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EfficientMC

A streamlined and lightweight Modpack crafted to boost Minecraft's performance without changing the gameplay experience in any way.

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Quick answer

Which EfficientMC release should I use?

Updated 1 year ago
Latest stable file EfficientMC for 1.21
Game version 1.21
Loader Fabric 0.15.11

EfficientMC for 1.21 is a complete pack release for 1.21 with Fabric 0.15.11. Install it as its own launcher instance. If the creator publishes a separate server file, make sure it names this exact pack release. 34 mods in this pack file.

Pack setup

How should I set up EfficientMC for players and a server?

Use EfficientMC for 1.21 as the pack version. Install the pack as its own launcher instance. The creator’s listing does not name a separate server file, so check the release notes before setting up a dedicated server. Do not upload the ordinary client folder blindly.

Client instance Install EfficientMC for 1.21
Dedicated server setup Match EfficientMC for 1.21
Pack loader Fabric 0.15.11

A pack is a matched client and server setup, not one mod with an install-side label. Keep its release, loader, manifest and overrides together.

Referenced mods 34
Client only 19
Server only 1
Not labelled 14

These numbers come from the pack file you chose. “Not labelled” means we don’t know which side it belongs on—not that it is safe everywhere. The file count is not a RAM estimate.

What are the server requirements for EfficientMC?

EfficientMC for 1.21. Change the pack release and its contents or setup may change too.

34 mods in this pack file

The selected pack release is EfficientMC for 1.21. That file is for Minecraft 1.21 with Fabric 0.15.11. It contains 34 mod projects. The creator’s listing does not name a separate server file. Check their notes before using one, and do not upload an ordinary client folder or rebuild the pack mod by mod. A file count cannot tell us the right RAM, CPU or storage; size the server for the players and world you actually run.

About this project

What kind of pack is EfficientMC?

EfficientMC

While browsing Modrinth, it's clear that many "performance" modpacks are cluttered with unnecessary quality-of-life mods. This pack was created to address that issue, providing a pure performance boost without any extra frills. It includes only non-invasive mods that won't alter your gameplay experience in any way. You'll also find all the essential features you'd expect from an optimization modpack, including shader support and compatibility with OptiFine texture packs.

✅ Large perfomance boost

✅ Replacement for Optifine

✅ Shaders

NO changes to the vanilla gameplay experience!

List of Mods in the latest version:

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  • Ferrite Core (Reduces the memory usage of Minecraft)

  • Fabric Skyboxes (Adds the ability for resource packs to change Minecraft's skybox)

  • Opti GUI (Enables custom GUIs through resource packs)

  • Continuity (Allows for connected textures through resource packs)

  • Sodium (FPS BOOOOOOOST!)

  • Iris Shaders (Adds the ability to run shaders)

  • Lithium (Improves a number of systems, but for example: AI, physics, block ticking)

  • More Culling (Culls many different blocks, or in other words makes them disapear when offscreen)

  • Debugify (Fixes many bugs, some of which could affect performance)

  • Sodium Extra (Adds more options to sodium)

  • Modern Fix (Reduces Mincrafts Memory usage and fixes many bugs)

  • Entity Texture Features (Adds more properties to entities that resource packs can change, for example to make them glow)

  • Krypton (Improves multiplayer performance)

  • Nosium (Improves chunk performance)

  • Faster Random (Speeds up world generating times and also improves your performance when generating chunks)

  • Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Improves chunk performance)

  • Fast Ip Ping (Allows you to ping multiplayer servers faster)

  • Thread Tweak (Allows you to improve Minecraft's CPU scheduling)

  • Reese's Sodium Options (Adds more options to sodium)

  • ImmediatleyFast (Optimizes minecrafts rendering system)

  • Entity Culling (Culls entities when offscreen)

  • Bad Optimizations (Optimizes many things outside of rendering, for example the sky color)

  • Dynamic Fps (Limits Minecrafts fps when you are not on the game, saving computer resources)

  • Entity Model Features (Allows resource packs to change entities models)

  • Entity Sound Features (Allows resource packs to change entities sounds)

  • Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (Fixes a Sodium side effect that removes the shadows from path blocks)

  • Very Many Players (Improves minecraft's performance with large playercounts)

  • Mod Menu (Allows you to see and configure the mods in EfficientMC)

Read this! ⬇️

Optifine must be downloaded separately for the 1.8.9 version of EfficientMC! See the Changelog for a guide on how to do this.

Project description from Modrinth.

