Throw Me A Bone is a small modpack designed to make the game significantly more challenging and exploration-based. Acquiring basic tools and items will take longer, nights will be harder and unskippable, mobs are generally tougher, and there's a new meter to take care of along with your hunger. The game's difficulty will increase as you progress, and there's a Twilight Forest post-game once you beat the buffed Ender Dragon. A few recipes have been changed, so take advantage of JEI.
Notable mods:
Alex's Caves, Notreepunching (wiki recommended), Alex's Mobs, Twilight Forest, farsighted mobs, brutal bosses, End remastered, Ender trigon, infernal mobs, regions unexplored, sanity: descent into madness, better archeology, bedrock edition wither, realistic torches, brick furnaces, pure suffering, and sophisticated backpacks.

