More Than Vanilla
Keeping the spirit of vanilla Minecraft, while adding some polish and introducing a few mods that augment vanilla gameplay.
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About this Modpack
More Than Vanilla
is a modpack designed to improve the gameplay with a few QOL improvements, keeping the original Minecraft spirit, while also adding in a few mods that augment vanilla gameplay.
Most mods belong to one of three categories: Optimization, Gameplay and Libraries.
Gameplay
Content
- [Ad Astra]
- Farmer's Delight
- Terralith
- Fabric Seasons
- Waystones
- Create
- ChoiceTheorem's Overhauled Village
- Xaero's Minimap and Xaero's Worldmap
Eye&Ear candy
- Fresh Animations resource pack
- Immersive Paintings
- Ambient Environment
- Interactic
- Not Enough Animations
- Complementary Shaders (Unbound)
- xali's Enhanced Vanilla
- Enhanced Boss Bars
- Falling Leaves
- Iris
- AmbientSounds
- Presence Footsteps
- Immersive Thunder
- Zoomify
- Lamb Dynamic Lights
- 3D Skin Layers
Optimization
Continuity
For connected textures (really nice)
Puzzle
For configuring OptiFine alternative mods
ImmediatelyFast
For optimizing rendering in immediate mode
BetterF3
Without that the F3 menu is a mess
Sodium
You know that one, right? Get much more FPS for free.
Entity Culling
For not drawing entities that are not visible on screen
Indium
Adds support of the Fabric Rendering API for Sodium
Sodium Extra
Adds some extra settings for Sodium
Lithium and Modern Fix
Just general performance optimization
FerriteCore
RAM usage optimization
Iris Flywheel Compat
Without this mod (only available on CurseForge atm) you will have heavy FPS drops when looking at stuff from Create mod when shaders are enabled. This mod fixes that.
Libraries
- The rest. Not really interestig, but important for the game to work
And much more!
Available Versions
How to Set Up a More Than Vanilla Server
Order Server
Choose at least 6 GB RAM (8 GB recommended for More Than Vanilla). Based on player count: per 5 players.
Install Modpack in Dashboard
Open the modpack browser in the dashboard, search for "More Than Vanilla" and click "Install". The fabric loader and Minecraft 1.20.1 are configured automatically.
Start Server & Play
Start the server – all mods are loaded automatically. Share the server IP with friends and play together!
Frequently Asked Questions
More Than Vanilla server crashes or won't start – what to do?
Most common causes: insufficient RAM or wrong fabric loader. Check latest.log for "OutOfMemoryError" → increase RAM to at least 8 GB. For "Mixin" or "ClassNotFoundException" errors: modpack version and loader don't match. With Mado Hosting, loader and Minecraft version are auto-configured on modpack install – preventing most startup issues.
How much RAM does a More Than Vanilla server really need?
Minimum 6 GB, recommended 8 GB for stable performance. per 5 players. Important: Minecraft modpacks need more RAM than vanilla – plan extra per additional player. With Mado Hosting, you can scale RAM up live at any time without data loss (from €12/month).
Can I add custom mods to More Than Vanilla without conflicts?
Yes, but check compatibility: only use mods for the same loader (fabric) and same Minecraft version (1.20.1). Common issues: ID conflicts with recipe mods and incompatible coremod versions. The Mado dashboard mod browser only shows compatible mods and warns about known conflicts.
More Than Vanilla server lagging – performance tips
1) Increase RAM to 8 GB+. 2) Reduce server view-distance to 8 (server.properties). 3) Pre-generate chunks with the "Chunky" plugin. 4) Use /spark profiler to check which mods consume the most tick time. With Mado Hosting, all servers run on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores – eliminating hardware as a bottleneck.
Rent More Than Vanilla Server
Start your own server with automatic modpack installation.
Supported Versions
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