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A list of useful mods for most commonly-played versions.
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| Version | Performance | Bugfixes |
|---|---|---|
| Mods that help improve performance | Mods that fix bugs | |
| 1.21.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.20.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.19.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.18.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.17.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.16.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.15.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.14.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.12.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.8.9 | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.7.10 | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| Older |
| Version | Helpful | Improvements | Modpack Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mods that help with certain aspects of the game | Mods that improve on aspects of the game | Useful mods for modpack creators | |
| 1.19.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.18.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.17.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.16.x | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available | ✔️ Available |
| 1.15.x | ✔️ Available | ||
| 1.14.x | ✔️ Available | ||
| 1.12.x | ✔️ Available | ||
| 1.8.9 and below | ✔️ Available |
Labels are used to give you a better understanding of how a mod may act.
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Alpha | Mod is in alpha and therefore might be unstable. |
| Bloat | Contain content that might not be desirable and cant be turned off via configs, commands, or other methods. |
| Buggy | Mod is buggy. |
| Configuration Needed | Mod needs to be configured to act at its best. |
| Corruption | Mod has a chance to corrupt save files. |
| Incompatible | Mod is incompatible with some mods. |
| Reverse Features | Mod takes away features for sake of performance or bugfixes. |
| Unstable | Mod is unstable and may act unpredictably. |
| Replaced | Mod is completely replaced by another, newer, alternative. |
Severity Level is used alongside labels for a clearer understanding of how severe the issue is.
| Level | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | Low chance to affect user |
| 2 | Low to medium chance to affect user |
| 3 | Medium chance to affect user |
| 4 | Medium to high chance to affect user |
| 5 | High chance to affect user |
| 6 | Very high chance to affect user |
| 7 | Will affect user |
| ? | Level of severity is unknown |
You might find some superscripted numbers around the repository. These are used to tell extra information about the mods that labels and severity levels do not apply to.
¹ The mod should work if Mixin-0-7-0-8-Compatibility is applied
² Cull Particles isn't needed anymore in newer Forge versions, as it was implemented in Forge
³ Do not blame me if you didn't read this notice. If you try to load an older world in a newer instance of the game, and you have one of these mods installed, bad things will happen, make sure to uninstall the mod first
⁴ Some of the mods that have Sodium as an incompatibility, might work if you use Indium
⁵ AI Improvements newer versions (1.14+) don't have as much impact as the older versions have, since in newer versions of Minecraft, a lot of fixes to the AI are implemented ([Sources: Curseforge page FAQ, Dev])
⁶ Halogen has issues with Forge's ExplosionEvent, see sodium-forge#33
⁷ These mods also work on 1.17.x , despite having only 1.16 and 1.18 releases in curseforge, no workarounds needed. Install them like any other mods and your fabric loader won't complain about missing dependencies
⁸ Some of the mods that have Magnesium/Rubidium as an incompatibility, might work if you use Calcium