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Modrinth · Minecraft modpack

The Necessary

Optimize Minecraft, add utilities and tools to improve QoL

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Which The Necessary release should I use?

Updated 12 days ago
Latest stable file [Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2
Game version 26.1.2
Loader Fabric 0.19.2

[Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2 is a complete pack release for 26.1.2 with Fabric 0.19.2. Install it as its own launcher instance. If the creator publishes a separate server file, make sure it names this exact pack release. 55 mods in this pack file.

Pack setup

How should I set up The Necessary for players and a server?

Use [Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2 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 [Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2
Dedicated server setup Match [Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2
Pack loader Fabric 0.19.2

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.

Plan the server requirements Read the Minecraft installation guide
Referenced mods 55
Client only 31
Server only 2
Not labelled 22

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 The Necessary?

[Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2. Change the pack release and its contents or setup may change too.

55 mods in this pack file

The selected pack release is [Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2. That file is for Minecraft 26.1.2 with Fabric 0.19.2. It contains 55 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 The Necessary?

The Necessary

What does this modpack do ?

This modpack adds 50+ mods (20+ for 1.12.2) to optimize Minecraft and improve the HUD, recipe viewing, tooltips, and more, making Minecraft smoother, more convenient, and easier to manage.

Features (for Major/Release versions)

Core features

Optimization

Render: Sodium (Fabric + Neoforge), Embeddium (Forge)

Mob AI: Lithium (Fabric + Neoforge), Radium (Forge)

Chunk Loading: C2ME (Fabric + Neoforge), C2MEF (Forge)

Culling: Entity Culling, More Culling

Reduce Memory Usage: FerriteCore

Block Entity Rendering (Fabric): BBE

Light Optimization: ScalableLux, Starlight

Worldgen Optimization: FastNoise

Optimize immediate mode rendering: ImmediatelyFast

Reduce resource usage whie game in background: Dynamic FPS

Fast language switching: Language Reload

Optimize Minecraft server: ServerCore

Decrease Datapack-loading time - 26.1+: quick pack

Optimize Structures Jigsaw and NBT pieces: Structure Layout Optimizer

Fix memory leaks (older): Memory Leak Fix

Misc Optimizations and Bug fixes: ModernFix/ModernFix-mVus, BadOptimizations, PacketFixer

Forge Optimization

HUD improvement

Hunger and Saturation viewing: AppleSkin

View armor durability: uku's Armor HUD

Uku

Effect timing: Status Effect Bar (Fabric), Effect Timer Plus (Neoforge + Forge)

Status Effect Bars

Show Hotbar, Hunger Bar, etc. while riding mobs: Better Mount HUD (Fabric), Leave My Bar Alone (Neoforge + Forge)

Player appearance improvement

OptiFine Cape (Fabric): Capes

3D Skin: 3D Skin Layers

Tooltip improvement

Shulker Box item preview: Shulker Box Tooltip

Shulker box tooltip

Item durability viewing: Durability Tooltip

Inventory Sorting

  • Inventory Profiles Next: Inventory sorting

  • Crafting Tweaks: Arrange items more easily while crafting

  • Mouse Tweaks (Fabric + Neoforge): Arrange items with mouse clicks

Other features

Zoom: Zoomify (Fabric), Just Zoom (Neoforge), Zume (Forge)

Zoomify

Dynamic Lights: LambDynamicLights

Shader: Iris Shaders (Fabric + Neoforge), Oculus (Forge)

Fullbright: Gamma Utils (Fabric), Fullbright UB + Clear Lava, Water Resourcepacks (Neoforge + Forge)

LAN server (Fabric + Neoforge): e4mc

Recipe manager: JEI

JEI

Better visibility when on fire: Low on Fire (Resourcepack)

Sodium/Embeddium Support: Translations for Sodium (Resourcepack), Sodium Extra (Fabric + Neoforge) / Embeddium Extra (Forge), Reese's Sodium Options (Fabric + Neoforge)

View items while on a boat: Boat Item View

Mod management/config: Mod Menu (Fabric), Forge Config Screens (Forge)

Download Resourcepacks in-game without using a web browser (Fabric + Forge): Resourcify

RESOURCIFY

Quit to the main screen without waiting: fastquit

Remove outdated resourcepacks/datapacks warning: No Resource Pack Warnings

Disable Chat Reports: No Chat Reports

No (Re)loading screen: Remove Reloading Screen

Increase maximum length of chat history: More Chat History

Move Deleted Worlds to Trash: Delete Worlds To Trash

Play in Borderless Full Screen: Cubes Without Borders

Statistics Screen Improvement: Better Statistics Screen

Bugs and Issues

Report bugs and issues

Please report issues here: https://github.com/break08/The-Necessary/issues

Many versions may have bugs in one or more mods included in this modpack, and I do not have enough time to test every version thoroughly. Please report any issues so I can remove the problematic mod and replace it if possible.

