Mods are a key part of Minecraft for enhancing the game and keeping the experience fresh and varied. From performance upgrades and new blocks to quality-of-life tweaks, mods can add adjustments that vanilla Minecraft doesn’t provide. If you want to learn more about mods and how to install them, use our guide: (Installing Minecraft Mods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners) . Today we’re looking at mods that don’t necessarily change gameplay much, but noticeably improve the overall feel. They all run on Fabric, the currently very popular mod loader.
1. Sodium: Minecraft performance mod for smoother rendering
Veteran players will remember OptiFine, and while it’s still around, Sodium has become the better alternative. Minecraft: Java Edition runs fairly smoothly, but it still has its fair share of performance issues. With Sodium, those should be a thing of the past.
In essence, Sodium significantly improves Minecraft’s rendering and performance. That means not only higher frame rates, but also some visual upgrades. On launching Minecraft you’ll also find revamped video settings, more clearly organised.
If you’re after more mods in this vein, visit the developer. There you can also install Lithium, Phosphor and Hydrogen for further optimisations.
2. Mod Menu: Manage Minecraft mods with ease
Mod Menu is a very simple mod you should basically always have installed. It adds a new button to your main menu that shows all your installed mods at a glance. There you can read the description, follow links to the developers, or adjust settings for individual mods. If you ever lose track, this makes it easy to see what each mod actually does.
3. Xaero’s Minimap: Minimap and world map for better navigation
Maps do exist in the game, but a separate minimap is often far more helpful. A very popular choice is Xaero’s Minimap,
which also offers a full world map. You can configure both flexibly: size, waypoints, mob and animal indicators, and much more. This makes navigating your Minecraft world significantly easier.
4. AppleSkin: Precise hunger and saturation display in Minecraft
Hunger and food are important, yet vanilla Minecraft doesn’t show all the information you might like to see. Each food item restores a specific number of hearts, drumsticks, and grants saturation. With
AppleSkin, all of this info becomes visible.
5. Iris Shaders: Realistic shaders for better graphics in Minecraft
Shader packs give Minecraft a gorgeous look and are a must for many players. Together with Sodium you’ll need
Iris Shaders to add shader functionality. You’ll find the relevant options in the video settings. If you want to dive deeper, read our guide:
(Installing and Using the Best Minecraft Shaders)
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6. Jade: Display block and entity info via overlay
Jade is a QoL mod that shows you which block or entity you’re looking at. You can define the scope and level of detail in the settings.
7. Zoomify: Handy Minecraft zoom like OptiFine
With Zoomify you can zoom in flexibly and customise the zoom completely.
8. Mouse Tweaks: Sort inventory faster and move items
Mouse Tweaks lets you manage items more efficiently and speeds up your inventory handling considerably.
9. Veinminer: Mine ore veins faster
Veinminer allows you to mine all adjacent ores at once.
Alternatively, there’s a variant as an enchantment.
10. Enchantment Descriptions: Understand enchantments quickly
Enchantment Descriptions adds clear descriptions to the tooltips of enchanted items and explains all effects in an easy-to-understand way.
Conclusion: The best Minecraft Fabric mods for performance and QoL
Mods don’t just add new content to Minecraft; they’re also handy helpers for more performance and convenient QoL features that the base game doesn’t offer.
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