Mods in EfficientMC for 1.21

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BadOptimizations-2.1.4-1.21.jar SHA-1 2338c2382537de70388a2f0f2a7b60ee0512afce · Modrinth version XYBqWKD2 · Project link unavailable Client only
c2me-fabric-mc1.21-0.2.0+alpha.11.109.jar SHA-1 11dc868026e1030c9949dc4dc37958233c9eb362 · Modrinth version fEWDAK3p · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
cloth-config-15.0.130-fabric.jar SHA-1 4b1283fad1e4f8c9bcdb2a7767a0a468d0ac4cc5 · Modrinth version 7jtvrmVP · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
continuity-3.0.0-beta.5+1.21.jar SHA-1 16d31a39e85dc10cdff4e06198a1bb26b4b82427 · Modrinth version NksUpFjf · Project link unavailable Client only
Debugify-1.21+1.0.jar SHA-1 a799b0dbb320bc314b9d81cc7fd43c4fc895c3f8 · Modrinth version mOk69fib · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
dynamic-fps-3.6.3+minecraft-1.21.0-fabric.jar SHA-1 9dd799962775d1349ba6af241862ec9963b17a10 · Modrinth version RZDYy0mt · Project link unavailable Client only
entity_model_features_fabric_1.21-2.2.jar SHA-1 9767db56cbdb085efccd3af13806b7fd004331cd · Modrinth version CS5hOL3r · Project link unavailable Client only
entity_sound_features_fabric_1.21-0.4.jar SHA-1 39fb15b579e70ff1d39d7702fe5d634eb41c883c · Modrinth version a2ESL2Dl · Project link unavailable Client only
entity_texture_features_fabric_1.21-6.2.jar SHA-1 613fdb1335c5f60f3057125bf33116fa19510bdf · Modrinth version BoF2n3m7 · Project link unavailable Client only
entityculling-fabric-1.6.7-mc1.21.jar SHA-1 a99034c625e63a9e1e5e2768893e57296d91c0e5 · Modrinth version uh3DtMnM · Project link unavailable Client only
fabric-api-0.102.0+1.21.jar SHA-1 43035a1c6f506285a9910bc8038d1b1b925f8dd1 · Modrinth version oGwyXeEI · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
fabric-language-kotlin-1.12.0+kotlin.2.0.10.jar SHA-1 8b5c6d1caff90301ac9856959457dcfc793774c3 · Modrinth version kdDGGNEt · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
fabricskyboxes-0.7.4+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 d7c80f23792afc6018da2477d46804114529afca · Modrinth version yhQrKNAJ · Project link unavailable Client only
fast-ip-ping-mc1.21-fabric-v1.0.3.jar SHA-1 d48293376727f64b9937cd2c42e17f2811bfa21c · Modrinth version QnlZlXZW · Project link unavailable Client only
fasterrandom-5.1.0.jar SHA-1 440720daaf51d5ad88a96ed59e1f59c63fad3f73 · Modrinth version BbFqiKvi · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
ferritecore-7.0.0-fabric.jar SHA-1 95b18b0f1673bbbe328812c3052cc1a921591f0f · Modrinth version wmIZ4wP4 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
ImmediatelyFast-Fabric-1.2.20+1.21.1.jar SHA-1 fd934e30da1d2547325591656aca816d8d3fc608 · Modrinth version jMIMrEow · Project link unavailable Client only
iris-1.7.3+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 1b4e44a74c850d407518bc5cbe33eec9577ad9e9 · Modrinth version kuOV4Ece · Project link unavailable Client only
konkrete_fabric_1.9.9_MC_1.21.jar SHA-1 c521e23a8be17a941f4f95a76feba9df5e3de5d0 · Modrinth version Qvrc7DuG · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
krypton-0.2.8.jar SHA-1 73e792eb5f120787becda4b87b6ff18b26caea50 · Modrinth version Acz3ttTp · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
lithium-fabric-mc1.21-0.13.0.jar SHA-1 3e0a3da12c67be557421a2042e0be687290fedc4 · Modrinth version NTZCh7rb · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
modernfix-fabric-5.19.1+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 a0fd5799e698697232d75e7291276218198ea80a · Modrinth version i8GSONFm · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
modmenu-11.0.1.jar SHA-1 e4ba66f6036a4902433bb517d55120c4237c512f · Modrinth version xhN1IvHi · Project link unavailable Client only
moreculling-1.21-0.26.0.jar SHA-1 962be4ccb7c3490b62dea09e1678d86ca1836dfc · Modrinth version BUxgeDdf · Project link unavailable Client only
noisium-fabric-2.3.0+mc1.21-1.21.1.jar SHA-1 642a672cfc60ff1e1262a39d7e160b1381c5120c · Modrinth version 4sGQgiu2 · Project link unavailable Server only
optigui-2.3.0-beta.2+1.21.jar SHA-1 d463f8ae8b3d1fd2f0bda24ef3fc988a26f14735 · Modrinth version dPuD2Nuk · Project link unavailable Client only
placeholder-api-2.4.1+1.21.jar SHA-1 5f61f50e36f1f957dbb87eda02da95d847b4a943 · Modrinth version cE5TczQr · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
reeses_sodium_options-1.7.3+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 a768af50123288af02b77d90cda61a045db5506a · Modrinth version 6gZ19wc6 · Project link unavailable Client only
sodium-extra-0.5.7+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 13a65186e5ba363e0ed3216303bc67a173c050fe · Modrinth version uuhVlRGv · Project link unavailable Client only
sodium-fabric-0.5.11+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 d67e66ea4bb2409997b636dae4203d33764cdcc8 · Modrinth version RncWhTxD · Project link unavailable Client only
sodium-shadowy-path-blocks-3.4.0.jar SHA-1 ac28960ae501fa0330c4a331828ff5987c03606e · Modrinth version WYf1O6E6 · Project link unavailable Client only
threadtweak-fabric-0.1.4+mc1.21.jar SHA-1 03fe8b0216f373f1f61ab610f39dba2324158ee9 · Modrinth version INOJp2Dt · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
vmp-fabric-mc1.21-0.2.0+beta.7.165-all.jar SHA-1 50aeae0f80e36f6d65218f5f127548c38406233a · Modrinth version QGcLqbQu · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
YetAnotherConfigLib-3.5.0+1.21-fabric.jar SHA-1 c58dab87a7b62d0b3812c97fa69381ae041a1439 · Modrinth version Y8Wa10Re · Project link unavailable Client only

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Recent files

EfficientMC versions and loaders

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