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Ultimate PBR Essentials

Modpack

Enhanced visuals with PBR, POM, colormap support, and legacy OptiFine features.

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

11,017

Modrinth ID

51lrV0sM

Last Updated

Jul 25, 2026

Description

Ultimate PBR Essentials

Ultimate PBR Essentials is the modpack for players who want to experience Minecraft with unparalleled visual enhancements while retaining the classic functionality they love. This modpack adds support for POM & PBR texturepack which previously used Optifine's features.

Who Is It For?

If you're looking to play with nearly any newer texture pack, whether it be realistic, vanilla, or one with minor tweaks, most require specific features and mods to provide these features. This modpack allows you to play with them effortlessly and also includes performance enhancements.

Isn't this just another Fabulously Optimized?

While the majority of mods are indeed common, however it does not mainly include visually game-altering mods, which are required/best suited for some PBR texture packs.

Classic OptiFine Features

  • Connected Textures:

  • Seamless glass, bookshelves, and other blocks using Continuity.

  • Dynamic Lighting:

  • Carry torches that illuminate surroundings using Sodium Dynamic Lights

  • Colormap Support

  • Using Polytone for legacy Optifine colormap, however compatibility with some older resource packs may not work.

  • Custom Splash Screen

  • Using Puzzle

  • Support for Entities

  • Using EMF and ETF

  • Performance Enhancements:

  • Optimize FPS without sacrificing quality, better fps in memory-hungry biomes Mods used:

  1. Sodium
  2. BetterGrassify
  3. Cull Leaves
  4. ClLumps
  5. Dynamic FPS
  6. Entity Culling
  7. Enhanced Block Entities
  8. Ferrite Core
  9. ModernFix
  10. Lithium
  11. ImmediatelyFast
  • Controller Support

  • Using Controlify

  • Zoom Options

  • Using Zoomify

  • Gameplay & Graphical Improvements

  • Not Enough Animations

  • Model Gap Fix

  • 3D Skin Layers

  • Better Third Person

  • Capes

  • Optimum Realism

  • Ambient Sounds

  • Remove Loading Screen

  • Shader Compatibility

  • Using Iris

  • Shaders themselves are not included, however pre-made configuration files for balanced performance and quality have been provided for some shaders.

  • Other Minor Enhancements

  • This modpack has libraries that are required by some of the mods mentioned above, and other mods. Some mods may have been added later and may not be mentioned in the list above however they will be suited for the modpack.

Please note that this Modpack is not perfect, and was originally created to make the installation of mods for Optimum Realism texturepack easier and more uniform, however it should cover the mods required for almost all other texture packs that previously used Optifine's feature and are currently in the loop with newer mods. If you have suggestions, please refer to the discord server. This modpack also includes additional files that are not on Modrinth, these files cannot be redistributed or modified.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.4 1.21.6 26.1.2

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Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

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Mod 285,579,063
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Mod 369,169,792
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Mod 453,461,316
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

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Mod 221,249,279
YetAnotherConfigLib

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Mod 226,865,392
Sodium

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

Mod 346,863,984
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 160,170,090
FerriteCore

FerriteCore

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 138,733,010
[ETF] Entity Texture Features

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

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

Mod 93,008,456
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CreativeCore

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Mod 260,887,840
Crash Assistant

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Shows a GUI after Minecraft crashes, immediately showing and analyzing all affected logs.

Mod 77,583,805
Lithostitched

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Library mod with new configurability and compatibility enhancements for worldgen

Mod 105,817,403
No Chat Reports

No Chat Reports

Makes chat unreportable (where possible)

Mod 168,758,576
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.

Mod 209,361,302
AmbientSounds 6

AmbientSounds 6

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Mod 158,692,312
Forge Config API Port

Forge Config API Port

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Mod 137,202,483
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 209,483,623
Reese's Sodium Options

Reese's Sodium Options

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

Mod 146,049,584
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 188,150,421
Continuity

Continuity

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Mod 126,762,188
Terralith

Terralith

A 1.18+ overworld expansion for Fabric and Forge, with tons of new biomes and caves!

Mod 92,178,410
Sodium Extra

Sodium Extra

Features that shouldn't be in Sodium

Mod 157,148,154
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 109,915,621
Zoomify

Zoomify

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Mod 101,273,114
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

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Mod 84,880,784
LambDynamicLights

LambDynamicLights

The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.

Mod 94,909,905
Tectonic

Tectonic

Terrain shaping brought to new heights, grander and more varied than ever before!

Mod 46,234,714
e4mc

e4mc

Open a LAN server to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Mod 43,342,118
Paginated Advancements & Custom Frames

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Better advancements screen

Mod 15,785,100
Debugify

Debugify

Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker

Mod 68,056,041
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

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Mod 38,769,736
Photon Shader

Photon Shader

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Shader 31,146,055
Ixeris

Ixeris

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Mod 14,523,408
Language Reload

Language Reload

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Mod 66,725,091
More Chat History

More Chat History

Increases the size of the chat history.

Mod 38,175,895
Skyboxify

Skyboxify

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Mod 13,684,040
Better Mount HUD

Better Mount HUD

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Mod 41,735,190
Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks

Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks

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Mod 21,840,950
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Mod 6,313,025
BetterGrassify

BetterGrassify

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Mod 20,864,598
Puzzle

Puzzle

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

Mod 45,659,940
Cape Provider

Cape Provider

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

Mod 4,033,181
OptiGUI

OptiGUI

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Mod 36,016,033
Remove Reloading Screen

Remove Reloading Screen

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Mod 39,931,593
FastQuit

FastQuit

Lets you return to the Title Screen early while your world is still saving in the background!

Mod 30,170,033
Polytone

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Mod 23,737,238
Kappa Shader

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Shader 2,770,652
Fabrishot

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Mod 31,616,249
Animatica Refabricated

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Mod 2,834,664
Make it Grassy

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Optimum Realism

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