Vulkanium
ModpackA Vulkan-powered Minecraft performance / optimization pack replacing OpenGL with Vulkan for higher FPS and smoother gameplay.
Description


If your game is crashing with error java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Out of stack space. add this to your java arguments -Dorg.lwjgl.system.stackSize=256

This modpack is designed to enhance Minecraft’s performance and visuals without changing the core gameplay experience. It focuses on optimization, smooth performance, and compatibility with many OptiFine-like features - all while keeping your game feeling vanilla.

- ⚡ Vulkan-based rendering
- 📈 Higher FPS and smoother frame times
- 🎮 OptiFine-style features without using OptiFine
- 🔗 Connected textures support
- 🔍 Zoom functionality
- ☁️ Enhanced visual compatibility
- 🖥️ Works on a wide range of hardware
- 🌿 Keeps the vanilla Minecraft experience
Versions that are supported by Beryl (Shaders for Vulkan) are shipped with it!

Tested on:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3070
- Resolution: 2560×1440
- RAM Allocation: 4GB
- Render Distance: 8 chunks
- Simulation Distance: 8 chunks
Modpack Version: 1.0.6-Beta
Results:
| Configuration | FPS |
|---|---|
| 🚀 Vulkanium | 1500 FPS |
| ⚡ Fabulously Optimized (Sodium) | 1266 FPS |
| 🌿 Vanilla Minecraft | 1042 FPS |
Actual performance may vary depending on hardware, drivers, Minecraft version, and system configuration.

Vulkanium is made for players who:
- Want better performance without changing Minecraft gameplay
- Need an alternative to OptiFine or Sodium
- Want smoother gameplay on modern GPUs
- Prefer a lightweight optimization setup
Included Mods
- [EMF] Entity Model Features by Traben
- [ETF] Entity Texture Features by Traben
- AppleSkin by squeek502
- Blur+ by Motschen
- Clumps by jaredlll08
- Concurrent Chunk Management Engine by ishland
- Continuity by PepperCode1
- LambDynamicLights - Dynamic Lights by LambdAurora
- Entity Culling by tr7zw
- Fabric API by modmuss50
- Fabric Language Kotlin by modmuss50
- Fast IP Ping by fallen-breath
- FerriteCore by malte0811
- GPUBooster by Mr.Toad
- Krypton by astei
- Mod Menu by Prospector
- Fast Noise by ZenXArch
- ScalableLux by ishland
- Smooth Scrolling by SmajloSlovakian
- Text Placeholder API by Patbox
- VulkanMod by xCollateral
- Beryl by xCollateral
- Borderless Windowed Vulkan by cutebow
- YetAnotherConfigLib by isxander
- Zoomify by isxander
- Optiboxes by lowercasebtw
- More Culling by FX and 1Foxy2
- Cloth Config API by shedaniel
- FastQuit by contaria
- ImmediatelyFast by RaphiMC
- ModernFix by embeddedt
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Contained Mods (33)
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)
A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
[ETF] Entity Texture Features
Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
MoreCulling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
Fast Noise
This optimizes noise generation
Skyboxify
A skybox mod that allows you to use OptiFine skies in Fabric 1.21+
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Smooth Scrolling
Customize the scrolling smoothness or speed in various places like chat, hotbar, creative screen...
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
MidnightLib
Common library with a built-in configuration system
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
Using async path-tracing to hide BlockEntities/Entities that are not visible
Zoomify
A zoom mod with infinite customizability.
ToadLib
Library-mod for minecraft. I need it for my other mods
Krypton
A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack
GPUTape
Fix VRAM leaks. Based on VideoTape.
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Blur+
Spices up the boring vanilla blur effect – featuring animations, colors and lots of customizability!
AppleSkin
Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD
Fast IP Ping
Yeet the laggy reversed DNS lookup for literal IP server addresses
Clumps
Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag
ScalableLux
A Fabric mod based on Starlight that improves the performance of light updates in Minecraft.
Continuity
A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures
LambDynamicLights
The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
Text Placeholder API
Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.
ZConfig
A mixin config mod with override loading from other mods
FastQuit
Lets you return to the Title Screen early while your world is still saving in the background!
Beryl
Introducing an efficient shader pipeline for Vulkan.
VulkanMod
Vulkan renderer mod for Minecraft.
Borderless Windowed Vulkan
Pretty much cubes without boarders mod but working with vulkan mod - This also works without vulkan incase you just pref...
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations