Topic category: Mod showcase and discussion
Are you looking for a few mods to include in your modpack, a little bit of inspiration or just something new to do in your survival world? And does it bother you that to find a few good mods you have to scroll through hundreds of random ruby mods?
Well, no worries, because that's exactly why this catalogue was created! It lists many good mods that can easily be added to your modpack, all of them briefly described and sorted by dimensions and category.
(The fact they are sorted by dimensions does not mean big mods are better or took more effort to be made than the littler ones, this distinction only exists because you might sometimes just be looking for a few little mods to add to the modpack without having to get one hundred more dimensions.)
Obviously this list doesn't include every good mod, there are thousands of awesome mods and I can't know and remember them all. Also, quality is subjective. This means this list will often be updated with other mods!
And don't be offended if your mod isn't here, I might have just forgotten to write it XD. You can always write down the name of a few mods you consider good (including yours) and I will consider adding them to the list :).
If the mod doesn't feel original enough to be here (we don't want to overload this list and the creators who actually put effort in their mods might get offended), you will be given advice on how to improve it, and if the mod improves it will be added to the list :).
So, let's try to be friendly and respect the rules, and remember that this list is not official (Klemen, if you feel this topic would not be healthy for the community you can always close it).
Please notice that I did not test all of these mods and I am not responsible for any damage caused to your world!
Many of these mods fit multiple categories, but I chose the one that characterise the mod the most. I created a specific category for dimensions, even if dimensions are not the main goal of the mod. Biome category doesn't just list mods that add new biomes, but also mods that are themed around a vanilla biome (Nether, End and caves are considered "biomes"). If you think some of these mods should change category just tell me :)
So, with no further ado, here's the list!
(more links and descriptions coming soon!)
Minecraft versions listed in the mods' summary include all versions the mod has been compatible to since it was created, but some downloads might be outdated or even removed.
Big Mods
These mods usually are very huge, I wouldn't recommend including too many of these in the mods folder unless you have a supercomputer and plan to make a gigantic modpack :)
Adventure
Another Delta
Ant Dungeons
Depht Dungeons Mod - adds huge dungeons with fearful bosses and unique loot - for Minecraft 1.12.2
Oh Dungeons Items Mod - adds many mobs, armors, structures and loot inspired on Minecraft: Dungeons
Wesley's Roguelike Dungeons
Biomes
Farm Adventure II - explore dozens of new biomes and fight fearful bosses to learn new spells and master the elements - for Minecraft 1.14.4 and 1.15.2
Flower Bundle - adds 150 new plants to the game which can be placed in vanilla flower pots, used to brew potions and more - for Minecraft 1.12.2
Mushroom Quest - adds over 130 new mushrooms, improves the mushroom island and even adds new creatures, weapons, structures and bosses - for Minecraft 1.12.2, 1.14.4 and 1.15.2
Oh the Biomes You'll Go - the most famous MCreator biome mod, adds over 70 magical, realistic and breathtaking biomes - if you manage to find the old downloads, it is for all versions from 1.9 to 1.16... Yes.
WildCraft - adds many new unique trees and wood types to make Minecraft feel more alive - for Minecraft 1.15.2
Building
CUT - a mod that adds over 600 new blocks for building and decorating
Dimensions
Alone & Together - a mod that adds new dimensions with unique flora and fauna, used to be part of Oh the Biomes You'll Go
Ancient Realms
Biota
Cold Horizon - adds a new endgame dimension with awesome structures and mobs
Exploration Expansion
Fred's Pack 3 - a modpack-like mod that adds many things, mostly concerning adventuring and combat - for Minecraft 1.15.2
Hodge-Podge II
Hodge-Podge III
Liroth
Mexicraft - a mod adding many elements from Mexican culture, including flora, fauna, food and even a Mictlan dimension! - for Minecraft 1.15.2
Neverdark
Profundum Corporis
RaolCraft Omega - a mod about exploring vast realms, defeating their evil lords and becoming the ultimate master of all elements
The Nightmarish Kingdom - a full rpg mod with a class system, a new dimension, many enemies and bosses and unique weapons and artifacts for each class
Unreachable Fantasy Mod
Xenoclus One
Way Through Dimensions
Vanilla-like
DerbyCraft
Medium-sized Mods
These mods are moderately big: they can have a great impact on the game but without adding hundreds of new elements and making everything laggy or chaotic. They usually can be compared to Minecraft updates.
