Neoforge Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 187 free Neoforge mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Vital, Shaderite, Literally Nothing.
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Vital
A mod which adds clean, minimal, but readable SHADER COMPATIBLE health bars to each mob in the game (optionally replacing boss bars with colour coded bars per active boss too).
Shaderite
NeoForge library to help modders with shader usage

Literally Nothing
The ultimate universal Mod/Plugin/Resource pack/Shader that does literally nothing and runs on everything!
WoM: Shaders & Overlays Effects
This small mod/resource pack adds shader effects when running WoM animations.
Ultra Secret Settings
Client side mod that brings back Super Secret Settings with more shaders
PyPack
Immersive (shaders/sounds/3D things) pack that's easy to start with (deploy starter base & vein mining), but deep to master (automation), including extra tools, aircraft, foods, mobs, etc. Easily invite others to your single player world.
Kryeit: Extra Enhanced
Truly enhanced version of the Kryeit Modpack for Season 3, featuring the essential performance enhancing mods whilst also adding shader support with the Create Mod.
Virtua Frontier
Explore wide-open plains and treacherous dungeons in a performance-tuned adventure pack. Virtua Frontier blends overhauled worldgen, new structures, lightweight RPG progression, QoL tools, voice chat, and shader support—great for SMP or solo
MOTCraft server
MOTCraft has tech, magic, and shaders with mods to help performance
Sci-Nilla Buff
Compatible with all Servers! This is a quality pack with no cheats, just good old minimaps, Animations, Ambience mods including Shaders and great performance!
NPLX - Modern Beta
A Vanilla+ modpack with a touch of Beta Minecraft feel, designed for our server. It enhances nostalgia with modern mods, shaders, and optimizations. Beta terrain is in client worlds, the classic charm remains.
Kinetic Origins
A streamlined, shader-ready NeoForge 1.21.1 pack that feels like vanilla—only quicker, prettier, and a little bit smarter.
WindLink
Adds a realistic wind engine that is terrain aware for shaders to respond to.
Create More Fps
Create but with High FPS — All the power of Create, turbocharged. Packed with every major Create addon, stunning shaders, QoL mods, and performance boosters like Sodium, Lithium, GPU Booster, and Entity Culling. Build bigger, run smoother, and create witho
MC Vanilla Shaders
A completely vanilla mod pack for people who love the original game but would rather change the graphics!
PlunderEngine
A feature library that bridges the world data and expands vanilla and shaderpack visual capabilities within the world. Adds readable water, wind, particle data and broad mod compatibility.
Cobblemon To The Skies
Cobblemon x Create: Aeronautics | All 1025 Pokemon | Mega Evolution | Trainers and Badges | Legendary Pokemon Structures | Shaders | and more!
can-pipe
Minecraft Mod for loading Canvas shader pipelines
Immersive Experience
A vanilla-style modpack inspired by Action & Stuff and other mods, with enhanced visuals, sounds, animations — immersive, beautiful, and shader-compatible.
MapperPlugin
Provide more elements and features for the Map Creator, such as custom cameras, custom hud, custom interfaces, playing animations, adding post production shaders, etc
FramePace
Extremely simple optimization mod that fixes horrible frame pacing when the GPU is under heavy load. Mostly helps with shaders.
Victory's land
This is a modpach with resource packs, shaders, mods for an example vein miner, tree miner and rigth click to harvest mod
Particle Dithering
Adds dithered transparency effect to particles. Compatible with any shaders!
Ultimate Vision Pack
Ultimate Vision Pack is a carefully assembled custom build that combines the best client mods, high-quality texture packs and realistic shaders to create a truly immersive and atmospheric Minecraft world.
Actually Fast Modded Minecraft
A modded minecraft pack that for once is actually above 60 fps with shaders.
Veil Iris Lights Compat [VILC]
Veil light & shadow support for Iris + Shaderpacks
Leaking Kitchen Sink
Tech, magic and structures filled with loot. Good performance and included shaders. No gated recipes!
Cobblemon - EXO Evolution
Pokémon-style gameplay in Minecraft with enhanced immersion and performance | Multiple versions | Starter-Kit | Shader | Enhanced sounds & visual effects | Multiplayer ready |
Block'd Forge
Bleeding edge minecraft with a few QoL mods, shaders, and distant horizons.
CleanCraft by ACUL [Neoforged]
CleanCraft is a Vanilla+ Neoforge modpack focused on performance, visuals, and quality-of-life. Featuring Sodium, shaders, Xaero’s map, Tom’s Storage, and more—it's perfect for builders, explorers, and smooth multiplayer.
MR32 Vanilla Plus Performance
The ultimate 1.21.1 optimization pack. High FPS, built-in Shaders, Fresh Animations, and the Essential mod to play with friends for free!
The Obfuscation (THE BROKEN SCRIPT)
A terrifying modpack that combines horror, medieval fantasy structures, and the official Broken Script mod with shaders ready out of the box.
Chezeatter5000's random modpack
Chezeatter5000's random modpack adds storms/tornados/hurricanes, terrain mods, seasons, thirst, a tornado intercept mod, shaders, and other mods im too lazy to add
EarthWorks
MullV Earthworks is the official mullv.studio modpack for Minecraft 1.21.1 NeoForge, featuring custom 1:1 terrain, extensive Create addons, Sodium performance, Iris shaders, and multiplayer QOL for immersive survival on their servers.
Just Glowing Buttons
These 16 Colored Buttons Glows/Emits Light. Best To Use With Shaders.
DynamicDisasters
Experience extreme, physics-based natural disasters like tornadoes and cosmic rifts in 1.21.1 – zero custom textures, fully shader-optimized!