Mod Picks
🌿 Artemise's Curated Mod Picks
Whether you’re aiming for smoother gameplay or a richer world to explore, here’s a collection of mods we recommend for the best balance of performance, visuals, and immersion. Tested and beloved by players across many servers.
Performance & Optimization Mods (Fabric & Forge)
Rubidium / Sodium (Forge/Fabric)
A complete rework of Minecraft’s rendering engine. Cuts down frame drops, boosts FPS, and keeps your world running silky smooth.
Phosphor (Forge/Fabric)
Fixes Minecraft’s quirky light engine, improving lighting updates and load times without breaking vanilla lighting behavior.
Lithium / Canary (Fabric/Forge)
A top-tier mod for optimizing physics, AI behavior, and block updates—helps your server tick faster and smoother, even with mobs galore.
MemoryLeakFix (Fabric)
Detects and patches common memory leaks in Minecraft and mods. Ideal for long play sessions.
Cull Less Leaves / Better Foliage (Fabric/Forge)
Cull Less Leaves makes transparent blocks (like leaves) easier to render. Better Foliage adds lush, animated vegetation for a beautiful but optimized world.
LazyDFU (Fabric)
De-prioritizes game logic initialization during launch, cutting load times significantly.
Clumps (Both)
All those floating XP orbs after a big mob grind? This mod condenses them, saving both FPS and sanity.
Visual & Aesthetic Enhancers
Fresh Animations (Fabric/Forge)
Breathes new life into villagers, mobs, and player animations. This mod doesn’t overhaul the game—just makes it feel... alive.
Iris Shaders (Fabric)
Pairs with Sodium to add beautiful shader support without killing your FPS. Enjoy reflections, shadows, and lighting upgrades with full optimization.
Continuity (Fabric)
Adds seamless connected textures for glass, bookshelves, and more. Must-have for aesthetic builds.
Oculus (Forge)
The Forge-compatible cousin of Iris—enables shaders and dynamic lighting when running on Forge.
Effective (Fabric/Forge)
Adds realistic splashes when mobs fall in water, lava drips from ceilings, and more tiny immersive details.
Visuality (Fabric)
Enhances particles and adds subtle ambient effects like falling leaves and fireflies.
LambDynamicLights (Fabric)
Dynamic light from torches and other sources that move with the player, with no performance hit when paired with Sodium.
Quality of Life & UI Improvements
See block names, contents of chests, mob health, and more by hovering over things. Absolute must for modded play.
Inventory HUD+ (Forge) / Roughly Enough Items (Fabric)
Stay organized and efficient. Customize inventory layouts, view recipes, and access crafting data with ease.
Mod Menu (Fabric)
Manage your mods in-game with clean interface access and config buttons. Doesn’t affect gameplay—just makes your mod life easier.
MiniHUD (Fabric)
Toggleable display of light levels, block info, and other stats for advanced builders or min-maxers.
Immersive Gameplay
Dynamic Sound Pack (Fabric/Forge)
Pairs well with mods like Sound Physics Remastered to make caves echo, weather thunderous, and footsteps more responsive.
Better Combat (Fabric/Forge)
Revamps Minecraft’s combat to feel more fluid and dynamic, with weapon swings, dual wielding, and smoother transitions.
Traveler’s Titles (Fabric/Forge)
Gives players floating titles based on where they are or what they've accomplished. Great for RPG vibes or kingdoms.
Ambient Environment (Fabric)
Adds region-based environmental effects like fog, subtle color changes, or temperature feels based on biomes.
Recommended Launchers
Use ATLauncher or GDLauncher (Forge/Fabric) for easy modpack management and updates. Both work well with Modrinth integrations.
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