Solve the issues by yourself

If there are bugs/issues and you can solve them yourself, choose some solutions:

  1. Remove the mods causing the issue

  2. Install its required dependencies mod (if required)

Note: Fabric loader will always open a window to report to you the issue when Minecraft crash (except when you install a mod like Crash Assistant), read them to know how to solve the problem.If you can't read crash reports from logs/mod loaders/console, copy them and send to ChatGPT or other AI, they may be able to help you

Finally, open an issue in project site on GitHub.

Some Notices:

Overall

  • The mods listed above are not all the mods in this modpack; they are only the core mods

  • Some versions may lack some of the features above because they are too old, outdated, or too new to receive updates immediately

  • Some features above may exist in a version, but the mods providing them may be different from the ones listed here

  • The features above are for the latest or near-latest versions. Therefore, backported versions of the modpack may not include all of them

On Tlauncher

  • Tlauncher Capes conflicts with some mods in this pack: Entity Culling, Capes, ...

Image Attribution

Some images used in this modpack description are screenshots taken from the original pages or repositories of mods included in this modpack. These images remain the property of their respective authors unless otherwise stated. They are used here only to illustrate features of the included mods and to help explain the contents of the modpack.

Project description from Modrinth.

Mods in [Release] The Necessary 1.0.0 for Fabric 26.1.2

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appleskin-fabric-mc26.1-3.0.9.jar SHA-1 fb09a4d2a1d0a0475a0669ff84d3599d5f19a5f1 · Modrinth version HwaLJe3v · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
BadOptimizations-2.4.1-26.1-fabric.jar SHA-1 9636073ca8f378ea796b5d13bffac146a7f2f0f3 · Modrinth version gjIvugXc · Project link unavailable Client only
balm-fabric-26.1.2-26.1.2.5.jar SHA-1 1751cb197dfa2605039fb57d541e9a66053a32f7 · Modrinth version NSzL3cs6 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
bbe-fabric-1.3.3+mc26.1.2.jar SHA-1 8bba1a6e552b3ec93a06bb25cf61f28e8a1707be · Modrinth version aTHgWr9a · Project link unavailable Client only
BetterGrassify-1.8.6+fabric.26.1.2.jar SHA-1 c7d6c805822e349971dedf7098cf21b68bf97f54 · Modrinth version tH8qSoku · Project link unavailable Client only
bettermounthud-1.3.0.jar SHA-1 42dc998a06994c86d58ed18bfb44ef58764f1b32 · Modrinth version b08SuUDz · Project link unavailable Client only
betterstats-5.2.1+fn-26.1.jar SHA-1 b1ecf4ba5f3719cde76085284c864c4e4c7a6953 · Modrinth version epFotig5 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
boatiview-fabric-0.0.9-26.1.jar SHA-1 1546b73c87091296cb1c17fa573ee66648d71146 · Modrinth version szWtRpyh · Project link unavailable Client only
c2me-fabric-mc26.1.2-0.3.7+alpha.0.68.jar SHA-1 1ba53e0f4ab50e4ce721aa747283ac2c207e53cf · Modrinth version utLSz8Lf · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
capes-1.5.10+26.1.jar SHA-1 8001b5cb40ea9cc0a2ae375561e8ab4cd54854e5 · Modrinth version 98LwMd7q · Project link unavailable Client only
cloth-config-26.1.154.jar SHA-1 832f9047bc4af13587709c74f7c37e1c8579d1eb · Modrinth version GFM8zh9J · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
