• Keybinds: All keybinds are fully reset so you can configure them yourself.
• RAM Allocation: Optimized for 10GB RAM. Allocating more (like 14GB) often causes Garbage Collection to stutter; 10GB is the current stable recommendation.
• Performance Toggle: If you are on an older PC (pre-2012 GPU), remove ThreatenGL to avoid crashes.
• Configuration: Most mods are pre-configured and require no changes unless desired.

High Priority

• Sodium – Mandatory rendering engine rewrite for massive FPS gains.
• Sodium Extra - Extra performance tweaks for Sodium.
• ModernFix / ModernFix-mVUS – All-in-one performance "catch-all" that fixes memory leaks and speeds up loading.
• Krypton - Network optimizations for better server connections.
• LazyDFU - Defers DataFixerUpper initialization for faster game startup.
• Noisium - Optimizes world generation performance to reduce lag spikes.

Medium Priority

• ScalableLux – Optimizes the lighting engine to reduce stuttering and improve FPS.
• ThreatenGL – Modern OpenGL optimizations (remove on pre-2012 GPUs).
• Exordium – Limits GUI FPS to improve overall performance.
• Voxy (DISABLED) - LoD Renderer
• Bobby – Higher render distance via chunk caching.
• GpuTape – Optimizes GPU memory and utilization.
• Ixeris - Entity rendering optimizations for better FPS in crowded areas.

Core & System Optimizations

• FerriteCore – Massive memory usage reduction.
• Lithium – CPU optimizations for game logic.
• C2ME – Multi-threaded chunk loading.
• ImmediatelyFast – Optimizes HUD, entities, and text rendering.
• EntityCulling / More Culling – Stops rendering unseen objects.
• BadOptimizations – Miscellaneous micro-optimizations.
• ThreadTweak - Improves CPU thread scheduling for Minecraft.
• Optiboxes - Optimizes shulker box rendering. (1.21.8 Only)

Low Priority

• Very Many Players (VMP) – Improved performance on high player counts.
• Borderless Fullscreen – Easier alt-tabbing without FPS loss.

High Priority

• ClienThings – Fixes high-ping desync - USE WITH CAUTION! (BANNED ON MACE).
• Health Indicators – Shows enemy health (allowed on most servers).
• Armor HUD / Numbers – Clean durability and armor displays.
• InventoryHUD+ (DISABLED) – Alternative to other HUD mods in this modpack.
• Uku's Armor HUD - Another customizable alternative for your armor HUD. (Enabled in 1.21.8, Disabled in 1.21.11)
• BetterHurtCam - Highly configurable hurt-cam (old/yaw-based/no-hurtcam).
• BactroMod – Fog control, brightness, shield/fire offsets.
• Effect Timer Plus - Shows your status effects and when they are about to end.
• AppleSkin – Hunger and saturation overlay (health overlay disabled).
• PingNameTags / NameTagPing - Shows the pings of nearby players on their name tag. Useful in PvP. (Enabled in 1.21.11, Disabled in 1.21.8)

Medium Priority

• Shield Fixes – Shield behavior fixes. Allowed on 99% of PvP servers.
• Combat Hitbox / Prettier Hitboxes – Customizable hitbox colors.
• Crosshair Addons - Highly customizable crosshair with customizable indicators.
• Advanced Mouse Sensitivity - Fine-tune mouse sensitivity settings for better accuracy.

Low Priority

• Marlow's Crystal Optimizer – Legal crystal PvP optimizations. Allowed on most servers.
• TotemCounter – Tracks opponent totem pops.
• Hero's Anchor Optimizer – Optimized anchor mechanics for PvP. Allowed on most servers.

Medium Priority

• Essential Mod – Friends, messaging, and world invites.
• Freecam (Fair Play) – Freecam that is allowed on most servers.
• ViaFabric / ViaVersion / ViaBackwards – Join servers across versions.
• Mod Menu - Required to configure each mod
• FullBright - Full bright. Yes.
• BetterF3 – Cleaner, readable debug screen.
• Perspektive – Look around without moving your player.
• Zoomify – Fully configurable zoom.
• Xaero's World Map (DISABLED) - World map that logs as you move throughout
• Xaero's Minimap (DISABLED) - Minimap that shows your surroundings
• Simple Update Checker - In-game alerts for new modpack updates.

