This is a Vanilla+ modpack designed to smooth out the rough edges of vanilla Minecraft, while fleshing out the world and adding a few extra things to do and reasons to explore.

It adds new things to craft, more reasons to collect and use more blocks, more dungeons, locations, and items to explore and use, and more ways to modify the world and help you enjoy your time without drastically altering the gameplay into something totally different.

It's totally normal! Promise!

Performance Improvements and Tweaks

Many mods that improve client & server performance have been added, granting precious extra FPS over Vanilla Minecraft.

Highlighted mods in this category:

Lithium (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/lithium) Client/server performance boost.
Phosphor (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/phosphor) Lighting performance boost.
Sodium (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sodium) Rendering engine performance boost.
FerriteCore (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/ferritecore-fabric) Reduce memory usage.
Iris Shaders (https://irisshaders.net/) Enables shaders at a much higher framerate than Optifine.
Krypton (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/krypton) Improve networking performance and security.
MemoryLeakFix (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/memoryleakfix) Fixes multiple memory leaks.
Server Performance - Smooth Chunk Save (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smooth-chunk-save) Saves chunks continuously instead of all at once, reducing server lag.

Interface/Control Improvements

Vanilla Minecraft obscures a lot of information, and let's face it, doesn't have the most-intuitive interface. These mods expose a lot of hidden, useful information, so you don't have to go digging in a wiki, and adds useful little control and interface improvements. Improve your mastery of Minecraft!

Highlighted mods in this category:

JEI (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/jei) Adds recipe list for crafting
Mouse Tweaks (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mouse-tweaks) Improved mouse controls for crafting and inventory management
AppleSkin (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/appleskin) Improves hunger visualization bar.
Extended Armor Bars (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-extended-armor-bars-forked) Extends and improves armour bars to show your actual armour and toughness.
Enchantment Descriptions (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/enchantment-descriptions) Adds descriptions to the tooltip of enchanted books.
Equipment Compare (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/equipment-compare-fabric) Adds another tooltip for equipment showing what you currently have equipped, for comparison.
Inventory HUD+ (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/inventory-hud-forge) Add configurable parts of your inventory to your HUD.
Jade (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/jade) Adds UI element that displays info about what you're currently looking at.
Pick Up Notifier (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/pick-up-notifier) Adds UI notifications when items are picked up.
Xaero's Minimap (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/xaeros-minimap) Adds a minimap.
Xaero's World Map (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/xaeros-world-map) Adds a world map.
Cycler (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/slot-cycler) Easily cycle hotbar slots with other items in the same row.
TrashSlot (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/trashslot-fabric-edition) Adds a trash icon to your inventory to destroy items.

Gameplay

Some things in Minecraft are unnecessarily difficult, restrictive, or simplistic. These mods extend your abilities and the game, to give you more options in how you want to play.

Highlighted mods in this category:

FallingTree (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/falling-tree) Chop a single block of a tree to fell the whole tree.
Carrier (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/carrier) Carry chests/entities/spawners in your bare hands.
Trinkets (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/trinkets) Adds extra equippable inventory slots.
Elytra Slot (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/elytra-slot-fabric) Adds an Elytra trinket slot.
Charm of Undying (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/charm-of-undying-fabric) Adds a Totem of Undying trinket slot.
Fabric Seasons (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-seasons) Adds seasons that last 28 in-game days.
RightClickHarvest (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/rightclickharvest) Harvest & replant crops with a single right-click.
You're In Grave Danger (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/youre-in-grave-danger) When you die, you leave a grave with your items in it to come back to and collect.
Block Runner (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/block-runner-forge) Move faster on certain blocks, like paths!
Better Combat (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/better-combat-by-daedelus) Revamps the melee combat system to add variety to your attacks.

Additions

There's plenty to do in Minecraft, but if you've been playing for a long time, you've probably done it all, multiple times. Mix up your gameplay with these mods that add items, enemies, tools, and challenges to your world!

Highlighted mods in this category:

Nature's Compass (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/natures-compass) Adds compass that allows you to search for biomes.
Waystones (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/waystones-fabric) Adds craftable blocks that allow for fast travel.
Charm (https://svenhjol.github.io/Charm/) A variety of gentle and empowering improvements.
Dragon Loot (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/dragonloot) Adds new armour and a new anvil craftable from new Ender Dragon loot.
Goblin Traders (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/goblin-traders-fabric) Lil' dudes that come and trade you for stuff.
Magnum Torch (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/magnum-torch-forge) Adds torches that prevent spawning in a large area.
Quartz Elevator (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/quartz-elevator) Teleport between elevators with the same x,z coordinates using jump and crouch.
Tom's Simple Storage Mod (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/toms-storage-fabric) Connect your chests together and make finding items in your base much easier.
Vein Mining (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/vein-mining-fabric) Adds an enchantment that lets you mine connected blocks at once.
XP Storage (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/xp-storage) Adds a book that you can store your XP in.
Traveler's Backpack (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/travelers-backpack-fabric) Adds a pretty neat backpack with a crafting table, fluid tanks, a hose, and more.
Immersive Armors (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/immersive-armors) Adds a collection of new, interesting armour to make and wear.
Simply Swords (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/simply-swords) Adds a variety of new weapon types, compatible with Better Combat.
Small Ships (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/small-ships) Adds small, sailable multiblock ships. Can be upgraded with cannons!
Easy Emerald Tools & More (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/simple-emerald-tools-fabric) Adds standard sets of armour, tools, & weapons between vanilla Iron & Diamond.
Artifacts (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/artifacts-fabric) Adds a variety of powerful and weird items to find while exploring.
Create (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/create-fabric) Automate your world with a variety of steampunk-ey blocks!

It's still Minecraft as you know it - there's no drastic change to the gameplay, there's just... more to do, and more ways to do it! It's still... Totally Normal Minecraft!

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