Clumps-fabric-26.1.2-26.1.2.1.jar SHA-1 c1e9539fdadb3cba1c4b665a141e39a65e6ef674 · Modrinth version RXNrUIjA · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
craftingtweaks-fabric-26.1.2-26.1.2.1.jar SHA-1 cb354faec4353a7162f7e0c5eecd240068211122 · Modrinth version AdwpjRfn · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
cwb-4.0.2+26.1.jar SHA-1 92a66e36bd84aae1cdece80b028b9079ec9fecc9 · Modrinth version j51j0ihr · Project link unavailable Client only
DeleteWorldsToTrash-v26.1.2-mc26.1.x-Fabric.jar SHA-1 9d86a5c2fdd29864b2e0c655d973208aef34a986 · Modrinth version UXjZDPHq · Project link unavailable Client only
dynamic-fps-3.11.6+minecraft-26.1.0-fabric.jar SHA-1 66f8cc53a00be11374fc4cdd33ac909e90eb54f3 · Modrinth version zGhSzRSB · Project link unavailable Client only
entityculling-fabric-1.10.1-mc26.1.jar SHA-1 17829d606ef5b73be4b206e5a465f8fb4e526fd5 · Modrinth version NaRJu6ah · Project link unavailable Client only
fabric-api-0.147.0+26.1.2.jar SHA-1 52c06c2ec10eec8c799724a43b5fa338afea2475 · Modrinth version dZsorAUN · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
fabric-language-kotlin-1.13.11+kotlin.2.3.21.jar SHA-1 b6190b247c557c493dc4204121744f289a1d1837 · Modrinth version 2i87JpYj · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
ferritecore-9.0.0-fabric.jar SHA-1 eac76ff0f3753422c61b2c44487d0d195d88d4bc · Modrinth version d5ddUdiB · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
Gamma-Utils-3.0.0+mc26.1.jar SHA-1 1a148d4ea74373ce6eaaf386d08cbe137c3eb50f · Modrinth version HhjXbCFQ · Project link unavailable Client only
ImmediatelyFast-Fabric-1.15.2+26.1.2.jar SHA-1 195bc6059dda0aac574906d035fae0b62a575a87 · Modrinth version lRuSLf0Y · Project link unavailable Client only
InventoryProfilesNext-fabric-26.1-2.3.1.jar SHA-1 d83dfa8ef3872d5611c1ff7fd6711c1180f78ffe · Modrinth version zpR48YPf · Project link unavailable Client only
iris-fabric-1.10.9+mc26.1.1.jar SHA-1 c30e04509a1b284372cb9037b07714d4223ae91a · Modrinth version MwcLS51S · Project link unavailable Client only
jei-26.1.2-fabric-29.5.0.28.jar SHA-1 9108948a50341eaa241b804f878eba740291e923 · Modrinth version A7vaQAvf · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
lambdynamiclights-4.10.2+26.1.2.jar SHA-1 7d48324546d39cdfe5bfa90e1897bb031619a15d · Modrinth version UnhzVQJV · Project link unavailable Client only
language-reload-1.7.6+26.1.jar SHA-1 9ccc08bee9868e32e14c799298b88dade31d2c3d · Modrinth version pBt7L8Nq · Project link unavailable Client only
libIPN-fabric-26.1-6.7.1.jar SHA-1 7bc68f1fe60b439f005aaef77c00881ea7c0eda5 · Modrinth version gM74eU2L · Project link unavailable Client only
lithium-fabric-0.24.2+mc26.1.2.jar SHA-1 a2575886c93255a73e5c583e89332b8bd56023d3 · Modrinth version R7MxYvuW · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
modernfix-5.27.5-build.2.jar SHA-1 2a52e6878e4c0237d0a2a45af47fb65342904199 · Modrinth version 5REDoIHm · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
modmenu-18.0.0-alpha.8.jar SHA-1 996783ff7b322e73c3a6799fecc5ca3023958514 · Modrinth version jvjwXH6l · Project link unavailable Client only
morechathistory-2.0.0.jar SHA-1 6ce97845f93090dd7556b6e64bb7d63e126b83b4 · Modrinth version qpDhYv1Y · Project link unavailable Client only
MouseTweaks-fabric-mc26.1-2.31.jar SHA-1 d81b34b76b8885f637e1a253810a78bee772a346 · Modrinth version EBIKCzuP · Project link unavailable Client only
