/ActuallyUsefulMods

A list of useful Minecraft mods

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Actually Useful Mods

This is a fork of the UsefulMods list by NordicGamerFE/TheUsefulLists. It was created because the original list lacked quite a few mods and had some pretty useless categories (like "Launchers"). Credits: NordicGamerFE/TheUsefulLists, Alkyaly, Makamys

A list of useful mods for most commonly-played versions.

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Disclaimer

We try our best to check and make sure there are no malicious mods/software on our list. However, we can not be held responsible if you get infected with malware or a virus from anything on this list. It is not possible for us to check each and every version of every item on this list; You are responsible for checking anything you download from the internet using hashes (when provided), extraction software that allows you to see what is contained inside downloaded files, or by any means you see fit.

Version List

Performance and Bug fixing mods

Version Performance Bugfixes
1.20.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.19.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.18.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.17.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.16.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.15.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.14.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.13.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.12.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.11.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.10.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.9.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.8.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.7.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
b1.7.3 Not Available ✔️ Available

Enhancement mods

Version Helpful Improvements
1.19.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.18.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.17.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.16.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.15.x ⚠️ WIP ⚠️ WIP
1.12.x ⚠️ WIP ⚠️ WIP
1.8.x ✔️ Available Not Available
1.7.x ✔️ Available ✔️ Available
1.6.x ✔️ Available Not Available

External Software

Theme Description
Server Software Used to run a server
Server Management Used to manage servers
World Management Used to manage or modifiy worlds

Labels

Labels are used to give you a better understanding of how a mod may act.

Name Meaning
Alpha Mod is in alpha and therefore might be unstable.
Unstable Mod is unstable and may act unpredictably.
Corruption Mod has a chance to corrupt save files.
Incompatible Mod is incompatible with some mods.
Buggy Mod is buggy.
Reverse Features Mod takes away features for sake of performance or bugfixes.
Configuration Needed Mod needs to be configured to act at its best.

Severity Level

Severity Level is used alongside labels for a clearer understanding of how severe the issue is.

Level Meaning
1 Low chance to affect user
2 Low to medium chance to affect user
3 Medium chance to affect user
4 Medium to high chance to affect user
5 High chance to affect user
6 Very high chance to affect user
7 Will affect user
? Level of severity is unknown

Extra Information

You might find some superscripted numbers around the repository. These are used to tell extra information about the mods that labels and danger levels do not apply to.

¹ The mod should work if Mixin-0-7-0-8-Compatibility is applied
² Cull Particles isn't needed anymore in newer Forge versions, as it was implemented in Forge
³ Do not blame me if you didn't read this notice. If you try to load a older world in a newer instance of the game, and you have one of these mods installed, bad things will happen, make sure to uninstall the mod first
⁴ Some of the mods that have Sodium as an incompatibility, might work if you use Indium
⁵ AI Improvements newer versions (1.14+) don't have as much impact as the older versions have, since in newer versions of Minecraft, a lot of fixes to the AI are implemented ([Sources: Curseforge page FAQ, Dev])
⁶ These mods also work on 1.17.x , despite having only 1.16 and 1.18 releases in curseforge, no workarounds needed. Install them like any other mods and your fabric loader won't complain about missing dependencies