Vanilla Expansion
Resource packA modern look of vanilla experience
Why gradeC
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 23 months−10 points
- Releases in only 2 of the last 24 months−2 points
All 10 criteria
Maintenance
8 points lost19 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.23 months ago (14 Nov 2024) 6 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.Newest supported: 1.21.3. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.21.3. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 3 months.Releases in 2 of the last 24 months 4 / 6Stability
Full points10 / 10Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.None of the 4 modpacks with two or more versions removed it 5 / 5Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
Does not apply. A resource pack's files can be read in the download. Not counted for resource packs.Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.Does not apply.Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply.Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 500,000.289,805 4 / 4Track record
4 points lost4 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.3.5 years, 12 releases 4 / 8
37.4 of the 49 points that apply = 76 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Vanilla Expansion is a resource pack that brings together features from Better Nature, Player Utilities, Radiant Redstone, Font Trim, and Scaffolding Delta to give the vanilla experience a more modern and informative presentation. It reworks redstone wire with a rotatable 3D model and gives redstone torches, repeaters, comparators, redstone ores, torchflowers, and scaffolding emissive textures; scaffolding also gains a small colored shape detail, a fall-distance indicator, and connected-texture support. Nature and item visuals include an optimized reimplementation of chorus plants and flowers, custom goat-horn icons that indicate rarity, and an enchanted golden apple texture changed to resemble a diamond golden apple. Custom font-based displays add ingredient and trim information to smithing templates, ingredient and color cues to fireworks, sherd icons to decorated pots, and color-and-pattern details to banner-pattern icons and banners. Other interface details include subtitles showing remaining shriekers after a Warden spawns and some Warden stages, falling-block and poison damage indicators, clearer armor tooltips, and absorption and regeneration heart displays. Enchantment tooltips identify valid items, mark maximum levels, and color enchantment levels, while block-breaking stages use revised textures for easier interpretation.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
Changes 11 block textures (Chorus plant and Destroy stage), 6 interface textures, the font and 5 models.
Adds 36 block textures, 1 item texture, 30 models and 1 language file. In OptiFine's formats: 1 connected texture and 16 glowing textures.
Block textures are mostly 16 by 16 pixels, up to 32 by 32.
Details
- Creator
- DevDyna
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 290K
- Created
- 6 Apr 2023
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Source code
Security
No harmful code found
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How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.4 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the 2 for recent versions. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
Privacy
Sends nothing
A resource pack has no code that can connect to the internet, so it cannot send anything about you.
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its description, files, images and code history and found none.
We have not read its changelogs yet.
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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.No AI content declared.
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- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
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Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
Modpacks that include Vanilla Expansion in at least one of their versions, most downloaded first.
X-RAY Unlimited Forge302K downloadslast version with it 30 Oct 2024
X-RAY Unlimited Fabric71K downloadslast version with it 30 Oct 2024
X-RAY Unlimited NeoForge19K downloadslast version with it 30 Oct 2024
X-RAY Unlimited Quilt12K downloadslast version with it 19 Jun 2024
IronBerry Expert4.8K downloadslast version with it 20 Nov 2024
Classic Progression Skyblock3.8K downloadslast version with it 4 Nov 2023
FlatMode - Superflat Challenge - Modded client-side995 downloadslast version with it 26 May 2023
TNMPack123 downloadslast version with it 29 Oct 2023
The Bottom Of The Glass63 downloadslast version with it 20 Jul 2023Latest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.