Mods

Mods (short for modifications) are software packages that change the behavior of Minecraft in various ways. Developers of mods are referred to as mod authors or mod developers. Over twenty five thousand mods for Minecraft currently exist, all with various functions. Most mods are created for the Computer Edition, because it is easy to decompile it due to it being written in Java, and because of the portability that Java provides; almost all mods for the Computer Edition will work across all devices that the Computer Edition can run on. Mods for the Pocket Edition have also had varying successes, although there are little to no mods for the Console Edition or for other editions.

Early mods for the Computer Edition were patches of the minecraft.jar, although now many mods are created using Minecraft Forge.

History

Main article: History of modded Minecraft

The earliest forms of mods were texture packs. One of the earliest "mods" to change content was called Omen. It was a map editor, and it was used heavily on servers. One of the earliest mods to modify the game's code was Lava + Water = Glass, which made Glass be produced when Lava touched Water, instead of Stone.

Later, hMod was released, the predecessor to Bukkit.

Risugami's ModLoader was released in late 2010. It allowed for greater compatible between mods. Minecraft Coder Pack (later renamed to "Mod Coder Pack") was released around the same time; it allowed for the deobfuscation of Minecraft's code, which allowed it to be easier to read and understand, hence allowing it to be easier to modify. During Minecraft Beta, many large mods that still have varying amounts of popularity today were released, including IndustrialCraft, BuildCraft, Railcraft, and Better Than Wolves. After another framework called Minecraft Forge was created, originally to allow more mods to be able to be used at the same time.

During the later versions of beta, a user named KakerMix released one of the earliest modpacks named Technic on a website named Something Awful. It only had a few downloads, until it was reviewed by a member of The Yogscast. It then got a multitude of downloads. With the newfound popularity, KakerMix assembled a team to make the Technic Launcher and further modpacks, including a multiplayer version of Technic, Tekkit.

Feed The Beast (FTB) was released on February 24, 2012, as a modded map. After being played by Direwolf20 and TheMattaBase, it gained a large following. The creator, slowpoke101, decided to make modpacks for general usage after many users using the modpack without the map. Many "kitchen-sink" FTB modpacks have been released since then, including FTB Ultimate and FTB Infinity. One of the things that initially separated FTB from Technic was that FTB asked for permission from all included mod's authors before releasing modpacks, which had caused Technic problems previously.

After a partnership with Curse, Inc., FTB moved from the Feed The Beast Launcher to the Curse application, later known as the Twitch Desktop App. The Twitch Desktop App application allows for easy management of mods, as it is synced with CurseForge, which is widely considered to be the most popular mod hosting website. However, the Twitch Desktop App has received criticism from the community for its lack of Linux support, as well as some other factors.

