This is a collection of mods for 1.17.1+ to make your game feel brand new while keeping most of the core functions of the game. They expand upon the already set vanilla features and make them better. I am also going to add a data pack in the future that makes some QOL changes, such as unpacking ice and nether wart, universal dyeing etc.
Necessary Mods:
3D Skin Layers - Adds another layer to skins (Client-Side)
Appleskin - Allows you to see how many hunger bars are being filled (Client-Side)
Automatic Path - Creates automatic paths the more frequently you walk in a certain direction
Better 3rd Person - Adds many features in 3rd Person mode (Client-Side)
Better End - Adds new biomes, mobs and structures to the End dimension
Better Mineshafts - Overhauls mineshafts and expands them
Better Nether - Expands on the Nether update and adds even more nether content
Better Strongholds - Overhauls and redesigns the Strongholds
Boats and Beeps - Allows you to upgrade and expand your boats
Carrier - Allows you to pick up and move entities or blocks without having to break them
Charm - Adds many little changes to enhance the vanilla experience
Charm of Undying - Adds Trinket support for Totems of Undying
Charmonium - Adds many sounds to enhance the game (Client-Side)
Cherished Worlds - Allows you to favorite your worlds and prevents you from accidentally deleting them (Client-Side)
Chipped - Adds 2000+ variations of blocks
Clear Despawn - Items on the floor start to flash when they're about to despawn (Client-Side)
Clumps - Clumps XP together to reduce lag
Colytra - Allows you to combine your chestplate and elytra together
Couplings - Allows you to open entrances such as doors, trapdoors and fence gates when connected together
Crawl - Allows you to crawl anywhere
Doggo - Adds features that give tamed wolves more personality
Dual Riders - Allows 2 people to ride a horse
Dynamic Lights - Adds dynamic lights and changes how lighting works (Client-Side)
Emerald Tools - Adds various new tools and armors
Enchantment Descriptions - Adds descriptions to enchanted books (Client-Side)
Expanded Axe Enchanting - Allows you to put looting, fire aspect and knockback on an axe
Extra Alchemy - Adds more potions to the game
Falling Leaves - Self Explanatory (Client-Side)
Fruitful - Overhauls apple farming and adds more apple based food
Gilded Armor - Allows you to apply gold to Netherite so piglins do not attack you
Grass Bypass - Allows you to attack mobs without breaking grass (Client-Side)
Grim's Transportables - Adds carriages and more rails
Grizzly Bear - Adds Grizzly Bears
Harvest Scythes - Adds in Scythes that assist in farming
Herd's Panic - Friendly mobs go into a panic when one of their own gets attacked
Ignis Fatuus - Allows you to make your own custom carved pumpkins
Illuminations - Adds in fireflies and general ambiance to your world (Client-Side)
Immersive Portals - Removes the loading screen for loading into a new dimension and allows you to see through portals
Impaled - Adds new tridents
Incantationem - Adds more enchantments and curses
Interactic - Changes how you interact with dropped items
Lapis Reserve - Allows lapis lazuli to stay in the enchantment table
Mod Menu - Adds a menu to see every mod installed (Client-Side)
More Banner Features - Self Explanatory
More Villagers - Adds new villager occupations, trades and workstations
Motschen's Puddles - Adds puddles that spawn during rain
No Expensive - Removes the Too Expensive message when enchanting
No Fog - Removes all fog from your world (Client-Side)
Not Enough Animations - Adds 1st person animations into 3rd person (Client-Side)
NPC Variety - Adds more diversity to villagers' appearances
Overhauled Overworld - Expands every biome to make your world more realistic
Paintings++ - Adds more paintings to your world
Particle Rain - Replaces rain with thicker particles (Client-Side)
Pling - Adds a sound when Minecraft finishes loading (Client-Side)
Presence Footsteps - Every block you step on has a unique sound (Client-Side)
Realistic Fire Spread - Mobs on fire can spread fire to other blocks
Repurposed Structures - Adds more variation to vanilla structures
Roughly Enough Items - Allows you to browse through crafting recipes (Client-Side)
Ruined Equipment - Broken tools now become ruined and allow you to repair them without losing enchantments
Sit - Allows you to sit on slabs and stairs
Skinned Lanterns - Adds skins to lanterns
Straw Dummy - Adds in a straw dummy that allows you to see the amount of damage you do
This Rocks! - Adds various rocks, pinecones and more to give your world a more natural feel
ToroHealth - Adds a damage and health indicator for other entities (Client-Side)
Trinkets - Allows you to wear certain trinkets
Minimap + World Map - Self-Explanatory (Client-Side)
Waystones - Allows you to teleport from one place to another
XP Storage - Allows you to store XP in different methods
Zoom - Allows you to zoom in and see from afar (Client-Side)
The Vam's Expanded + Team
