Minecraft Mod Guides
Tutorials for 157+ of the most popular Minecraft mods on Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge. Each guide covers what the mod does, how to get started, and answers to common questions. Search for a mod or browse by category.
Tech & Automation
Machines, power generation, ore processing, and factory automation mods.
Mekanism
Machines, 5x ore processing, and power generation
Draconic Evolution
Endgame tools, armor, and massive energy storage
Integrated Dynamics
Logic cables, variables, and programmable automation
Create
Kinetic machines, contraptions, and trains
Immersive Engineering
Retro-industrial multiblocks and power wiring
Thermal Series
Classic machines, dynamos, and modular augments
Magic & Mystical
Spellcasting, rituals, arcane research, and magical progression mods.
ProjectE
EMC transmutation and equivalent exchange
Botania
Flower-powered natural magic and automation
Ars Nouveau
Build your own spells, then automate with them
Blood Magic
Power paid for in life essence
Occultism
Summon spirits to work, mine, and store
EvilCraft
Blood, brooms, and beautifully dark utilities
Storage & Logistics
Digital storage networks, backpacks, drawers, and item transport mods.
Applied Energistics 2
ME networks, digital storage, and autocrafting
Refined Storage
Straightforward digital storage and autocrafting
Sophisticated Backpacks
Upgradeable backpacks with real automation
Sophisticated Storage
Chests and barrels with tiered upgrades
Functional Storage
Modern drawers with controllers and upgrades
Storage Drawers
The classic bulk item drawer system
Adventure & Exploration
New dimensions, dungeons, structures, and tools for finding them.
Allthemodium
Finding and mining Allthemodium, Vibranium, and Unobtainium
Structure Compass
Locate any structure with a pointing compass
Ad Astra
Rockets, space suits, and planetary exploration
Twilight Forest
A boss-progression dimension of endless dusk
The Aether
The classic sky dimension, kept current
Alex's Caves
Rare cave biomes with wild mechanics
World Generation & Biomes
Biome overhauls, terrain generators, and structure packs that reshape world generation.
Biomes O' Plenty
Dozens of new biomes, trees, and building woods
Terralith
Nearly 100 biomes from vanilla blocks alone
Oh The Biomes We've Gone
BYG's sequel: 50+ biomes, fully rebuilt
Tectonic
Terrain at mountain-range scale
Regions Unexplored
70+ vibrant overworld and Nether biomes
BetterEnd
An End dimension actually worth settling
Mobs & Combat
New creatures, bosses, combat overhauls, and weapon mods.
Alex's Mobs
85+ creatures with real mechanics
Mowzie's Mobs
Boss-grade creatures with cinematic animation
Ice and Fire: Dragons
True dragons, from egg to armory
Epic Fight
Souls-like combat: stamina, dodges, movesets
Better Combat
Dungeons-style melee that just feels right
Guard Villagers
Villages that defend themselves
Farming & Food
Crops, cooking, resource farming, and agriculture automation mods.
Farmer's Delight
Cooking, cutting boards, and cozy meals
Croptopia
Dozens of crops, hundreds of foods
Pam's HarvestCraft 2
The legendary food mod, modular edition
Mystical Agriculture
Farm iron, diamonds, and everything else
Botany Pots
A whole farm in a flower pot
Productive Bees
Breed bees that produce any resource
Building & Decoration
Decorative blocks, furniture, and tools that speed up large builds.
Chipped
11,000+ block variants via workbenches
Handcrafted
Furniture with craftsmanship energy
Supplementaries
The vanilla+ catalog: jars, ropes, gadgets
Amendments
Vanilla blocks, quietly improved
Macaw's Mods
Doors, windows, roofs, bridges — the series
FramedBlocks
Any texture, sixty shapes, zero compromises
Utility & QoL
Recipe viewers, maps, inventory tweaks, and quality-of-life essentials.
Just Enough Items (JEI)
The standard recipe and item browser
Roughly Enough Items (REI)
Fabric-first recipe viewer with deep customization
EMI
Recipe viewer built around a recipe tree
Jade
See what you are looking at, instantly
The One Probe
Immersive block info on demand
AppleSkin
Food value and saturation on your HUD
Performance & Optimization
FPS boosters, load-time fixes, and server optimization mods.
Sodium
The rendering engine that doubles your FPS
Lithium
Game-logic optimization with zero behavior change
Iris Shaders
Modern shader packs with Sodium speed
Distant Horizons
See for hundreds of chunks with LODs
Embeddium
The Sodium port Forge players relied on
Oculus
Iris shaders for classic Forge packs