,566 210.5K this week
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Resource Pack 51,456,225
Sound​s

Sound​s

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

Mod 38,076,528
Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]

Makes chat messages appear with a smooth animation.

Mod 37,453,863
Immersive UI

Immersive UI

Enhance your gameplay experience with animated UI components

Mod 31,860,892 140.5K this week
Polytone

Polytone

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

Mod 30,158,611
ScalableLux

ScalableLux

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

Mod 29,018,127
Cull Leaves

Cull Leaves

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

Mod 24,775,691
LibJF

LibJF

A library for my mods

Mod 22,245,993
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 22,079,795
Resourcify

Resourcify

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

Mod 17,498,143
Low On Fire

Low On Fire

Low fire on your screen! Vanilla Friendly

Resource Pack 17,351,841
Respackopts

Respackopts

Config menus for resource packs

Mod 16,726,987
ukulib

ukulib

Small Utility Mod for Uku's Mods.

Mod 15,004,995
Obscure Tooltips

Obscure Tooltips

Stylized tooltips with beautiful effects and smooth animations!

Mod 14,705,596
ModernFix-mVUS

ModernFix-mVUS

A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.

Mod 13,689,578
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 13,421,330
Fragmentum (Forge)

Fragmentum (Forge)

The lightweight framework for the Obscuria Collection multi-loader mods

Mod 13,228,675
Fresh Animations: Extensions

Fresh Animations: Extensions

A combination of offical extension packs for Fresh Animations

Resource Pack 11,875,814
ThreadTweak

ThreadTweak

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

Mod 11,084,204
uku's Armor HUD

uku's Armor HUD

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

Mod 10,037,536
Exordium

Exordium

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

Mod 7,666,187
Faithful 64x

Faithful 64x

An even more detailed experience with quadruple-resolution textures!

Resource Pack 7,658,445
Enchantment Outlines

Enchantment Outlines

Adds an outline to all enchantable tools.

Resource Pack 7,621,585
voxy

voxy

A Level of Detail rendering mod

Mod 7,594,620
MossyLib

MossyLib

Library with basic utilities for Mossy projects.

Mod 7,154,780
Punchy!

Punchy!

Various first person animations!

Mod 6,706,809
Inventory Particles

Inventory Particles

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

Mod 6,500,023
Enchant Icons

Enchant Icons

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

Resource Pack 5,914,186
AstraLex Shaders

AstraLex Shaders

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

Shader 5,667,286
Accurate Block Placement Reborn

Accurate Block Placement Reborn

Makes block placement smarter by timing it for you.

Mod 5,375,626
NoisiumForked

NoisiumForked

Optimises worldgen performance for a better gameplay experience.

Mod 5,318,555
Even Better Enchants

Even Better Enchants

Unique textures for Enchanted Books!

Resource Pack 5,291,169
Chat Tools

Chat Tools

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

Mod 5,239,729
Fresh Animations: Player Extension

Fresh Animations: Player Extension

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

Resource Pack 5,090,372
Immersive Hotbar

Immersive Hotbar

Adds animations to the hotbar to make it more immersive

Mod 4,929,285
E-LITE shaders (MakeUp edit)

E-LITE shaders (MakeUp edit)

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

Shader 3,692,249
Patrix 32x

Patrix 32x

Realistic textures with vanilla colors custom-made for shaders

Resource Pack 2,902,314
Theone's Eating Animation Pack

Theone's Eating Animation Pack

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

Resource Pack 2,889,663
PaperDoll

PaperDoll

Get a customizable (bedrock like) preview of yourself

Mod 2,821,903
Ashen 16x

Ashen 16x

A 16x, medieval-fantasy take on Minecraft.

Resource Pack 2,612,371
Hyper Punchy

Hyper Punchy

Hyper Punchy is a animation feature for punchy

Resource Pack 2,489,418
Clean Connected Glass

Clean Connected Glass

Adds connected glass without the streaks in the middle

Resource Pack 2,092,286
Refined Buckets

Refined Buckets

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

Resource Pack 1,998,344
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 1,973,111
Gentler Weather Sounds

Gentler Weather Sounds

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

Resource Pack 1,838,653
Swinging Lanterns

Swinging Lanterns

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

Mod 1,622,954
Enchantment Glows

Enchantment Glows

Adds a glowing visual effect to enchanted tools

Resource Pack 1,435,422
Atmospherics

Atmospherics

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

Mod 1,376,132
Fyoncle's 3D Trims

Fyoncle's 3D Trims

Adds 3D Trim Templates for first person!

Resource Pack 1,135,196
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 1,077,923
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 980,897
Refined Torches

Refined Torches

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

Resource Pack 797,470
Sunbathing Godrays

Sunbathing Godrays

Adds godrays to Minecraft! requires polytone

Resource Pack 670,136
Just 3D Potions (Punchy!)

Just 3D Potions (Punchy!)

Fancy 3D potions! Compatible with Punchy!

Resource Pack 650,133
DrDestens Minecraft Shaders

DrDestens Minecraft Shaders

A High Performance Shaderpack with great shadowless Visuals and PBR support

Shader 449,758 12.7K this week +3%
Trailer Shaders

Trailer Shaders

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

Shader 265,820
Silly's Auto Totem

Silly's Auto Totem

Allows you to automatically reequip a totem after popping one

Mod 238,642
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 182,386
Health Bars

Health Bars

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

Mod 173,299
Refined Tools

Refined Tools

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

Resource Pack 105,153
Clarity

Clarity

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

Mod 51,613
Tooniverse Texture Pack 64x

Tooniverse Texture Pack 64x

Complete colourful, cute & cartoony overhaul | 64x

Resource Pack 22,576
Vertical Scroll

Vertical Scroll

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

Mod 15,746
Hearts (Light Blue)

Hearts (Light Blue)

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

Resource Pack 13,916
Faithful 64x - Clear Glass

Faithful 64x - Clear Glass

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

Resource Pack 10,631
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 4,083

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