List of mods

By letter – A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 3D-Furnace • 4-Space • 801-Library • A New Dawn: Botania • AE2 Tech Addon • AFSU Mod • AbyssalCraft • AcademyCraft • Actually Additions • Admin Commands Toolbox • Advanced Fluxian Tools • Advanced Generators • Advanced Genetics • Advanced Lightsabers • Advanced Machines (Chocohead) • Advanced Machines (Immibis) • Advanced Power Management • Advanced Repulsion Systems • Advanced Solars • Adventurer's Amulets • Aether Aspects • Aether II • AgriCraft • Agriculture • Alternate Terrain Generation • Animation API • Another One Bites The Dust • AppleCore • AppleSkin • Applied Energistics 2 • Applied Energistics • Arcane Engineering • Arcane Scrolls • Archimedes' Ships • Archmagus • Armor Bar • ArmorPlus • ArmorStatusHUD • Aroma1997's Dimensional World • Aroma1997Core • AromaBackup • Ars Magica 2 • Artifice • Asgard Shield Core • Aura Cascade • AutoFood • AutoPackager • Automagy • Autoutils • Back Tools • Backpacks • Bagginses • Balkon's WeaponMod • Baubles • Bdlib • Better Builder's Wands • Better Dungeons • Better Sleeping • Better Than Bunnies • Better Than Wolves • Better Title Screen • Better With Mods • BetterBedrockGen • BetterChests • BetterStorage • BiblioCraft • BiblioWoods • Big Reactors • Billund • Binnie Fence Recipes • Binnie Patcher • Binnie-Fix • Biomes O' Plenty • BlockRenderer • Blood Magic • Bloodmoon • Blue Power • Boilerplate • Bonemealable babies • Bookshelf (mod) • Boost • Botania • BrainCore • Brandon's Core • Bread Power 2 • Brewing API • BspkrsCore • BuildCraft • Calclavia Core • Carpenter's Blocks • Cave Control • Ceramics • ChaoticKarma • Chargepads • Charset • Chat Tweaks • ChickenChunks • Chickens • ChiselTones • Choco Patcher • ChristmasCraft • ChromatiCraft • Clay (mod) • Clay Expert Mode • Cloud Storage • CoFH Core • CoFH Lib • CodeChickenCore • CodeChickenLib • Compact Solar Arrays • Compact Windmills • CompactStorage • ComputerCraft • Computronics • Connected Glass • Conquest Reforged • Coral Reef (Nandonalt) • Coral Reef (primetoxinz) • CoroUtil • Craft Arcanum 1 • CraftHeraldry • Creative Blocks • Creeper Collateral • Crusher (mod) • CustomSteve • CustomizedLore • Cyberware • D3 Core • DamageIndicators • Dark Menagerie • Dark Panels • DartCraft • DartPatch • Deadly World • Death Timer • DecoCraft • DefaultSkin • DenLib • Dense Ores • Dimensional Doors • Ding • Diorite To Diamonds • Dooglamoo Jr. Archaeology • DragonAPI • Drug Mod • Dye Trees • Dynamic Liquid Tanks 2 • EVOC • EiraIRC • ElectriCraft • Electro-Magic Tools • Elevator Mod • Emasher Resource • Embers • Enchanting Plus • Ender Book (mod) • Ender Forest • Ender IO Zoo • Ender IO • Ender Suits • EnderNET • EnderStorage • EnderTech • Engineer's Toolbox • Engineer's Workshop • Enhanced Portals 3 • Equivalent Exchange 2 • Equivalent Exchange 3 • Equivalent Exchange • Essence of the Gods • Esteemed Innovation (mod) • Ex Nihilo Adscensio • Ex Nihilo • Expanded Redstone • Extra Utilities • ExtraCells • ExtraTiC • ExtrabiomesXL • Factorization • Falling Meteors Mod • Fancy Fences • Fantastic Beasts and How To Eat Them • Farlanders • Farseek • FastLeafDecay • Fastcraft • Feasts of the Pharaohs • FighterMobs • FinndusFillies • Fire's Survival Tweaks • FirePeripherals • Fishing Nets • Flamingo • FlatSigns • Flaxbeard's Steam Power • FluxedFeederUnit • FoodSpecialitate • Forbidden Magic • Forestry • Forge Multipart • Forge Xray • ForgeIRC • Forgelin • Foundry 2 • Foundry • Freedom • Funky Locomotion • GT Shim • Gany's End • Gany's Nether • Gany's Surface • Garden Stuff • Garden of Glass • GasCraft • Gendustry • GeoStrata • Giacomo's Fishing Net • GlobalChat • Glow • Good ol' PvP • GooglyEyes • GraviGun • GraviSuite • Green Thumb (mod) • GregTech 4 • GregTech 5 Unofficial • GregTech 5 • GregTech 6 • GrowthCraft • Hardcore Questing Mode • Harvest Festival • HarvestCraft WAILA Fixes • Hat Stand • Hats • Hbm's Nuclear Tech Mod • Headcrumbs • HermitQuest • Hexxit Gear • Highlands (mod) • Hopper Ducts • HuesoDeWiki • Hunger Overhaul • Hunger Persistence • Hunger in Peace • I'm Looking At Blood • IC2 