Minecraft Java 1.21 Mods
Browse 48 free mods for Minecraft Java 1.21 — popular picks include Photonics: A raytracing engine, Everything Voxy, Shaders & Optimization.
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Photonics: A raytracing engine
A ray-traced voxel engine with a focus on performance and crisp shadows
Everything Voxy
This modpack makes Voxy run fast and smooth with full support for compatible shaders. 1.21.10–26.2
Shaders & Optimization
A modpack balanced between beauty and performance: realistic shaders, visual improvements, and advanced optimizations for a smooth and stable experience.
Pollution 2035 Shaders
[WIP] In 2035, the world was severely polluted due to industrial emissions...
Rendered Horizons (A Distant Horizons Modpack)
[1.21.5 UPDATED] Distant Horizons, with shaders and peak performance that will truly beautify Minecraft.
Distant horizon + shaders
Distant horizon + shaders 1.21.3. Includes distant Horizons 1.21.3 with a couple of my fav shaders, and compatible client-side vanilla-friendly mods.
Horror OneBlock
OneBlock survival with horror mobs, dwellers, guns, shaders, and Create automation.
Damine
Damine is a performance-friendly modpack by me, featuring beautiful shaders, a minimap, 3D resource packs, and much more. For lower-end PCs, try Damine Optimized for even smoother gameplay.
Cycodly Performance
With shader settings and only 25 mods, this modification pack will optimize your Minecraft experience for the pure performance.
OptiShade
OptiShade enhances Minecraft with improved performance and shader support for better lighting and visuals. Enjoy a smoother, more beautiful vanilla experience.
Vulkanium optimise
Get the most FPS thanks to the Vulkan Engine. Not shader compatible
Old school mc+
"Old School MC+" is a modpack combining classic Minecraft with the alpha and beta era. It features elements like non-stacking food, a hunger bar, and mobs dropping items from the old days. It introduces new features such as a minimap, and shaders.
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.
FancyCraft
Featuring over 220 mods, including many ones for optimization, enchanting shaders, and stunning texture packs, this collection is designed to redefine your gameplay
Zyno's Client+
A 1.21 Modpack that Adds Quality of Life improvements like a Screenshot Viewer, HUD, Friend System and Ingame Resource pack & Shader Downloader while still improving performance as much as possible
MOTCraft server
MOTCraft has tech, magic, and shaders with mods to help performance
RTX ON AETHER
An astonishing collaboration between the Aether mod and RTX ON. This will majorly enhance your Aether experience!
XPON Optimize
XPON: Enhancing Your Minecraft Experience XPON offers a wide range of Minecraft mods, resource packs, shaders, and modpacks designed to improve performance and visuals. We aim to provide high-quality content for all platforms, including mobile devices.
FunkyClient
A clean, client-side modpack made to enhance Minecraft’s visuals, performance, and quality of life — without changing vanilla gameplay. Perfect for chill singleplayer or playing with friends on servers. Includes all the mods, resource packs, and shaders I
RTX ON ORES AND WEAPONS
RTX ON but with many more ores and weapons to increase your immersion.
Formium Optimized (VULKAN-SHADER)
Formium Optimized (VULKAN) A Vulkan-powered optimization modpack focused on maximum performance and low latency that came with shaders
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.

Creator Pack
This assembly contains mods, textures and shaders to suit your taste. You can also add your own mods, textures and shaders if you are missing something.

Jono's Create
Create mod based modpack with other mods (e.g. Yung's Better Structures, Iris shaders, and Farmers Delight). This modpack is lightweight with Create's lates update, 6.0.x, Post Production.
Optimod
A fully optimized Minecraft experience with stunning shaders, quality-of-life tweaks, and everything you need for a smooth, beautiful game.
Pure MC
A mod that aimes for graphics and shaders, while keeping high FPS
ArcBuds®
ArcBuds. Vanilla feel. Engineered for speed. Max FPS, zero lag - shader & controller ready.
Give Me More Graphics
Give Me More Graphics is a Fabric 1.21.11 modpack that upgrades Minecraft’s visuals with better particles, foliage, lighting, ambient audio, and animation polish while keeping core gameplay vanilla-friendly, performance-balanced, and shader-ready through o
Cassetu's Building Pack
Mods + Shaders that Cassetu uses in his builds
HeXHub.net Modpack 1.21.1
Dungeons, Tectonic & Terralith worlds rendered with Distant Horizons & Iris Shaders.
Distant views
Simply optimized Minecraft with huge view distance and shaders that will blow your mind. Meant to be used with low-mid ranged pcs. Enjoy :)
Panorama Studio
Lets you captue a position in a server then make it your loading screen background via a resource pack. Work's with Free cam, Bobby, Voxy/Distant Horizons and Iris shaders
JackFoxmc's ModPack
This modpack improves Minecraft’s performance and visuals. It boosts FPS, shortens loading times, and enhances stability. Shaders and improves some textures make the game look better while keeping gameplay smooth and enjoyable.
Brilliantly Fabric
This modpack is a fabric modpack that improves performance, and quality! It includes a shader and it is compatible with multiplayer on servers that are purely vanilla!
OptimaVisuals
A high-performance Minecraft modpack meticulously optimized for massive FPS gains, smooth chunk loading, and zero stutters, while beautifully upgrading the graphics with vibrant modern shaders and fluid animations.
Create and Stuffs
This modpack consists of create and some of its additions. It also is rather well optimised but has shaders for anyone who wants them. Also contains qol mods.