Xenith
Modpacka Fabric‑based modpack built for players who love the vanilla feel. It enhances performance, fixes long‑standing bugs, and adds lightweight quality‑of‑life improvements.
Description

Xenith
Xenith is a Fabric modpack that preserves the vanilla Minecraft experience, while improving performance, fixing many bugs, and adding quality of life features.
It’s aimed at players who want a modernized vanilla experience — featuring better performance, smoother rendering, fewer stutters, and small UX improvements, all while maintaining the vanilla charm.
Highlights:
- Performance first: modern Fabric optimizations for both client and server.
- Vanilla parity: bugfixes and QoL that do not alter core mechanics.
- One‑click server creation: open your singleplayer world to friends with one click using e4mc — it makes your LAN world public so friends can join easily. It also supports offline mode: disable online mode when opening to LAN if you need to play without online authentication.
- Cosmetics: get a cape at MinecraftCapes and show it in‑game using the included cape support mod.
- Optional server package: download a ready‑to‑use
Xenith_Server.zipcontaining a fabricserver.jar, an optimizedstart.sh, and all server‑side mods for quick deployment. Download it from GitHub.
- Core optimizations spotlight:
- Sodium — massive FPS gains through rendering optimizations.
- Lithium — faster tick calculations and mob AI improvements.
- FerriteCore — reduced memory usage for chunk and block data.
- ImmediatelyFast — snappier responsiveness and reduced stutter.
- ScalableLux — optimized light engine for better performance.
- Smarter resource use: mods like Clumps, Dynamic FPS, and Entity Culling reduce idle resource usage, merge XP orbs, and skip rendering hidden entities — keeping gameplay smooth even on lower‑end systems.
- Improved network stack: Krypton optimizes server networking for lower latency and smoother multiplayer performance.
- Beginner‑friendly tools: mods like Jade, Xaero’s Minimap & World Map, REI, and Enchantment Descriptions make the game easier to learn by showing block info, guiding exploration, simplifying recipes, and explaining enchantments — perfect for new or inexperienced players.
- Bugfixes included: long‑standing vanilla issues are patched with mods like Debugify and ModernFix, ensuring smoother gameplay.
- Flexible visuals: built‑in shader support with Iris and curated packs like Complementary Reimagined or Vanilla Plus Shader let you enhance graphics without breaking vanilla style.
- Lightweight customization: UI polish from BetterF3, Raised, Reese’s Sodium Options, and Ping View makes menus cleaner and more informative without overwhelming players.
Recommendations
- Launcher: Prism Launcher
For Minecraft 1.20.5 - 1.21.11
- Java 21: Temurin Java 21
For Minecraft 26.1+
- Java 25: Temurin Java 25
📚 Libraries
| Mod | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Fabric API | Core API for Fabric mods |
| Fabric Language Kotlin | Kotlin runtime for mods that need it |
| Cloth Config API | Config UI library |
| Architectury | Cross‑platform modding library |
| Balm | Utility helpers for mods |
| YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) | Modern config menus |
| Searchables | Search support for GUIs |
| Prickle | Lightweight helper library |
| Text Placeholder API | Provides dynamic text placeholders for mods |
| Fzzy Config | Configuration framework and GUI library |
⚡ Optimization
| Mod | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Sodium | Rendering optimization for large FPS gains |
| Lithium | Server and client logic optimizations (ticks, mob AI) |
| MoreCulling | Improved frustum/occlusion culling |
| Entity Culling | Skip rendering entities that are not visible |
| FerriteCore | Memory usage reductions for chunk data |
| Clumps | Merge XP orbs to reduce entity overhead |
| Krypton | Networking stack improvements for servers |
| Dynamic FPS | Lower FPS when idle to save resources |
| ImmediatelyFast | General responsiveness improvements |
| ModernFix | Collection of bugfixes and performance patches across systems |
| ScalableLux | Optimized light engine (Starlight fork) |
| Better Block Entities | Optimized rendering for block entities |
| Ixeris | Lower level system and input thread optimizations |
| Fast Noise | Optimized noise generation for world generation calculations |
| Gnetum | Distributes HUD rendering updates across multiple frames to reduce draw overhead |
| Particle Core | Rendering optimizations and management for particle effects |
🛠️ Functionality & QoL
| Mod | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Debugify | Fixes various vanilla bugs and edge cases |
| BetterF3 | Cleaner, configurable debug screen |
| Main Menu Credits | Adds a credits screen to the main menu |
| Mod Menu | In‑game mod list and config launcher |
| Config Manager | Manage and preserve default mod configurations and options |
| Logical Zoom | OptiFine‑style / cinematic zoom |
| Mouse Tweaks | Improved inventory mouse controls |
| Jade | Lightweight block/entity tooltips |
| ShulkerBoxTooltip | Preview shulker box contents in tooltips |
| Xaero's Minimap | Minimap |
| Xaero's Worldmap | full world map |
| Roughly Enough Items (REI) | Recipe and item lookup |
| KleeSlabs | Break double slabs individually |
| Bow Infinity Fix | Fixes Infinity enchantment |
| Ping View | Displays numerical ping in the tab player list |
| Better Mount HUD | Improved mount status UI |
| e4mc | Open your LAN server to the public |
| No Chat Reports | Disable Mojang chat report UI |
| Cubes Without Borders | Play Minecraft in a borderless fullscreen window |
| Controlling | Searchable keybinds UI |
| Appleskin | Shows hunger/food values and saturation info |
| NetherPortalFix | More consistent portal linking and travel |
| LAN World Plug‑n‑Play (mcwifipnp) | Helpers for opening LAN worlds and connectivity |
| FastQuit | Faster exit and save behavior |
| Enchantment Descriptions | Shows short descriptions for enchantments |
