
Better Than Vanilla
A modpack that brings Minecraft to modern standards, through many QOL, performance, and visual upgrades.
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Опубликован 30 января 2025 г.

📖 About 📖
Better Than Vanilla, as described by the tagline, is a modpack that brings Minecraft to modern standards, through many QOL, performance, and visual upgrades. It enhances the core Minecraft experience without straying from its original charm, making the game feel smoother, more immersive, and more responsive. From better performance and improved lighting to controller support and dynamic sound, every change is designed to feel like a natural upgrade rather than a complete overhaul. Whether you're exploring, building, or playing with friends, Better Than Vanilla provides a polished, enjoyable experience for both new and veteran players.
🛠️ Features 🛠️
- Better performance, with Sodium, Lithium, C2M, Noisium, and FerriteCore
- More particles for stuff like breaking and placing blocks, plus water splashes and other stuff
- Improved sound physics so there's reverb in caves
- Pixelated shadows and lighting with Miniature Shader, that fits perfectly within the vanilla aesthetic
- VanillaTweaks resource pack that fixes and changes a ton of stuff
- An optional resource pack for dark mode UI
- Controller support for both Xbox and PlayStation controllers
- Borderless fullscreen so you can actually alt tab properly
- Better multiplayer features with Essential so you can join friends and wear cosmetics
- Dynamic lighting from torches and other light sources
- The ability to install resource and shader packs in game
- Full rotation in third person so it doesn't feel as clunky
- Smooth scrolling in all menus
- Other miscellaneous QOL features
📝 Credits 📝
This modpack is licensed under an All Rights Reserved license. While I created the modpack, the included mods and resource packs are the property of their respective creators. All credit goes to these talented developers, and any usage rights or restrictions are determined by them. Please refer to the individual mod pages for detailed information on permissions and usage policies.
Special mention: The VanillaTweaks resource pack included in this modpack was created on the VanillaTweaks website.
Ченджлог
v3.10Релиз26.2 · 23 июня 2026 г.
THE I'M RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS UPDATE
- Updated pack to 26.2
- For some reason I couldn't include the Essential mod config in the export, I'll see if I can in a later patch
- Updated Vanilla Tweaks pack
- Updated most mods, some incompatible ones are disabled
- Not much else was changed honestly
- I don't really have plans for any major overhauls so v4 might not happen, idk
v3.9Релиз26.1.2 · 4 июня 2026 г.
THE SHINY UPDATE
- Might have used a similar update name before but oh well
- Added the Shine mod for colored lighting and bloom with vanilla lighting
- I have tested, and having shaders enabled automatically disables all Shine effects
- Vanilla Tweaks pack update again
- Miniature Shader config update again
- Updated a whole bunch of mods
- Some other bits and bobs? I can't remember what else I've added lmao
v3.8.1Релиз26.1.2 · 4 мая 2026 г.
THE ITSY BITSY COMPATABILITY PATCH
- Updated some mods
- Downgraded Sodium a version for compatibility with Voxy (will probably be updated soon)
- Changed music frequency from Constant to Frequent in audio settings
- Fixed resource pack order
- Default render distance is 24 again
- Updated Vanilla Tweaks pack (again)
- Changed Miniature Shader settings ever so slightly
- Miscellaneous small config changes
v3.8Релиз26.1.2 · 19 апреля 2026 г.
THE I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE UPDATE
- Updated to 26.1.2
- Disabled Cosy Critters & Creepy Crawlies by default as some players may not want the feature or find it obtrusive
- Disabled Voxy in the video settings by default due to heavy performance issues with lower end devices (can still be enabled in-game)
- Updated VanillaTweaks pack for 26.1
- Added Caelesti Fenestra as a default resource pack for better looking glass
- Removed Cubes Without Borders as borderless fullscreen is now a default option for vanilla Minecraft
- Added Enchanted's Sodium Options to make Sodium's video settings screen look more like vanilla
- A bunch of other mods are disabled for the time being as I wait for them to update, once they update there'll be a new version with them enabled, for now keep them disabled to prevent your game from crashing
v3.7Релиз1.21.11 · 24 марта 2026 г.
THE REALLY ATMOSPHERIC UPDATE
- This was not in fact the last update for 1.21.11
- Added Voxy as an alternative to Distant Horizons, and as a result, set the render distance back down to 16 by default
- Added Atmosfera for a subtle ambient soundscape
- Added Cosy Critters & Creepy Crawlies to add client-sided birds and other small creatures to enhance the vanilla atmosphere
- Added the Just Like Rays mod by default, but due to it changing how vanilla lighting works, I have disabled it by default, making it optional
- Removed ScalableLux for compatibility with Just Like Rays
- Added Wakes, since it finally updated, despite the fact that there will be a new version of the game very soon
v3.6.1Релиз1.21.11 · 22 марта 2026 г.
THE REALLY DUMB PATCH
- My dumbass forgot to disable shaders by default 💀
v3.6Релиз1.21.11 · 22 марта 2026 г.
THE MOST VANILLA UPDATE OF ALL TIME
- Probably the last version for 1.21.11 because 26.1 is releasing soon, unless I need to make a patch
- Removed Atmospheric Skies & Fog because it doesn't look good with shaders and is kinda useless
- Disabled shaderpacks by default
- Removed Fancy Toasts because it kinda sucks not gonna lie
- Updated VanillaTweaks pack to make it feel closer to Vanilla Minecraft
- Added Polytone because for some reason it was removed? No idea why
- Also for some reason Modrinth kept removing or deleting random mods, like Sodium and Iris and a few others were missing so I added them back, probably the reason why Polytone was gone but hopefully no other mods are missing
- Removed Visual Vibrance shader as it is no longer supported
- Changed Miniature Shader config again, hopefully it looks somewhat close to Vibrant Visuals
- Other tiny tweaks and config changes I forgot about
v3.5Релиз1.21.11 · 11 февраля 2026 г.
THE COSMETICAL UPDATE
- Made a tweak to Miniature Shader's config again
- Updated the VanillaTweaks pack and changed it a bit
- Added C418 Songs Only as an optional resource pack
- Added the Tightfire mod
- Added the Boat Item View mod
- Changed the settings of Fancy Toasts to make them look and sound better
- Added ScaleableLux to optimise the game's lighting system
- Added the Status Effect Bars mod
- Added the Atmospheric Skies and Fog resource pack to make the sky change color based on biome and time of day (this may look a little weird on the Vibrant Visuals shader but can also look really good at times)
- Added Polytone and Respackopts as requirements for Atmospheric Skies and Fog and general resource pack compatibility
- Added the Preferred Gamerules mod to allow you to change your default gamerules, and made all explosion-related decaying false (so you get all items back from block, TNT, and mob explosions)
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