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Captain Ratax's Vanilla Modpack

Modpack

Just the modpack I normally use on my Vanilla Minecraft Server.

Type

Modpack

Modrinth Downloads

288

Modrinth ID

62duUZJg

Last Updated

Sep 12, 2026

Description

A vanilla-friendly Fabric modpack built around the way I like to play Minecraft, whether in single-player or on vanilla and mostly vanilla multiplayer servers. It focuses on performance, visuals, ambience, building tools, navigation, quality of life, and a cleaner overall experience.

Built for Minecraft 26.2, it keeps the core gameplay and progression intact while making the game smoother, prettier, more immersive, and more convenient to play.

Current Minecraft version: 26.2

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Highlights

Performance

Improves FPS, chunk loading, memory usage, entity rendering, distant terrain generation, and overall game smoothness.

Visuals

Adds improved entity and first-person animations, dynamic lighting, particles, weather effects, entity models, armor details, shaders, distant terrain rendering, and extra visual polish without moving too far away from the vanilla style.

Building & Tools

Includes schematic support, accurate block placement, configurable HUD overlays, building information, inventory tools, shulker utilities, and WorldEdit support.

Quality of Life

Adds improved advancement and statistics screens, recipe browsing, inventory and bundle management, improved controls, map utilities, configurable interfaces, safer world deletion, additional HUD information, and other useful client-side conveniences.

Audio & Atmosphere

Enhances footsteps, environmental audio, interface sounds, music notifications, and other subtle atmospheric effects.

Multiplayer

Includes proximity voice chat, multiplayer utilities, player tracking features, social interactions, and support for playing on vanilla and mostly vanilla servers.

Most included features work client-side. Features such as Simple Voice Chat and synchronized PatPat interactions require compatible server-side support.

Included Content

Shaders

Resource Packs

Performance & Optimization

Visuals, Animations & Immersion

Audio & Atmosphere

UI, HUD & Menus

Utility, Building & Quality of Life

Maps, Navigation & Tracking

Social & Multiplayer

Libraries & Dependencies

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.11 26.2

Recommended Gear

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Just Enough Items (JEI)

Just Enough Items (JEI)

View Items and Recipes

Mod 729,652,572
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 570,982,654
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.

Mod 550,364,463
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
Controlling

Controlling

Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 443,116,063
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 412,316,626
Xaero's Minimap

Xaero's Minimap

Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen. Lets you create waypoints which...

Mod 379,235,810
Jade 🔍

Jade 🔍

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

Mod 357,192,165
Balm

Balm

Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods

Mod 333,204,575 242.2K this week
Xaero's World Map

Xaero's World Map

Adds a fullscreen worldmap which shows you what you have explored in the world. Can work together with Xaero's Minimap.

Mod 332,624,623
Konkrete

Konkrete

Just another boring library mod.

Mod 296,051,710
Puzzles Lib

Puzzles Lib

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

Mod 294,610,793
CreativeCore

CreativeCore

a core mod

Mod 286,891,247
Better Advancements

Better Advancements

Successor to BetterAchievements for the new advancements system in minecraft 1.12+

Mod 286,474,736 242.1K this week
YetAnotherConfigLib

YetAnotherConfigLib

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.

Mod 268,681,023
Not Enough Animations

Not Enough Animations

Bringing first-person animations to the third-person

Mod 264,289,350
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

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

Shader 255,617,912
[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
Searchables

Searchables

Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...

Mod 222,754,900
Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric Language Kotlin

Fabric language module for Kotlin

Mod 217,679,641
Melody

Melody

OpenAL-based library mod for playing background music.

Mod 212,996,660 86.9K this week
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
Chat Heads

Chat Heads

See who are you chatting with!

Mod 173,508,457
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
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 145,686,360
Fzzy Config

Fzzy Config

Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!

Mod 141,708,370
BadOptimizations

BadOptimizations

Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering

Mod 129,912,082
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 126,658,357
BetterF3

BetterF3

A mod that provides a highly customizable, more human-readable Debug HUD.

Mod 116,657,004
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
MidnightLib

MidnightLib

Common library with a built-in configuration system

Mod 89,324,375
Client Tweaks

Client Tweaks

There, I fixed Minecraft for you. Various optional tweaks to improve Minecraft Quality of Life.

