Minecraft has been wildly popular for almost a decade now, and throughout the years has fostered an extremely talented and passionate modding community that are always adding amazing new things to the game. While playing vanilla Minecraft is still great, it’s wildly fun to jump in with some crazy mods. This article will showcase the 25 most fun Minecraft mods so you can have the best time possible
25. Chisel
The Chisel mod is a decorative block mod that allows you to fully customize any block. This is a great mod to mess around with because of how customizable it is and how you can design anything you want.
How Chisel Makes the Game Fun:
- Chisel adds in tools that allow you to precisely design any and chip at any block so you can imprint any design or style you want
- Chisel also has multiple preset designs that you can turn any block into, allowing you to get a ton more variation for each and every block in the game
Get Chisel Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/chisel
24. Pam’s Harvestcraft
Food is an essential part of Minecraft, but the selection of food is fairly limited in vanilla. Pam’s Harvestcraft adds in a wide variety of food options, including extremely unique foods such as sandwiches and cheeseburgers
How Pam’s Harvestcraft Makes the Game Fun:
- It’s great to have some variation in your food source, and there's definitely a lot of charm in making something like a ham sandwich or bacon cheeseburger in Minecraft
- Pam’s Harvestcraft also adds in a lot more crops that provide far more saturation than vanilla crops, so creating a farm has become both more interesting and more rewarding
Get Pam’s Harvestcraft Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/pams-harvestcraft
23. Biomes O’Plenty
Exploration is a huge part of Minecraft, and Biomes O’Plenty adds a ton of new biomes to explore and greatly adds to the variation of places to discover
How Biomes O’Plenty Makes the Game Fun:
- Adds in over 50 new biomes, all of which are distinctly different from each other. This allows for an extremely colorful world with a new environment at every corner
- In many of these biomes, there's also a wide variety of new trees, which have a large number of colored leaves and wood. Taking these saplings and logs back to your base can allow for some cool additions to your house
Get Biomes O’Plenty Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/biomes-o-plenty
22. Animal Bikes
Traversing the wide expanses of Minecraft can take quite a while, so why not add in a super effective and very fun way to speed that process up with some very cute companions?
How Animal Bikes Makes the Game Fun:
- Animal Bikes are craftable items that can spawn a wide variety of rideable creatures. From cats and dogs to unicorns and dragons, there is an enormous amount of mounts to choose from and all of them are great at taking you where you want to go
- Some of the Animal Bikes such as the dragon bike will even allow the player to fly, which is insanely useful and also incredibly fun
Get Animal Bikes Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/animal-bikes
21. Stacy’s Wolves
Everyone loves dogs, and it's such a shame that in vanilla Minecraft there's only one dog available. But thanks to this mod, you’ll find a wide variety of furry friends to tame and befriend
How Stacy’s Wolves Makes the Game Fun:
- All of the wolves added to this mod have a unique bone needed to tame them, and with over 30 new dogs to tame it’s a very fun challenge to collect as many dogs possible and make the ultimate army
- Some of the dogs are also useful in ways other than combat, such as leading you to certain ores or passively dropping certain resources
Get Stacy’s Wolves Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/stacys-wolves
20. Animania
Animania is a unique and challenging mod that introduces a tone of new farm animals and also completely changes the mechanics of farming, taming, and breeding
How Animania Makes the Game Fun:
- Animania adds to the variation in animals, with each one having at least 5 or 6 different types. There are also a couple of new animals that have been added, such as hamsters
- Animania offers a unique challenge because you can no longer just keep 50 cows in a single enclosure and only visit to pick up some beef. Now you need to constantly feed, water, and clean all of your animals or they’ll die
Get Animania Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/animania
19. Mo’Creatures
Mo’Creatures adds a ton of new mobs to the game, some passive and some not. Many of the passive mobs are tameable and make super cute and useful pets, while the hostile mobs offer a fun and unique challenge to overcome
How Mo’Creatures Makes the Game Fun:
- Mo’Creatures adds a lot of really cool new mobs to tame. Cats, tigers, lions, wooly mammoths, rabbits, goats, chameleons, you can have it all in this mod
- Mo Creatures also adds in hostile mobs such as werewolves and orcs that all have unique mechanics that make them much more challenging to take down than your average zombie
Get Mo Creatures Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mo-creatures
18. Primitive Mobs
Primitive Mobs is very similar to Mo’Creatures because they both add unique passive and hostile mobs, but Primitive Mobs is placed higher because the overall quality of the mod is higher than that of Mo’Creatures
How Primitive Mobs Makes the Game Fun:
- The tameable mobs found in Primitive Mobs are cool because you can actually tame traditionally hostile mobs. Slimes that you can color customize, creepers that will passively give you buffs, spiders that you raise from an egg, the sky’s the limit with this one
- The hostile mobs found in Primitive Mobs are very impressive visually and mechanically. You’ll find plenty of enemies that will use unconventional ways of damaging you and will require unconventional methods to defeat
Get Primitive Mobs Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/primitive-mobs
17. Baby Mobs
In vanilla Minecraft, the baby zombie is one of the more difficult mobs in the game to defeat. It doesn’t spawn often but when it does its small hitbox and incredible movement speed make it a real challenge. The Baby Mods mod gives every single hostile mob its baby counterpart, offering an extremely unique set of enemies not found in any other mod
How Baby Mobs Makes the Game Fun:
- Baby Mobs also increases the rate at which baby mobs will spawn, which adds some much-needed variation and excitement to the usual bunches of average skeletons and zombies
- Every one of these baby mods comes with a new, cool, and devastating effect. Baby endermen that shoot lasers from their eyes, baby skeletons that shoot poison arrows, baby witches with access to every potion in the game, every new baby mob brings another new challenge
Get Baby Mobs Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/baby-mobs
16. Lucky Blocks
Who doesn’t like to play the odd game of chance? Lucky Blocks adds the lucky block item to the game, which when broken can cause a wide variety of effects to happen. Some good, some bad, some a little weird
How Lucky Blocks Makes the Game Fun:
- As with all games of chance, the mystery of not knowing the outcome of breaking a lucky block is incredibly enticing and adds a lot of spice to the game
- If you're lucky enough then this can add some fantastic things to your game. Diamonds, emeralds, a horde of tamed dogs, an entire farm, the possibilities are endless
Get Lucky Blocks Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/youtubers-lucky-blocks
15. Vampirism
Take a stroll over to the dark side with the Vampirism mod. This mod offers you the chance to become a full-fledged creature of the night or to become a Minecraft Van Helsing and hunt down every bloodsucker you can
How Vampirism Makes the Game Fun:
- Vampirism adds in the option to become a vampire, which has its upsides and downsides. On the upside, you have a ton of super cool abilities like night vision and turning into a bat, but you also have many new challenged to work around such as sun sickness
- Vampirism also allows you to assume the role of a vampire hunter, which gives access to a wide variety of very cool weapons and armor that will greatly buff whoever uses them
Get Vampirism Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/vampirism-become-a-vampire
14. Inventory Pets
Keep your pets closest to you with Inventory Pets. This mod adds in over 35 collectible pets that reside in your inventory, all of which have unique abilities to help you out
How Inventory Pets Makes the Game Fun:
- Collecting all the Inventory Pets not only allows you to fully benefit from their buffs but also provides you with a really fun challenge that encourages the exploration of the dungeons that some of the more rare pets can be found in
- The abilities of the Inventory Pets are all remarkably enjoyable. Make random potions with a brewing stand pet, teleport with an enderman pet, shoot fireballs with the ghast pet, there’s a lot of options and none of them are bad
Get Inventory Pets Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/inventory-pets
13. The Lost Cities
This mod emphasizes one of the key elements of Minecraft, which is exploration. The Lost Cities adds in massive abandoned cities that stretch on for thousands and thousands of blocks, it would take hours to explore a single one
How The Lost Cities Makes the Game Fun:
- Every city and building added in with this mod has been expertly detailed and built by the modder, they're all extremely different and extremely interesting to explore
