VeinMiner
Mod by Miraculixx
Mine one block of ore or a log and the whole connected vein or tree comes with it.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.17 to 26.3
- 105M downloads
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19 picks
Best Minecraft quality of life mods
Small mods that remove the annoying bits: recipe lookups, inventory sorting, tooltips that tell you what you are looking at, and dozens of tiny time savers.
These are Java Edition mods. Check the loader (Fabric, Forge or NeoForge) and Minecraft version match your setup. How to install mods. On Bedrock? See add-ons.
AppleSkin
Mod by squeek502
Shows exactly how much hunger and saturation food restores, right on the hunger bar.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.10.2 to 26.3
- 101M downloads
Just Enough Items (JEI)
Mod by mezz
The classic recipe viewer. Look up how to craft any item, and what it is used for, straight from your inventory.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.8 to 26.3
- 87M downloads
Jade
Mod by Snownee
Shows a small tooltip about whatever you are looking at: block name, mob health, furnace progress and the mod it comes from.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.16.4 to 26.3
- 75M downloads
Zoomify (Zoom)
Mod by isxander
A smooth, customisable zoom key, like a spyglass you never have to carry.
- Fabric
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.18 to 26.3
- 74M downloads
Mouse Tweaks
Mod by YaLTeR
Faster inventory handling with the mouse: drag to move stacks, scroll to move items, and more.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.16.2 to 26.3
- 66M downloads
Controlling
Mod by jaredlll08
Adds a search bar to the controls menu, which you will need once you have many mods with their own keys.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.7.10 to 26.3
- 43M downloads
Inventory Profiles Next
Mod by blackd
One-click inventory sorting, locked slots, auto-refill of tools and blocks, and saved gear sets.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.14.1 to 26.3
- 43M downloads
Shulker Box Tooltip
Mod by MisterPeModder
Preview what is inside a shulker box just by hovering over it.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.16.5 to 26.3
- 42M downloads
Enchantment Descriptions
Mod by Darkhax
Adds a plain-English description to every enchantment on books and gear.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.9.4 to 26.3
- 41M downloads
BetterF3
Mod by TreyRuffy
A cleaner, colour-coded and customisable version of the F3 debug screen.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.16 to 26.3
- 37M downloads
EMI
Mod
A modern recipe viewer with favourites, recipe trees and a tidy layout. A popular alternative to JEI.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.18.2 to 1.21.1
- 31M downloads
Carry On
Mod by Tschipp
Pick up chests, furnaces and even mobs with an empty hand and carry them somewhere else.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.12.2 to 26.3
- 28M downloads
Nature's Compass
Mod by Chaosyr
A compass that finds any biome you choose, anywhere in the world.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.7.10 to 26.3
- 28M downloads
Roughly Enough Items (REI)
Mod
Roughly Enough Items: a clean, customisable recipe viewer that works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.13 to 26.3
- 28M downloads
Freecam
Mod
Lets your camera leave your body and fly around, handy for checking builds and redstone.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.16.2 to 26.3
- 24M downloads
GraveStone Mod
Mod by henkelmax
When you die, your items go into a gravestone instead of scattering, so you can get them back.
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.19 to 26.3
- 13M downloads
Explorer's Compass
Mod by Chaosyr
A compass that finds structures such as villages, temples and modded dungeons.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.18.2 to 26.3
- 13M downloads
WTHIT
Mod
"What the hell is that?" A look-at tooltip like Jade, showing block and mob details on screen.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.16.2 to 26.2
- 4.4M downloads
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