

Just Enough Items is the successor of the older NotEnoughItems mod that lets you search for materials in-game and see all of its recipes. Minecraft version: 1.19 | Download: Just Enough Items (JEI) (opens in new tab) It's one of the first things we usually add when installing Minecraft. It supports HD textures, smooth lighting, and more, and framerate doubling is not uncommon. Enter Optifine-a mod that not only makes Minecraft run faster but also look far better. It runs surprisingly poorly on low-end laptops, and a high-end rig can't do much with its extra oomph. Minecraft doesn't scale too well to the power of fast or slow machines. Minecraft version: 1.7.2 - 1.19.2 | Download: OptiFine (opens in new tab) (Image credit: Mojang (modded by Mezz)) Optifine Thankfully, you can spend your waiting time with one of the countless mods that are practically a new game on their own for older versions of Minecraft, since they're just waiting for you to pick up. You can expect to need to wait for your favorite mods to get fine tuned. So prepare yourself to hurry up and wait, as most mod creators are still toiling away in the mod-mines perfecting compatibility updates for older Minecraft versions, let alone new ones. Minecraft 1.20 is zipping towards release, with piles of snapshots out-including a new best pals in the Minecraft camel and community voted Minecraft sniffer-we'll have our hands on it before too long.

Grabbing the perfect mod can let you relive favorite Mario memories, or even leap in and play with enormous numbers of other players. With the double chest of options that range from simple quality of life to full on overhauls of your game, mods can push out the Minecraft horizon further than ever into a super sized sandbox. Minecraft texture packs (opens in new tab): Pixelated Minecraft seeds (opens in new tab): Fresh new worlds Minecraft shaders (opens in new tab): Spotlight Minecraft mods (opens in new tab): Beyond vanilla Minecraft skins (opens in new tab): New looks
