A small basic modpack with The End Remastered mod, collect 12 special eyes before you can travel to the end.
Addiitional mods inlclude the new caves from 1.18, Tinkers, ProjectE and Draconic Evolution for some powerful tools and armour late game, use these items to help search for the eyes.

For Version 1.16.5

Modlist 47 Mods:

JEI Integration (by SnowShock35)
Bookshelf (by DarkhaxDev)
CaveBiomeAPI [Forge] (by blackgear27)
Curios API (Forge) (by TheIllusiveC4)
Bountiful (Forge) (by ejektaflex)
End Remastered (by jack_bagel)
GraveStone Mod (by henkelmax)
Inventory Pets (by Purplicious_Cow_)
Ore Excavation (by Funwayguy)
Placebo (by Shadows_of_Fire)
CodeChicken Lib 1.8.+ (by covers1624)
Spice of Life: Carrot Edition (by lordcazsius)
Just Enough Resources (JER) (by way2muchnoise)
FastFurnace (by Shadows_of_Fire)
Thermal Innovation (by TeamCoFH)
Morpheus (by Quetzi)
Chance Cubes (by TurkeyDev)
Alex's Mobs (by alex_khaan)
JourneyMap (by techbrew)
Mouse Tweaks (by YaLTeR)
Nature's Compass (by Chaosyr)
ProjectE (by SinKillerJ)
ExpandAbility (by florensie)
Tinkers Construct (by mDiyo)
Mod Name Tooltip (by mezz)
XP Tome (by bl4ckscor3)
Controlling (by Jaredlll08)
Chocolate Fix (by AlcatrazEscapee)
Iron Chests (by ProgWML6)
Mob Grinding Utils (by vadis365)
CoFH Core (by TeamCoFH)
Waystones (by BlayTheNinth)
Thermal Expansion (by TeamCoFH)
Just Enough Items (JEI) (by mezz)
Thermal Foundation (by TeamCoFH)
Draconic Evolution (by brandon3055)
Enchantment Descriptions (by DarkhaxDev)
OpenBlocks Elevator (by vsngarcia)
Mantle (by mDiyo)
Citadel (by alex_khaan)
Farmer's Delight (by vectorwing)
Brandon's Core (by brandon3055)
Caves & Cliffs Backport (by blackgear27)
Artifacts (by ochotonida)
AppleSkin (by squeek502)
Kotlin for Forge (by thedarkcolour)
Hwyla (by TehNut)

Eggycraft

Alex's Mobs

AppleSkin

Artifacts

Bookshelf

Bountiful

Brandon's Core

CaveBiomeAPI

Chance Cubes

Chocolate Fix

Citadel

CodeChicken Lib 1.8.+

CoFH Core

Controlling

Curios API (Forge/NeoForge)

Draconic Evolution

Enchantment Descriptions

End Remastered [NeoForge/Fabric]

ExpandAbility

Farmer's Delight

FastFurnace