Low Priority

• Reese's Sodium Options – Better Sodium settings menu with a tabbed interface.
• Controlling – Adds search functionality and conflict filters to the keybinds menu.
• Horizon Fix – Removes the visible gap/line at the horizon.
• Custom Window Title – Adds custom modpack branding to the game window.
• Dark Window Bar - Makes the Windows title bar match the dark theme.
• Shulker Box Tooltip – View contents without opening.
• Simple Voice Chat – Proximity voice chat for SMPs.
• WorldEdit / WorldEdit CUI – Advanced building tools.
• Creative Fly / Flyspeed – Faster creative flight.
• Smooth Scrolling Refurbished – Modern menu scrolling.
• Client Time - Allows modifying client-side game weather and time
• Better "Add Server" - Auto-renames the server to the IP, moving the IP to the top in "Add Server".
• Better Tab - Improves Tab UI.
• BoatView360 - Look around freely without turning the boat.
• ChatPatches - Fixes and improvements for the vanilla chat interface.
• Dynamic Lights - Makes a held object emit light when it is in the hand/off-hand.
• Emoji Type - Easily use and autocomplete emojis in game chat.
• HorseStatsMod - Displays the speed, jump height, and health of horses.
• No Realms Button - Removes the useless realms button.
• No ResourcePack Warnings - Removes the annoying warning for older resource packs.
• No Worldborder Tint - Removes the annoying red tint when you're near the world border.
• Not Enough Animations - Adds missing third-person animations (eating, drinking, etc).
• RidingMouseFix - Fixes mouse stutter and locking when riding entities.
• Server Pack Unlocker - Stops servers forcing you to use their resource packs (MCCI, Stray, Minehut, etc).
• ShutUpNarrator - Disables the accidental narrator hotkey completely.
• Tiers (DISABLED) - Shows the tier of a player on their nametag and introduces /tiers <player> command. Useful in PvP.
• View Bobbing Options - Customizable view-bobbing

• Async Pack Scan – Stops the game from hanging when opening the resource pack folder.
• Auth Me – Skips unnecessary restart messages.
• Clean View – Removes your own potion particles. (1.21.8 Only)
• Fadeless – Removes loading screens and fades.
• FastQuit – Quit worlds and go to the menu while they're saving in the background.
• In-Game Account Switcher – Quickly swap accounts.
• Iris Shaders – Shader support.
• No Chat Reports – Privacy and UI cleanup.
• No Telemetry - Stops Mojang from tracking your data, also improving performance.
• Skyboxify – Locked to V1.7 for maximum stability. DO NOT UPDATE!. (1.21.11 Only)
• No Internet - Removes the multiplayer internet warning screen. (1.21.8 Only)
• ServerAddressSpaceFix – Fixes server IP spacing issues.
• Carpet / Carpet TIS Addition - Very useful for some technical players and other mods
• Fast IP Ping - Pings multiplayer servers faster
• Server Pinger Fixer – Makes the server list ping/refresh faster and more reliably.
• Remove reloading screen - Removes the reloading screen when reloading resource packs.
• YOSBR (Your Options Shall Be Respected) - Preserves the default modpack configuration files.

Core Libraries

• libjf – Essential utility library.
• Core APIs: Fabric API, Architectury API, Fabric Language Kotlin, Forge Config API Port, Async Fabric, WalksyLib
• Config Libraries: YACL, Cloth Config, MidnightLib, Fzzy Config, Balm, Searchables, Text Placeholder API, ukulib, Utilize
• Palladium - Core library for some mods. (1.21.8 Only)
• ToadLib - Essential utility library. (1.21.8 Only)

Resource Packs

• QOL: Small Held Items, Unique Dark, Fast Better Grass, Alternative Rain Sounds, No Foliage, Dark GUI Vanilla Tweaks, Transparent GUI Vanilla Tweaks, Hypixel Background (by Secps), Brewing Guide Vanilla Tweaks,

Shaders

• Bliss Shaders (Really good visuals, high performance).
• Photon with Voxy.

Using GraalVM makes your game feel significantly smoother during gameplay, providing benefits beyond simple FPS gains.

1. Download: Download GraalVM for JDK 21 from the direct link.
2. Extract: Paste the ZIP file into a folder and select "Extract Here." You may delete the ZIP file afterward.
3. Locate: Navigate into the bin/ folder and find the javaw.exe file. Copy the full file path.
4. Modrinth Configuration: Open Modrinth and click the Gear Icon (bottom left).
   • Go to Java Installation.
   • Paste the copied path into the Java 21 Location parameter.
5. Windows Graphics Settings:
   • Go to System > Display > Graphics.
   • Add javaw.exe to your applications.
   • Set it to High Performance.
6. JVM Arguments:
   • Locate the Java and Memory section for the modpack in Modrinth.
   • Paste the following into the Java Arguments field:

-Xmx10G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch

Relaunch the game once these steps are completed.