| Tool Stats | Displays tool attributes, mining speeds, and durability details |
| Friendly Fire | Prevents accidental damage to pets and allied players |
🎨 Visuals & Aesthetics
| Mod | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Iris Shaders | Shader loader |
| LambDynamicLights | Dynamic light sources |
| Capes | Cape support (use MinecraftCapes) |
| Raised | Subtle UI elevation and polish |
| Reese's Sodium Options | Extended Sodium settings UI |
| Dark Loading Screen | Dark themed loading screen |
| Faithful 32x | HD vanilla‑style texture pack |
| Faithful 64x | High-definition 64x vanilla-style texture pack |
| Complementary Reimagined | Shader preset |
| MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Lightweight shader preset |
| Vanilla Plus Shader | Subtle shader preset |
| Super Duper Vanilla | Enhanced vanilla shader preset |
🧪 Planned Additions
| Mod | Status |
|---|---|
| Companion | Awaiting update |
| Nvidium | Maybe — GPU optimizations (beta) |
| Alternate Current | Maybe — redstone optimization (experimental; test for parity) |
📬 Contact
Questions or feedback — reach out on Telegram.
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Contained Mods (65)
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
Balm
Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods
MoreCulling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
Ixeris
Buffered raw input and threaded event polling
Gnetum
Distribute HUD updates over multiple frames to improve performance
Fast Noise
This optimizes noise generation
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Fzzy Config
Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!
Shulker Box Tooltip [Fabric/Forge/NeoForge]
What's in my shulker box?
Sodium Extra
Features that shouldn't be in Sodium
Xaero's Minimap
Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen. Lets you create waypoints which...
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.
Cubes Without Borders
A mod that allows you to play Minecraft in a borderless fullscreen window.
Better Block Entities
A Minecraft optimization mod for Fabric/Sodium that improves FPS / Block Entity Rendering by implementing a Hybrid Rende...
MakeUp - Ultra Fast
MakeUp aims to provide the best quality / performance ratio, building a shader that can be adapted to anyone's resources...
Reese's Sodium Options
Alternative Options Menu for Sodium
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
ModernFix-mVUS
A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.
Jade 🔍
Shows information about what you are looking at. (Hwyla/WAILA fork for Minecraft 1.16+)
Bow Infinity Fix (Forge/Fabric)
Removes need to have an arrow in your inventory to use the Infinity enchant on your bow or crossbow
Particle Core
Particle optimizations: Culling, rendering optimizations, configurable particle-type-specific spawn reduction, and potio...
Architectury API
An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.
Controlling
Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu
Searchables
Searchables is a library mod that adds helper methods that allow for searching and filtering elements based on component...
Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
Using async path-tracing to hide BlockEntities/Entities that are not visible
Roughly Enough Items (REI)
Clean and Customizable. Alternative to Just Enough Items/JEI.
BetterF3
A mod that provides a highly customizable, more human-readable Debug HUD.
No Chat Reports
Makes chat unreportable (where possible)
Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
Debugify
Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker
Friendly Fire
Modifies combat to prevent friendly fire to pets and other mobs.
Enchantment Descriptions
Adds in-game descriptions for enchantments to tooltips.
KleeSlabs
Break only the half of a double slab that you're looking at.
Tool Stats
Provides additional tooltip info for items
Prickle
Prickle is a JSON based configuration file format brought to Minecraft.
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Raised
Move around your HUD and fix the broken hotbar selection indicator!
Logical Zoom
Super simple zoom key for Minecraft 1.21.10
LAN World Plug-n-Play
mcwifipnp
Mouse Tweaks
Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.
AppleSkin
Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD
Dynamic FPS
Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background
Clumps
Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag
ScalableLux
A Fabric mod based on Starlight that improves the performance of light updates in Minecraft.
NetherPortalFix
Ensures correct destinations when traveling back and forth through Nether Portals in Multiplayer.
Fabric Capes
Lets you use capes from OptiFine, LabyMod and other cape mods
LambDynamicLights
The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Dark Loading Screen
Makes the loading screen darker
Text Placeholder API
Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.
FastQuit
Lets you return to the Title Screen early while your world is still saving in the background!
Faithful 32x
The original Minecraft texture feel, with double the resolution and double the fun!
Better Mount HUD
Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount
Main Menu Credits
Adds a way of adding information to the user's title screen.
Config Manager
A minecraft mod that allows modpack developers to ship configuration file in the most user-friendly way possible
Faithful 64x
An even more detailed experience with quadruple-resolution textures!
Ping View
Displays your and other players ping in the tab list.
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
Super Duper Vanilla
A shader pack created to convey the style of the cancelled Super Duper Graphics Pack and other popular Minecraft titles.
Vanilla Plus Shader
A shaderpack that gives Minecraft a modern visual overhaul while staying faithful to its original look.
Your Options Shall Be Respected (YOSBR)
Your options shall be respected.