- In many of these cities you’ll also find a wide variety of loot, and being rewarded for exploring is always a great part of any game
Get The Lost Cities Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/the-lost-cities
12. Mowzie’s Mobs
Mowzie’s Mobs adds in the most intricate and detailed boss mobs of any other mod, They’re all challenging, they’re all amazing to look at, and they all drop great loot
How Mowzie’s Mobs Makes the Game Fun:
- Mowzie’s Mobs adds in mobs that are just pretty to look at, with extremely appealing designs and smooth animations you’d almost think couldn't even exist in Minecraft. Not to mention that every single one of them has a wide variety of attacks and defenses that makes taking one of them on a true challenge
- Mowzie’s Mobs also drop great loot that makes the challenge worth it. Armor with unique buffs, magic staffs, comically oversized axes, it's all amazing to use
Get Mowzie’s Mobs:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mowzies-mobs
11. Fossils and Archaeology Revival
Live out your Jurassic Park fantasy, barring the part where all the dinosaurs escape. This mod allows you to use ancient DNA to bring dinosaurs into the modern Minecraft world. From the humble Brontosaur to the ferocious T-Rex, this mod gives you all the tools you need to make the ultimate pets
How Fossils and Archaeology Revival Makes the Game Fun:
- Who doesn’t like dinosaurs? It's so cool to be able to raise these dinosaurs that are scaled properly to match the player, some of them are absurdly large and it feels amazing. Not to mention that every dinosaur is incredibly detailed with custom animations
- There's some nice interaction in this mod such as needing to properly feed and care for your dinosaurs. This adds some nice depth to the mod that makes it really satisfying
Get Fossils and Archaeology Revival: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fossils
10. Roguelike Dungeons
Dungeons in vanilla Minecraft are severely lacking, both in the dungeon itself and the loot it gives. Roguelike Dungeons adds in wildly complex and challenging dungeons with loot that makes it worth the challenge
How Roguelike Dungeons Makes the Game Fun:
- These new dungeons are insane underground monoliths, with sprawling tunnels and rooms that lead into more rooms and a whole lot of custom mobs to mow through along the way
- Roguelike Dungeons also adds in a ton of cool custom loot and gear that makes it worth the adventure
Get Roguelike Dungeons Here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/roguelike-dungeons
9. Candycraft
Satisfy your sweet tooth with the Candycraft mod. This mod adds in a brand new dimension complete with a ton of new blocks, gear, loot, animals, and boss fights
How Candycraft Makes the Game More Fun:
- The candy dimension really does feel like a fleshed-out world complete with its own set of basic tools as well as candy variations of all the passive mobs. This is complete with being able to tame gummy seahorse and ice cream penguins, which is as amazing as it sounds
- The candy dimension is also home to some pretty challenging boss fights with some really interesting mechanics. Don’t worry, they’ll drop some loot that will make it worth your while
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/candycraft
8. Twilight Forest
An oldie but a goody, Twilight Forest has held up despite being almost eight years old. It’s maintained its status as one of the best dimension mods because of how amazingly detailed and fun every ounce of it it
How Twilight Forest Makes the Game Fun:
- The Twilight Forest is flushed out in every sense of the words, with many unique biomes with their unique mobs. Add that to hundreds of new items and gear, new tameable pets, and tons of structures and you have a dimension that feels amazing to explore and experience
- The boss fight in the Twilight Forest have also really held up, the mechanics they introduced and the loot they drop was revolutionary for the time and I’m happy to say that they’re still just as cool to take on today
Get Twilight Forest Here:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/the-twilight-forest
7. Blood Magic
A little macabre, sure, but that doesn’t change the fact that this is a really fun and satisfying mod to use that emphasizes the feeling of progression to get to the point where you unlock some really overpowered things
How Blood Magic Makes the Game Fun:
- Blood Magic is really fun to work through because it makes you work for your items so it's satisfying when you get to the point where you have access to something very strong, a lot of mods make you overpowered too easily and it's just not as fun