Adventure
Cogwheel Dungeons - adds many steampunk/pirate-themed dungeons with unique mobs and loot
Fantasy Mobs Mod
High Adventure - adds many new kinds of weapons and some new biomes to explore
Alchemy and Magic
ArcaneCraft - an advanced magic mod with spells, wands, rituals, charms and much more - for Minecraft 1.14.4
ArcaneCraft II - the sequel of ArcaneCraft, with even more advanced wands and rituals, a mana system and planned Patchouli support - for Minecraft 1.15.2
Pyromancy
The Rules of the Arcane
Biomes
1.XX - The Update that Changed the End - overhauls the End with new unique flora and fauna, making it possible to survive in the End; also adds a teleport system and a Netherite-like toolset - for Minecraft 1.14.4
Better Deserts Mod
Better Swamplands Mod
Breath of the Unknown - adds over 30 new biomes, some realistic and some fantastic, while also including new types of wood and structures - for Minecraft 1.15. 2
Caves Plus - improves the caves with biome-themed mobs, rocks and dungeons
Refreshed Nether - a mod which expands the Nether with many new mobs, structures, weapons and mechanics
Upcave
Dimensions
Alloy: The Snapshot Saga - a little modpack-like mod that adds simple vanilla-friendly machines, new ores, mobs, structures, a dimension and, obviously, alloys - for Minecraft 1.12.2
Alloy: Reforged - the reboot of the snapshot saga, with new ores, improved textures and much more (it doesn't have its mod page yet because it's still in early access) - for Minecraft 1.12.2
Arachnocraft - adds a spider-themed dimension with new spiders, spider civilizations, arachnomancy, web processing and more
End Biomes
Full Color
Icescape - adds a winter-themed dimension with new biomes, mobs, structures, ores and loot - for Minecraft 1.15.2
KinyoshiMods - adds many new rock types to the underground as well as new plants, mushrooms, armors and a whole new dimension - for Minecraft 1.12.2, 1.14.4 and 1.15.2
Magic Wizardry
MoreWither
Sandscape - another mod in the Icescape series, adds a desert-themed dimension with unique features such as vultures and oases - for Minecraft 1.15.2
The Abyss - adds a new dimension with unique items and scaling difficulty based on the height level - for Minecraft 1.15.2
The Amplex
The Crystallia - adds new crystal forest themed dimensions with colorful armors and magical blocks
The Natural Woods Mod
Technology
Electrona
EthlanderThings
Industrial Creator - an advanced tech mod with cables, generators and machines (including quarries, jetpacks and rechargeable items)
Network 2 - adds alloys and machines that draw power from a new energy system that doesn't require cables
SkyCreator MOD - a mod that adds powerful machines to get started in a skyblock world
Tools and Weapons
Supermj's 3D Gun Mod - adds guns with realistic mechanics
Vanilla-like
Additional Stuff Mod
Enhanced Vanilla
Extended Vanilla
LOS - Lots of Stuff
Subterranean Switcheroo - adds fusion ores, new building blocks, new materials, new tools and more
Update Suggestions / Random Stuff - adds many features inspired on popular Minecraft suggestions - for Minecraft 1.12.2
Others
Scooty's Plants vs Zombies - adds functional plants that attack hordes of plant/brain-eating zombies from the popular game Plants vs Zombies - for Minecraft 1.12.2 and 1.15.2
Sol III Core Mod - adds basic ores and bank system which work with ore dictionary and nbt variables to encourage cross-mod compatibility
Little Mods
These mods are very little and usually have zero impact on FPS, just add as many of them to your modpack as you want :)
Adventure
Maze Generator Mod - adds randomly generated mazes with random loot
Alchemy and Magic
Infused Stones Mod - adds a new inventory slot where infused stones can be put to gain the abilities of a mob
Summoning of the Conjurists
Biomes
Cherry World Mod - adds a new cherry tree biome
Modular Expansion - Caves
Modular Expansion - Jungle
Building
Fred's Pixels - adds many monochromatic blocks which can be used for pixel arts - for Minecraft 1.12.2
Fred's Sprays - adds many images and patterns that can be put on walls or floors using spray cans - for Minecraft 1.12.2
[JaTM #7] Mud Mod - adds mud that spreads or turns into dirt according to the weather, as well as new mud building blocks
RDM | Regular Deco Mod - Adds chiseled variants of various materials (including planks, primarine and sandstone)
Dimensions
EnderCraft Mod - does a few improvements to the End and adds a new end-like dimension
Wither Dimension - adds a simple post-end dimension with a withered/japanese vibe and new mobs and structures
Mobs
