While developing Pinky's Peculiar Pack, I've been doing a lot of digging through the depths of CurseForge, and have found some pretty cool mods that have been overlooked or just really haven't had their chance to shine. I've created lists and shouted out mods in various places, but I'm creating a list as a GitHub repo - both as a central public place to manage this list and to make this list into a community resource that others can contribute to.
Suggest mods to add or changes on the issues page.
- The mod must be below 25,000 downloads. For mods posted on both Curseforge and Modrinth, this is not cumulative across sites. However, it is cumulative across different listings on the same site- e.g. seperate posts for Forge and Fabric. I may make a "Scaled Out" section for mods that have grown too large to include on the main list, but were included in the past.
- Ideally, the mod should be posted on CurseForge or Modrinth. No mods hosted by mirror/repost sites. I may post mods from other sites under certain circumstances, if they were posted by the author.
- No mods made with MCreator.
- No mods created for hacking, cheating, or piracy.
- Mod must be available in English.
- Mod must be available for public download.
This mod is organized alphabetically, with some rough "tags" for those using CTRL + F;
- Addon - Adds onto or changes another mods' features.
- Aesthetics - Adds or changes the audiovisual experience, excluding blocks/mobs/etc.
- Bugfixes/Performance - Adds or modifies performance features or fixes bugs.
- Building - Adds or changes aesthetic blocks or building mechanics.
- Dimensions - Adds new dimensions.
- Combat - Adds or changes combat features, including armor, combat tools, etc.
- Clothes - Adds or changes aesthetic armor and accessories.
- Crosscompat - Bridges together the features of one or more mods.
- The End - Adds or changes features related to The End
- Farming - Adds or changes beekeeping, cooking, harvesting, farming, food, and hunting features.
- Mobs - Adds or changes existing living mobs or features relating to them, excluding villagers.
- Nether - Adds or modifies features related to the Nether.
- Other - Somehow doesn't fit any of the other categories.
- Storage - Adds or modifies storage features.
- Structures - Adds or changes structures to/of existing dimensions.
- Tools - Adds or changes tools or functional blocks that are not primarily intended for automation or combat.
- Technology/Redstone - Adds or changes automation or redstone features.
- Transportation - Adds or changes transportation methods.
- UI - Adds or changes the user interface or menus.
- Utility - Provides ways of customizing the game for packdevs or players.
- Villages - Adds or changes villager-related features.
- World generation - Adds biomes or changes the worldgen of an existing dimension.
Self-explanatory. While most Fabric mods work with Quilt, Quilt is not tagged unless it is specifically noted on the mod's page. The same applies to NeoForge for 1.20.1 and below.
- Forge
- Fabric
- NeoForge
- Quilt
If conflicting licenses for a mod are listed on Curseforge/Modrinth/Github, the one on Curseforge/Modrinth takes priority.
- Open-source - The mod's source code is publicly available and is licensed under a license that falls under open-source per the OSI Open Source Definition, excluding the license used for assets.
- Source-available - The mod's source code is publicly available and is licensed under a license that falls under source-available., excluding the license used for assets.
- Closed-source - The mod's source code is not publicly available.
If no "needed-on" tag is listed, then the mod is required both client-side and server-side.
- Client-only - This mod is only needed on the client and will cause issues if installed on the server.
- Server-only - This mod is only needed on the server and will cause issues if installed on the client.
- Server-optional - This mod is only needed on the client but may have extra features if installed on both sides.
- Client-optional - This mod is only needed on the server but may have extra features if installed on both sides.
Self-explanatory. I will not be listing snapshots for version tags.
- 1.21.1
- 1.21
- 1.20.6
- 1.20.4
- 1.20.1
- 1.20
- 1.19.4
- 1.19.2
- 1.18.2
- 1.16.5
Tags to indicate features/information that may be of interest to packdevs and players that don't fit into the above categories.
- Notable conflicts - This mod may cause conflicts with other popular mods.
- Lowcode - This mod is a lowcode mod, i.e. it is a resourcepack and datapack in a trenchcoat.
- Experimental - This mod is in an alpha test and may be unstable.
- Modloader fork - This mod has been forked to support a different modloader. For ease of navigation, both mods are listed under the same entry.
- Tags: Addon, Crosscompat, Mobs, Forge, Open-source, 1.20.1
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Fixes a bug between Aether Legacy and Lootr where textures would not be rendered correctly on Mimics.
- Tags: Mobs, Transportation, Forge, NeoForge, Source-available, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.1
- Download links: CurseForge, Modrinth
- Source code: GitHub
Carry mounts (pigs, horses, etc.) in an equippable accessory that you can deploy with a keyboard shortcut.
- Tags: Addon, Crosscompat, Technology/Redstone, Forge, Open-source, 1.20.1
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Cross-compatibility mod between Create and The Twilight Forest, mainly adding some machines to automate some of Twilight Forest's features.
- Tags: Aesthetics, Forge, Source-available, 1.20.1, 1.20.4
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Adds a delay between lightning strikes and the thunder sound effect to add realism and replaces the thunder sound effects.
- Tags: Mobs, Forge, Fabric, Neo-Forge, Client-only, Open-source, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.20.6, 1.21, 1.21.1
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Gives mobes a chance to do a front flip or back flip when falling a distance of 2 or more blocks.
- Tags: Transportation, Forge, Fabric, NeoForge, Open-source, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.4, 1.20.6, 1.21, 1.21.1
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Alters boats so that when you mount them, they turn to face whatever direction you're looking in, rather than you being turned.
- Tags: Transporation, Forge, Source-available, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.6
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Adds low-tech jetpacks that use vanilla fireworks instead of fuel or energy.
- Tags: Mobs, Forge, Fabric, Closed-source, 1.16.5, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.19, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- Download links: CurseForge
Halves the max health of all baby mobs.
- Tags: Buidling, Forge, Fabric, NeoForge, Source-available, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Adds golden variants of pottery sherds.
- Tags: Mobs, Forge, Source-available, 1.19.2, 1.20, 1.20.1
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Adds kakapo, flightless birds in jungles that follow you around and dance to music. (If you're familiar with the Party Parrot meme, that's a kakapo.)
- Tags: Asethetics, Transportation, Forge, Fabric, NeoForge, Open-source, Client-optional 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.19.4, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.4, 1.12
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Fireworks with any color, shape or effect can now be used to boost while using Elytra.
- Tags: Mobs, Farming, Forge, Open-source, 1.20, 1.20.1
- Download links: CurseForge
- Source code: GitHub
Adds various species of real-life reef fish with colored variants and several associated food items with special effects.
- Tags: Mobs, Farming, Forge, Closed-source, 1.20.1, Notable conflicts
- Download links: CurseForge
Overhauls fishing so that you catch and reel in actual mobs in water. Compatible with most mods that add fish through the config. May cause conflicts or unexpected behavior with any mod that messes with fishing (besides the loot table).
- Tags: Bugfixes/Performance, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric, Quilt, Open-source, 1.18.2, 1.19, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20, 1.20.1, Modloader fork
- Download links: CurseForge (Forge/NeoForge), CurseForge (Fabric/Quilt)
- Source code: GitHub
Enables walking on flowing fluids and fluidlogged blocks for mods that add walking on fluids.