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Project Beautiful

Modpack

Enhanced visuals, optimized performance, and a beautifully balanced Minecraft experience.

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

185

Modrinth ID

59yte83A

Last Updated

Aug 29, 2026

Description

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🌸 Project Beautiful

Project Beautiful is a Minecraft modpack built around one simple goal: making the game look incredible without sacrificing performance. Every mod is chosen to strike the ideal balance between visual enhancement and high framerates, creating a smoother, more beautiful Minecraft experience.

Latest Release Supports Minecraft Java 1.21.1

🔎 Features

Feature Description ✨ Enhanced Visuals Carefully selected mods/shaders that make Minecraft look more vibrant and immersive. 🚀 Optimized Performance Built to maintain smooth gameplay and high FPS. 🌅 Shader Ready Fully compatible with modern shader packs. 🛠️ Quality of Life Useful improvements without changing vanilla gameplay. ⚖️ Balanced Experience Every mod is chosen with both beauty and performance in mind. 💻 Wide Hardware Support Designed to run well on a variety of systems.

🎯 Who Is This For?

Project Beautiful is designed for players who want Minecraft to look significantly better without sacrificing smooth gameplay.

Perfect for:

  • Players who want higher visual quality while maintaining high FPS
  • Survival and exploration-focused playthroughs
  • Shader users looking for a stable foundation
  • Mid-range and lower-end PCs that need efficient optimization

⚙️ Recommended Settings

For the best experience:

  • Allocate 4-6 GB RAM
  • Use a Sodium-compatible shader of your choice
  • Disable vanilla clouds when using shaders
  • Enable all resource packs and/or add your own
  • Keep simulation distance at 8-12 chunks for optimal performance

📊 Performance Philosophy

Project Beautiful is not a "maximum graphics" modpack.

Every mod is carefully evaluated to ensure that visual improvements justify their performance cost. The goal is to create the most beautiful Minecraft experience possible while maintaining smooth and responsive gameplay.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.11 26.1.2

Recommended Gear

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Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

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Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

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Mod 543,666,178
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AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 513,572,411
Fabric API

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Core API library for the Fabric toolchain

Mod 513,403,685
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

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

Mod 415,018,881
Sodium

Sodium

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

Mod 400,951,259
Jade 🔍

Jade 🔍

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

Mod 348,525,756
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 321,608,721
Konkrete

Konkrete

Just another boring library mod.

Mod 292,058,520
CreativeCore

CreativeCore

a core mod

Mod 280,558,610
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 259,711,519
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

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

Shader 249,248,293
[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 247,183,503
Mod Menu

Mod Menu

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

Mod 237,635,413
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)

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Mod 235,700,309
Melody

Melody

OpenAL-based library mod for playing background music.

Mod 206,620,379
Iris Shaders

Iris Shaders

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

Mod 189,416,507
AmbientSounds 6

AmbientSounds 6

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Mod 171,725,519
Chat Heads

Chat Heads

See who are you chatting with!

Mod 169,231,653
FerriteCore

FerriteCore

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 160,434,371
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 152,183,201
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 141,817,694
Lithostitched

Lithostitched

Library mod with new configurability and compatibility enhancements for worldgen

Mod 120,259,271
Cherished Worlds

Cherished Worlds

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

Mod 114,825,613
LambDynamicLights

LambDynamicLights

The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.

Mod 108,255,145
[ETF] Entity Texture Features

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

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

Mod 107,220,613
Terralith

Terralith

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

Mod 99,272,975
MoreCulling

MoreCulling

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

Mod 98,441,898
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 86,509,182
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 81,790,989
Krypton

Krypton

A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack

Mod 81,070,082
Visuality

Visuality

Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles.

Mod 72,396,629
Text Placeholder API

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Mod 71,197,647
Presence Footsteps

Presence Footsteps

An overly complicated sound mod

Mod 70,847,633
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]

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Mod 60,038,906
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Resource Pack 49,815,694
Better Mount HUD

Better Mount HUD

Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount

Mod 46,189,542
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

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Mod 44,378,094
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 41,714,677
Nullscape

Nullscape

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Mod 39,514,497
Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular ✨ Reforged

Particular is a mod that enhances Minecraft's ambience with many hand-crafted visual effects. Forge Port !

Mod 38,413,557
Photon Shader

Photon Shader

A gameplay-focused shader pack with a semi-realistic style

Shader 37,397,056
BaguetteLib

BaguetteLib

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Mod 36,570,674
Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves

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Mod 27,565,224
MakeUp - Ultra Fast

MakeUp - Ultra Fast

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Shader 13,599,098
ModernFix-mVUS

ModernFix-mVUS

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Mod 12,297,328
Blur+

Blur+

Spices up the boring vanilla blur effect – featuring animations, colors and lots of customizability!

Mod 11,177,439
Better Clouds

Better Clouds

Beautiful clouds in touch with the vanilla style

Mod 9,613,891
NoisiumForked

NoisiumForked

Optimises worldgen performance for a better gameplay experience.

Mod 5,003,739

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