Elemental Mix - adds awesomely designed elementals which drop unique weapons - for Minecraft 1.15.2
Goblin Encounters - adds various goblins each with unique traits, as well as some new structures and loot
HallowCraft - adds some scary Halloween-themed mobs, a new biome and a few structures
Mobs of Mobs - adds a few original mobs and a new mini-boss which drops lava-walking boots
Overmod - adds many rpg creatures, each with cute 3d models, as well as some new weapons
Rotten Creatures - adds many new undeads, each with a unique model and quirks
The Ultimate Plan - adds a way to hatch the Dragon Egg while also making Endermites actually useful
Technology
Charcoal Generators - adds a multi-block machine that can turn wood into charcoal blocks
Fluid Generators - adds a multi-block machine to produce fluids
[JaTM #8] Conveyor Mod - adds conveyors that push entities when powered by redstone
Others
Advanced Traps Mod - adds many new programmable traps - for Minecraft 1.15.2
Architecture Plus - adds blueprints which place structures when used, with a guideline preview and an anti-grief system - for Minecraft 1.15.2
BaloonZ - Fly to the Sky! - adds various baloons used for flying upwards
CCTV Craft - adds working cameras you can use to spy your friends' houses, control your diamond storage and much more
Exploding Ore Mod - adds Overworld ores to the Nether and the End, but they might explode (explosion power and chance vary on mined ore, used tool and difficulty)
In the Dark Mod - damages players that stay in the darkness for too long, according to difficulty settings
Inventory Vehicles - adds tiny vehicles that stay in the inventory, each with a different effect
More Blox - adds new storage blocks that change their appearance according to how many items they hold
North's Watercrafts - adds driveable watercrafts to traverse the sea
Pengu's Loot System - adds loots chest randomly dropped by mobs with various rarities
To Egg, or Not to Egg - makes you able to collect souls of monsters into spawn eggs, while also adding a way to farm soul sand - for Minecraft 1.12.2, 1.14.4 and 1.15.2
Here's a 64x resource pack which supports many of these mods: Defaulty 64x
Some of them are quite good, but others either are a bit too blurry (the stone chert and the unstable chert for example) or too monochromatic (like the armors). The rest look fine though
Maybe you could try recoloring (or at least getting inspiration) from vanilla textures (many modders make textures this way) or you could use novaskin (I've only used it to make a few mobs months ago but many users say it's a lot easier to make any kind of texture there)
Raol can you include alloy reforged?
I meant the reboot for alloy snapshot
alloy's official page got updated btw
I have a question. Some of the mods you included are for 1.14.4 some for 1.15.2. For example ArcaneCraft (my mod) is older (1.14.4) and I made a recreation (ArcaneCraft II). So can you add the remake too?
Huh - I thought my mod Icescape would beon here.
Ik and seeing it on that list have encouraged me to update it😂😂
I'm late, but this is such a cool idea! I always love viewing and supporting underrated mods!
I was actually going to a non vanilla look with them, my own different theme so to speak. So if that is your complaint, I did my job :D. I might change a few and touch others up a bit to make them a little prettier, but I like them.
@cripsy_chips
Is Alloy: Reforged going to have dimensions too?(just for knowing which category does it fit)
@Fredzik
Of course! :) (I will also write the Minecraft version of each mod alongside the description)
@STAT1S
This list is still very incomplete, but your mods will soon be added :)
@Hidan
Yes, I noticed the update :)
@Rukusu
You are not late (I will your mod to the list too by the way) :)
@Kinyoshi
It might be just me then because I generally don't like non-vanilla-like textures, but I will add the mod to the list anyway :)
Wow, so many replies XD
yep :D https://mcreator.net/comment/136621#comment-136621
Thank you :)
this is a great idea!
the name doesn't really fit, it feels like "original" should be "well-made". some of the mods listed are pretty new.
also, you know, https://mcreator.net/modification/63022/1xx-update-changed-end?page=1?
:)
:)
sorry, if you can't tell, include it in either dimensions or vanilla-like
@91arrows
Added to the list! It will be in the Biomes category since the Dimensions one is just for mods that actually add new dimensions :)
And I wrote "original" in the title because mods made with MCreator are often prejudiced unoriginal rather than badly made
oh lol i thought you meant mods made from a long time ago
and thanks a lot !