no-resource-pack-warnings-1.5.0.jar SHA-1 820e5ebe97d8ec84a78bbd8cd68f2d79bfc8bab6 · Modrinth version 1RaYV3Oy · Project link unavailable Client only
NoChatReports-FABRIC-26.1-v2.19.0.jar SHA-1 50ad29d6146667c732f7764a715cebf70e3cecdd · Modrinth version 2yrLNE3S · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
packetfixer-fabric-3.3.5-26.1.2.jar SHA-1 d6effea605b3d0435dc9abf592891b9806ca245f · Modrinth version OtkWHKqd · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
placeholder-api-3.0.0+26.1.jar SHA-1 c1ce548549ec4517b9393985cefc65389e6f36d8 · Modrinth version b3IPAHgB · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
quick-pack-fabric-1.3.1+26.1.2.jar SHA-1 6f915b7ca4a553e2687e790ea5971f4319697d73 · Modrinth version cjgIGIge · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
reeses-sodium-options-fabric-2.0.5+mc26.1.1.jar SHA-1 e1c704acfb5bde6df36b23c3a38faff1f02abb73 · Modrinth version p88Tf9YM · Project link unavailable Client only
ResourcefulConfig-4.0.1.jar SHA-1 96c6afabeec4f7c0468bb17b3c29fb1bb6aa0125 · Modrinth version GMW14IUd · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
Resourcify (26.1-fabric)-1.8.2.jar SHA-1 eec1a507cc8ac538f2ed2e569921b7989bcda46d · Modrinth version YakHUfFL · Project link unavailable Client only
rrls-5.2.5+mc.26.1.jar SHA-1 70a846225680e3cfe3dc1bd9a870d294a93baf9a · Modrinth version LYRXlhmw · Project link unavailable Client only
ScalableLux-0.2.0+fabric.2b63825-all.jar SHA-1 3875a697a9bb014c06aa3a62d72e8bec3de23160 · Modrinth version gYbHVCz8 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
servercore-fabric-1.5.16+26.1.jar SHA-1 e276f34ae9ded682a084da79849356a14b3f84b6 · Modrinth version P8k080Af · Project link unavailable Server only
shulkerboxtooltip-fabric-5.2.18+26.1.jar SHA-1 9a51406c8bf6c56232417d269f06fb3ad7b80faf · Modrinth version ZkGgdpPY · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
skinlayers3d-fabric-1.11.1-mc26.1.jar SHA-1 e76383ba3a38376f2937795d812a31a201f04aa9 · Modrinth version 8kxiY3G1 · Project link unavailable Client only
sodium-extra-fabric-0.8.7+mc26.1.1.jar SHA-1 457ea5643de4e537eb44fc117d88886d52cdebf9 · Modrinth version 1bz3AMCV · Project link unavailable Client only
sodium-fabric-0.8.10+mc26.1.2.jar SHA-1 355b37c13219bd5fcfe1ad84911739008abd12a7 · Modrinth version SIrB5bCM · Project link unavailable Client only
status-effect-bars-1.0.11.jar SHA-1 5348cae0b1b8c377dfa92ef645709a3932baacb1 · Modrinth version HPrO2zBi · Project link unavailable Client only
tcdcommons-5.2.1+fn-26.1.jar SHA-1 97586dc04cddfcdcc5103b7ef47fb182fb3ee00b · Modrinth version ZqK3fcVL · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
ukulib-fabric-2.0.0+26.1.jar SHA-1 c1b8365877cffbb7525718c77b430c8c31813b1d · Modrinth version asZKdLUQ · Project link unavailable Client only
ukus-armor-hud-fabric-0.11.0+mc26.1.jar SHA-1 25c42cb608db1570f2098b3e45f30259ac2870a3 · Modrinth version zvOTqals · Project link unavailable Client only
yet_another_config_lib_v3-3.9.3+26.1-fabric.jar SHA-1 666bbfcce4508b53d51dca1e4253f528c517b315 · Modrinth version hzww5Tor · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
zfastnoise-1.0.29-ocl+26.1.2.jar SHA-1 afbb670dbcd40221ffafa53f7116d9db14a6bd03 · Modrinth version sKqtVH3Z · Project link unavailable Server only
zoomify-2.16.0+26.1.jar SHA-1 3d5fe088b9b7288aec181535bc084bc6da296fcc · Modrinth version 3zi0VJPK · Project link unavailable Client only

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