Mod 86,170,459
3D Skin Layers

3D Skin Layers

Render the player skin layer in 3d!

Mod 83,826,420
libIPN

libIPN

Gui/Config Libarary for Inventory Profiles Next and related mods

Mod 81,064,416
Inventory Profiles Next

Inventory Profiles Next

Take control over you inventory. Sort. Move matching Items. Throw all. Locked slots. Gear sets! And much more.

Mod 80,635,533
WorldEdit

WorldEdit

In-game Minecraft map editor - build bigger things more quickly!

Mod 78,618,752
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
MaLiLib

MaLiLib

A library mod required for masa's client-side mods

Mod 58,940,370
M.R.U

M.R.U

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

Mod 56,077,470
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

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

Resource Pack 51,456,225
Essential Mod

Essential Mod

Enhance your Minecraft with one simple mod. Host worlds for free, chat with friends, and so much more!

Mod 48,164,233
Better Mount HUD

Better Mount HUD

Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount

Mod 47,238,881
Cubes Without Borders

Cubes Without Borders

A mod that allows you to play Minecraft in a borderless fullscreen window.

Mod 45,828,736
More Chat History

More Chat History

Increases the size of the chat history.

Mod 43,976,960
Litematica

Litematica

A modern schematic mod written for Fabric (and LiteLoader on 1.12.x), with extra features for Creative mode work

Mod 42,439,722
Cut Through

Cut Through

Cleanly swing through transparent blocks like tall grass to hit mobs without breaking said block.

Mod 42,316,134
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)

Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)

A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.

Mod 41,036,874
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
Subtle Effects

Subtle Effects

Adding many new subtle details through particles and a few sounds

Mod 37,302,143
Boat Item View

Boat Item View

See your held items as you row your boat!

Mod 31,823,213
Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves

Adds a neat little particle effect to leaf blocks

Mod 28,042,991
CICADA

CICADA

Confusing, Interesting and Considerably Agnostic Development Aid

Mod 27,132,082
TCDCommons API

TCDCommons API

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

Mod 23,029,142
Freecam

Freecam

A highly customizable freecam mod.

Mod 22,941,444
LibJF

LibJF

A library for my mods

Mod 22,245,993
Better Statistics Screen

Better Statistics Screen

A Minecraft mod that improves the statistics screen and makes it more useful.

Mod 20,438,824
Resourcify

Resourcify

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

Mod 17,498,143
CameraOverhaul

CameraOverhaul

Makes gameplay more satisfying through the use of various camera tilting.

Mod 17,384,114
Particle Effects

Particle Effects

Visual Mod that adds unique textured particles for every effect in vanilla Minecraft!

Mod 17,326,417
Respackopts

Respackopts

Config menus for resource packs

Mod 16,726,987
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
Delete Worlds To Trash

Delete Worlds To Trash

Deleted worlds are gone forever, right? Not anymore! Simply restore them from your recycle bin.

Mod 13,133,144
Status Effect Bars

Status Effect Bars

Adds customizable bars to the status effects overlay to show the remaining duration of effects.

Mod 11,978,233
Music Notification

Music Notification

Configure visual notifications when music is played in-game

Mod 10,952,781
MiniHUD

MiniHUD

A "mini F3" HUD mod, with light level, spawn & slime chunk overlays etc.

Mod 10,833,197
Wakes

Wakes

Adds splashes and wakes while traveling on water

Mod 9,940,142
Dark Loading Screen

Dark Loading Screen

Makes the loading screen darker

Mod 8,900,848
Explosive Enhancement

Explosive Enhancement

Makes the explosion animation look cooler.

Mod 8,525,777
Cool Rain

Cool Rain

Creates ambient sounds for certain blocks during rain

Mod 8,250,771
voxy

voxy

A Level of Detail rendering mod

Mod 7,594,620
Punchy!

Punchy!

Various first person animations!

Mod 6,706,809
Smooth Gui

Smooth Gui

Makes menu screens open with a smooth animation.

Mod 5,755,173
Accurate Block Placement Reborn

Accurate Block Placement Reborn

Makes block placement smarter by timing it for you.

