Core/Utility Mods
- Forge (obviously)
- OptiFine (actually maybe no because it's bad for your FPS apparently?)
- FoamFix
- VanillaFix
- FastWorkbench
- FastFurnace
- Just Enough Items (+JEN, +Integration)
- ChunkPregenerator
- BetterFps (not sure if worth it but eh)
- Inventory Tweaks
- The One Probe (set to non-item mode)
- Xaero's Minimap
- Damage Indicators
- OfflineSkins (because paying for MC sucks /s)
- Light Level Overlay Reloaded
- AppleSkin
- Smooth Font
- Morpheus (it sounds awesome but it's literally just sleepvoting)
- No Recipe Book
- Clumps
- Sound Filters
- ActualMusic
- Chunk Animator
Big Mods
- Mekanism
- Tinker's Construct (+PlusTiC)
- Botania
- GalactiCraft
- Extra Utilities 2
- Refined Storage (+Addons)
- Howling Moon (awoo)
- Actually Additions (+Actually Baubles)
- Forestry
- Pam's HarvestCraft
- Dark Utilities
- Random Things
- Charset (all addons?)
- RFTools (all addons if possible, Dimensions is the most important IMO)
- OpenBlocks
- Thaumcraft
- Advanced Genetics
- Recurrent Complex
- Biome Bundle (requires OpenTerrainGen)
- Natura
- RedPower 2
- Thermal Expansion
- IndustrialCraft²
- MineFactory Reloaded
- JurassiCraft (or Fossils & Archeology)
- Magic Bees
- BiblioCraft (+BiblioWoods addons)
- Ender IO
- Ender Utilities
- Hatchery (+Chickens)
- Tiny Progressions
- ComputerCraft (+Plethora Peripherals)
- RailCraft
- Millénaire
- Big Reactors
- Mystcraft
- Binnie's Mods (it's in alpha rn so nyeh)
- DecoCraft 2 (apparently it uses a lot of dedotated WAM also Chisels & Bits is better)
Small Mods
- Emoticons (FORTNITE DEFAULT DANCE)
- Quark (frick yeah)
- Chisels & Bits (also frick yeah, +Extra Bit Manipulation)
- Storage Drawers (+Extras, +Drawers and Bits (not that necessary but it won't hurt probably))
- Inventory Pets
- Improved Backpacks
- Iron Chests
- Minecraft Minions (no, not those minions)
- Hats (+Hat Stand)
- Chicken Chunks
- Enhanced Portals
- Soul Shards Respawn
- Dynamic Trees (with BoP addon)
- Dimensional Doors
- Chance Cubes (scientifically proven to be 69% more balanced than Lucky Blocks)
- Sync
- Chisel (+Unlimited Chisel Works)
- Yoyos
- Roguelike Dungeons
- Doomlike Dungeons
- Runic Dungeons
- Chest Transporter
- Roguelike Dungeons
- Loot Bags
- Compact Machines
- Better than Bunnies (this is important)
- Sheep Madness (this is also important)
- MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod
- Blockcraftery
- Ender Storage (change recipe to be more expensive with CraftTweaker)
- Tails (y e s)
- Carry On
- Metamorph
- More Bees
- Morph-o-Tool
- Bonsai Trees (kinda OP, slow down growth to ~1 minute)
- Headcrumbs
- Colossal Chests
- Advanced Generators
- Malisis Doors
- Flat Colored Blocks
- FlatSigns
- Xtones
- Better Builder's Wands
- Portal Gun (do we really need that though? i feel like it's kinda boring tbh)
- Mo' Bends (incompatible with Tails, bummer)
- Treecapitator (exclude in order to add an incentive for using Tinker's Construct?)
- Dab Mod (haha yes)