Essential - Fabric
ModpackCurated Vanilla+ modpack with Origins.
Mod grades
How grades workModpacks get no grade of their own, so we show the grades of its mods. Of its 73 graded mods, 22 are graded A or B, 12 C and 39 D to F. Its last update came out 5.5 years ago, for Minecraft 1.16.5. See the mods
About
Essential Fabric is a lightweight Vanilla+ modpack that keeps a familiar Minecraft experience while adding Origins and a broad set of gameplay, exploration, building, and convenience changes. Origins, Extra Origins, Mob Origins, Origins: Classes, and Haema add selectable character abilities and identity-focused play, while artifacts, trinkets, and Daemonic expand equipment options. Exploration includes new biomes through Vanilla+ Biomes and Lakeside, additional structures from Repurposed Structures, travel via Fabric Waystones, and mapmaking with Antique Atlas. For building and decoration, the pack includes Adorn, Chisel Decor, Mo Glass, Skinned Lanterns, and Bedspreads. Practical gameplay additions include Vanilla Hammers and Vanilla Excavators, Golden Hoppers and funnels for item handling, Comforts, Better Graves, and craftable horse armor and saddles. The pack also includes quality-of-life features such as SimpleHarvest, XP Storage, AppleSkin, Enchantment Descriptions, and Roughly Enough Items for recipe reference. It is designed to run on low-end computers that can run vanilla Minecraft, with Sodium or Canvas available as optional additions for performance or shaders, respectively.
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Mods in this pack
The mods of its newest release (Minecraft 1.16.5 · Forge, 21 Apr 2021). Each check result is for the latest files of that mod, which may not be the version in this pack.
Fabric APIMod · 527.1M downloadsAPassed
AppleSkinMod · 519.2M downloadsAPassed
Enchantment DescriptionsMod · 337.5M downloadsAPassed
Mod MenuMod · 244.6M downloadsAPassed
LithiumMod · 242.4M downloadsAPassed
Fabric Language KotlinMod · 218.7M downloadsAPassed
Chat HeadsMod · 172.4M downloadsAPassed
LambDynamicLights - Dynamic LightsMod · 111.3M downloadsAPassed
PehkuiMod · 92.1M downloadsCPassed
Roughly Enough Items (REI)Mod · 85.6M downloadsBPassed
TrinketsMod · 80.7M downloadsCPassed
CraftPresenceMod · 78.2M downloadsAPassed
Antique AtlasMod · 44M downloadsCPassed
Repurposed Structures - FabricMod · 43.9M downloadsAPassed
Wraith WaystonesMod · 37.5M downloadsAPassed
CharmMod · 37.1M downloadsCPassed
ToolTipFixMod · 36.6M downloadsCPassed
Blur+Mod · 35M downloadsAPassed
Animal Feeding TroughMod · 33.2M downloadsAPassed
SimpleHarvestMod · 25.8M downloadsDPassed
OriginsMod · 25.3M downloadsAPassed
Disable Custom Worlds AdviceMod · 24.4M downloadsCPassed
WTHITMod · 20.7M downloadsAPassed
InmisMod · 20.2M downloadsCPassed
Craftable Horse Armour & Saddle [CHA&S]Mod · 17.4M downloadsCPassed2 files not listed: no matching project found.
Changes since the previous release
Compared with the release of 17 Apr 2021 for the same platform, Minecraft version and loader. Same mods in both. We do not compare the versions of the mods yet.
- Share graded A or B
- unchanged
Details
- Creator
- iku_tv
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 68K
- Created
- 21 Mar 2021
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found in its mods
We checked all 80 mods and the files in the pack itself, without running them.
Why we show this: a modpack installs the files of its mods, and each mod runs on your computer like any program. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: a modpack has no grade of its own, and each mod's result counts in that mod's grade.
How we checked
- Its projects80 mods
- Files in the pack itself1,018 settings files, 3,263 other files, no mod jars.
Privacy
Why we show this: a modpack runs the code of its mods, and a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- Go online onlyTheir code contacts a web address, for example to check for updates. We found nothing it sends about you.6 mods
- Send nothingTheir code contacts no web address.73 mods
AI
No sign that AI was used to make its mods
We found no AI tool in the 48 mods we checked, and no AI content is declared for them on Modrinth.
32 mods are not checked yet.
No sign so far that AI was used to make the pack itself
We looked for AI tools in its texts and found none.
We have not read its files and images yet.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.Not on Modrinth.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found2 of 10 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Not read yet
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Not read yet
Compatibility
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