Mod 5,375,626
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
Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed

Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed

More details about armor in the armor bar!

Mod 4,792,914
Raise Sound Limit Simplified

Raise Sound Limit Simplified

A mod that improves sound engine performance and raises Minecraft sound sources limit in a simple way

Mod 4,494,686
Fancy World Animations

Fancy World Animations

This mod adds animations to a bunch of interactable blocks like doors, trapdoors, levers, buttons, jukeboxes but also sw...

Mod 3,891,322
Map Distance Fix

Map Distance Fix

A simple mod that shows a player indicator instead of a white dot when outside map boundaries.

Mod 3,755,573
PatPat [Mod]

PatPat [Mod]

Allows you to pat ANY loved and unloved living mobs in Minecraft!

Mod 3,610,242
qrafty's Capitalized Font

qrafty's Capitalized Font

This pack replaces lowercase letters with a smaller version of the capitalized letters, as seen on some servers. 🫐

Resource Pack 3,502,752
Litematica Printer

Litematica Printer

This fork adds the missing printing functionality for Litematica

Mod 3,104,508
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
Enchanted Books: Re-covered

Enchanted Books: Re-covered

The new look of enchanted books' covers

Resource Pack 2,642,432
Hyper Punchy

Hyper Punchy

Hyper Punchy is a animation feature for punchy

Resource Pack 2,489,418
Fresh Animations: Details

Fresh Animations: Details

Adds an assortment of extra details to mobs for Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 2,181,768
Fresh Animations: Objects

Fresh Animations: Objects

Animates non-mob entities in Fresh Animations' style. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 2,098,300
Pickup Notifications

Pickup Notifications

Show notifications on item pickup.

Mod 2,084,268
Fresh Animations: Emissive

Fresh Animations: Emissive

Makes some Fresh Animations' textures emit light. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 1,817,997
Elytra Contrails Mod

Elytra Contrails Mod

Adds Accurate Elytra Trails with a Mod!

Mod 1,640,188
Nautilus 3D

Nautilus 3D

Nautilus 3D is a Minecraft Resource-pack, mainly focused on 3D-Models with a vanilla style.

Resource Pack 1,604,034
Fresh Animations: Spiders

Fresh Animations: Spiders

Overhauls the design of spiders with Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 1,458,460
No Fog

No Fog

Removes the fog so you can see in the nether

Mod 1,440,636
Fresh Animations: Creepers

Fresh Animations: Creepers

New look for creepers, compatible with Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 1,331,192
Torches Reimagined

Torches Reimagined

Torches Relit!

Resource Pack 1,253,287
EclipseUI

EclipseUI

A modern config and config UI lib.

Mod 1,186,116
Voxy WorldGen

Voxy WorldGen

This is a passive chunk generator mod, with server-side support for Voxy!

Mod 1,158,220
Fresh Animations: Quivers

Fresh Animations: Quivers

Gives skeletons quivers, compatible with Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 1,013,790
Locator Heads

Locator Heads

Show player heads on the locator bar and other usefull settings.

Mod 812,706
Glowing 3D Armor

Glowing 3D Armor

3D Armor from Glowing 3D Items!

Resource Pack 802,012
Bundles Beyond

Bundles Beyond

Allows you to access every item in the bundle beyond the vanilla 12 item limit.

Mod 471,401
Fresh Animations: Classic Horses

Fresh Animations: Classic Horses

Recreates the old look for horses, but with Fresh Animations. An official FA extension.

Resource Pack 353,489
Recolourful Containers GUI + HUD (DARK)

Recolourful Containers GUI + HUD (DARK)

Do you want more immersive and more colourful GUIs and HUD? Than this pack is for you! NOW IN DARK

Resource Pack 347,364
Info Overlay

Info Overlay

A fully customizable, zero-bloat overlay. Tweak the layout to show exactly what you need to see for PvP and performance...

Mod 317,918
TakeItOut (Take It Out)

TakeItOut (Take It Out)

This Minecraft mod allows you to pick blocks straight from shulker boxes using the pick block key. With Litematica and p...

Mod 117,110
Better Saved Hotbars Forked

Better Saved Hotbars Forked

This mod allows you to drag items into the saved hotbars tab and remove them by middle clicking!

Mod 13,855

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