- Blood Magic uses altars, sigils, and the player’s own blood to create magical artifacts and gear that are incredibly useful. Creating infinite sources of water and lava and making super buffed weapons is just scratching the surface of what Blood Magic can do
Get Blood Magic: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/blood-magic
6. Thaumcraft
Harness the power of arcane spirits to become the ultimate wizard. Thaumcraft adds in one of the most complex magic systems of any Minecraft mod and some of the coolest magical spells and weapons as well
How Thaumcraft Makes the Game Fun:
- Thaumcraft adds in an RPG-Esque leveling system that makes it satisfying to level up all your different magical abilities and skills
- Thaumcraft adds in some amazingly cool spells and weapons. Lightning staffs, fire magic, gravity reversing wands, Thaumcraft has anything and everything
Get Thaumcraft: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/thaumcraft
5. Botania
Harness the power of flowers and nature to create some truly dazzling spells and effects. The less harsh cousin of the Blood Magic mod, Botania allows you to achieve all your magical aspirations in the prettiest way possible
How Botania Makes the Game Fun
- Botania adds in some really unique spells, such as being able to mind control mobs and being able to control the day and night cycle
- This is one of the prettiest Minecraft magic mods, it’s so bright and colorful to look at and it's just such a joy to watch the magic in action
Get Botania: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/botania
4. Witchery
Witchery puts a lot of emphasis on classic magic, like cauldrons and potions and black cats and all that jazz. Witchery does a great job of bringing these ideas of a classic witch into the world of Minecraft
How Witchery Makes the Game Fun:
- Witchery adds in an enormous amount of really fun potions. Instantly make vines that are 20 blocks tall, fill an entire room with ice, set everything on fire, its classic magic at its best and it's amazing
- Witchery also adds a lot of tamable mobs which are achieved in really unconventional ways. Through the process of sacrificing and transmuting you can make owls, winged monkeys, and snakes in a way unique to this mod
Get Witchery: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/witchery
3. Pixlemon
Pixlemon is a fully realized version of Pokemon in Minecraft, and it skimps on none of the details. It's truly amazing what’s been accomplished with this mod and it's an absolute must-play for any fan of the Pokemon series
How Pixlemon Makes the Game Fun:
- Pixelmon adds in pretty much every Pokemon into Minecraft, each of which has a custom texture that fits well into Minecraft while also looking exactly like the actual Pokemon
- Pixlemon just fully encapsulates the Pokemon experience of catching creatures and making them stronger, which is a very fun process. There are even NPC trainers to battle against and test your strength
Get Pixlemon: https://pixelmonmod.com/wiki/Main_Page
2. Tinkers Construct
Tinkers Construct is without a doubt the most in-depth tool customization mod. No other mod allows you to fully customize your tools as this one can and some of the late-game tools you can unlock are insane
How Tinkers Construct Makes the Game More Fun:
- Tinkers Construct has hundreds upon hundreds of new tools to choose from, the variation is insane. And all throughout there's a really satisfying sense of progression as you advance to another upgrade
- Tinkers Construct also allows you to modify your tools to do great things. Break all blocks in an area, steal life, deal absurd amounts of damage, you can make the tool of your dreams that's customized to your exact desires
Get Tinkers Construct: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tinkers-construct
1. Orespawn
Orespawn has been chosen for the number one mod because out of all the other mod, this is the one that most adds on to every aspect of Minecraft and does so in a really impressive and fun way
How Orespawn Makes the Game More Fun:
- Orespawn is great because of how it takes every great aspect of Minecraft and pumps it up to the extreme. Multiple dragon boss fights, dozens of new ores, hundreds of new pieces of gear, and hundreds of new mobs both peaceful and hostile. It’s Minecraft pushed to its limits and its awesome
- Orespawn has a fantastic amount of polish that really completes the mod. The mechanics for the weapons are nice to use, the boss fights are challenging but not impossible, and the mod overall just feels nice to playthrough and super fun to advance in
Get Orespawn: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mmd-orespawn
There sure are a lot of choices when it comes to Minecraft mods, and it can be a little overwhelming. I hope this articles helped you pick out the next exciting mod to improve your Minecraft experience
