SMP Hardcore Aesthia
Modpack🎮 Hardcore SMP – Vanilla+ Modpack (1.21.5)🧭 Concept: A lightweight, immersive Vanilla+ experience focused on survival intensity, exploration, and atmosphere — perfect for Hardcore mode. Adds depth without straying too far from Minecraft’s essence.
🎮 Hardcore SMP – Vanilla+ Modpack (1.21.5)
🧭 Concept A lightweight, immersive Vanilla+ experience focused on survival intensity, exploration, and atmosphere — perfect for Hardcore mode. Adds depth without straying too far from Minecraft’s essence.
🔧 Core Goals
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Keep the feel of vanilla
Add quality-of-life improvements
Boost immersion and hardcore gameplay
Maintain multiplayer/stability compatibility
⚔️ Gameplay Enhancements
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Tougher Mobs & Smarter AI – More challenging combat without inflating health bars
Better Dungeons & Structures – Subtle worldgen improvements for deeper exploration
Minor Combat Tweaks – Hit feedback, animations, shield mechanic refinements
Mob Variants – Light mob diversity for biome-based threats
🧱 Building & World Immersion
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Ambient Sounds – Forest rustles, cave echoes, wind in plains
Biome Beautification – Subtle block and foliage enhancements
Dynamic Lighting – Torches light when held (OptiFine or Iris)
Improved Animations – Smoother player/mob movement
🛠️ Quality of Life (QoL)
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Minimap (with Hardcore Compass-only mode)
Inventory Sorting & Tooltips
Better HUD, but minimalist – Clean coords, tool/armor status
Performance Mods – Sodium, Lithium, Starlight for smoother gameplay
📦 Included Mods & Enhancements
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Performance & Optimization
Sodium, Lithium, Krypton, ImmediatelyFast, Starlight (via CICADA), Dynamic FPS, Entity Culling, Spark
Graphics & Immersion
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Iris Shaders, Bliss Shaders, Solas Shader
Sound Physics Remastered, Clearviews
Not Enough Animations, Better Leaves, 3D Skin Layers
ETF (Entity Texture Features), Faithful 64x
Gameplay & Combat Tweaks
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Low Shield, Low On Fire, Vanilla Structure Update, Mob Variants (via Ksyxis)
Better Dungeons (via VSU & custom worldgen)
Minor Combat Enhancements (via animation and shield tweaks)
Replanting Crops, Tree Harvester, Sticky Enchanting Lapis
Quality of Life
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Mouse Tweaks, Nemo's Inventory Sorting, Inventory Sorting
Stack Refill, Shulker Box Tooltip, BetterF3, Better Statistics Screen
Minimap with Compass Mode (via Fuji Essentials + Ksyxis)
Leash Villager, Day Counter, Language Reload
Mod Menu, Cloth Config, YACL (YetAnotherConfigLib)
World & Visual Enhancements
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Ambient sounds (via Ksyxis & Sound Physics)
New Glowing Ores, Netherite Lava Mining Setup
Motschen's Better Leaves, Biome tweaks
Improved lighting and shadows with shader support
Libraries & APIs
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Architectury API, Balm, Collective, Text Placeholder API, TCDCommons API, Fabric API, Fabric Language Kotlin
Overrides (manually added)
Litematica (v0.22.0)
MaLiLib (v0.24.0)
📘 This Vanilla+ modpack is curated to enhance hardcore survival without bloating the experience. It's plug-and-play ready with embedded dependencies, multiplayer-safe optimization, and performance-focused configuration. Whether you're deep in a dungeon, surviving your 100th day, or just vibing in a foggy spruce forest — this pack enhances every moment.
Ready to suffer (in style)? 😈