Backpack HUD • IC2 Nuclear Control • IChun Util • IHL Tools & Machines • INpureCore • Immersive Engineering • Immersive Integration • Immibis Core • Immibis's Peripherals • IndustrialCraft 2 Classic • IndustrialCraft 2 • InfiniBows • Inventory Pets • Inventory Tweaks • Iron Backpacks • Iron Chests • JABBA • Jewelrycraft 2 • JourneyMap • JuiceWares • KeithyUtils • KingCore • Lava Monsters • Lawnmower (mod) • Light Level Overlay Reloaded • Literal Ascension • Localized Weather & Stormfronts • Lodeloader • Logistics Pipes • Lycanite's Mobs • Magical Crops • Magicum • Magneticraft • Make Clay Valuable Again • Mantle • Matter Overdrive • Metallurgy 3 • MeteorCraft • Mimicry • MineChem • MineFactory Reloaded • MineTweaker • Minecraft Drama Generator • MiscPeripherals • MmmMmmMmmMmm • Mob Settings • MobiusCore • Modular Armour • Modular Force Field System (Calclavia) • Modular Force Field System (Minalien) • Modular Powersuits Addons • Modular Powersuits • MoreDimensions • Morpheus • Morph • MrTJPCore • Mystcraft • Mystical Agriculture • NEI Addons • NEI Integration • NEI Plugins • NEI • Natural Absorption • Natura • NedoComputers • Nether Core • NetherPortalFix • NineTailLib • Nodal Mechanics • Nomadic Tents • Not Enough Keys • NotEnoughThaumcraftTabs • Nucleum Omnium • Numina • OPIS • ObsidiPlates • OmniTools • OpenBlocks • OpenComputers • OpenModsLib • OpenPeripheral Addons • OpenPeripheral Core • OptiFine • OreDictDumper • OreDictTips • Origin • Pam's HarvestCraft • Petroleum Generator • Ping! • PlaceableTools • Player Beacons • Player Rugs • PneumaticCraft • Podzol To Diamonds • PortalGun • Power Converters • PowerCraft • PowerCrystals Core • PrimalCore • Progressive Automation • Project Blue • Project Red • ProjectE • Psi • PumpkiSplode • QCraft • Quark • REI's Minimap • RF Void • RFTools Dimensions • RFTools • Rabbits Breed Like Rabbits • Railcraft • Random Things • ReactorCraft • Realistic Explosives • Realistic Torches • Recurrent Complex • RedLogic • RedPower 2 • RedPower Tweaks • Redstone Arsenal • Redstone Paste (mod) • Refined Storage • Reliquia • RemoteIO • Resonant Engine • Revamp • Roguelike Dungeons • Roots (mod) • Roots 2 • RotaryCraft • Rotatable Blocks • Sanguimancy • Santa's Decor • Santa's Toys • SecretRoomsMod • SeedCopy • Server Tools • Shadowfacts' Forgelin • ShinyStones Mod 2 • Simply Jetpacks • Skillable • Sleeping Bag (mod) • Sokratis Core • Solar Expansion • Solar Flux • Sort Fix • Soul Shards • Soul Shards Respawn • Sparkly Pants • Special Mobs • SpongeBob SquarePants Mod (x7haken927x) • Spongebob Mod (BlazeKnocker) • Spongebob Mod (iOp4u) • Spongebob Mod (jlegoclone) • Spongebob Squarepants Mod (ImHaxoTV) • Spongebob Squarepants Mod (Nivlek2984) • Spongecraft Mod • Springboards • Sprint Control • Squake • SquidUtils • Stackie • StartingInventory • StatusEffectHUD • Steamcraft2 • Steel Sheep (mod) • Steve's Factory Manager • Stone Armour • Storage Drawers • Streams • Substratum • Switches • Sync • TERBFix • TF2 Sentry Mod • Technomancy • Teslafied • Tesla • Tgame Core • Thaumcraft 3 • Thaumcraft 4 • Thaumcraft 5 • Thaumcraft 6 • Thaumcraft Inventory Scanning • Thaumcraft Minus Thaumcraft • Thaumcraft Mob Aspects • Thaumic Energistics • Thaumic Exploration • Thaumic Tinkerer • The Aether • The BackWoods • The Erebus • The Mists of RioV 2 • The Mists of RioV • The One Probe • The Spice of Life • The Vegan Option • TheDragonLib • Thermal Expansion 1 • Thermal Expansion 2 • Thermal Expansion 3 • Thermal Expansion 4 • Thermal Foundation • Thump • Timer (mod) • Tinkers' Construct Tooltips • Tinkers' Construct • Tinkers' Mechworks • Tinkers' Steelworks • Tiny Progressions • Tool Heads • Torch Levers • Torch Tools • Totemic • Tough As Nails • Traincraft • Translocators • Tropicraft • Tubestuff • Twilight Forest • Underground Biomes • Unidye Reborn • Universal Electricity Core • Useful Crops • UsefulRecipes • Utility Mobs • Valued Decor • Vending • Villager's Nose • VoidTech • VoxelMap • VoxelMenu • WAILA Harvestability • WAILA • WAWLA • WR-CBE • WeaponsPlus • Wearables • Weather Mod • Weeping Angels • What's This Pack • Whose bed? • WitcheryPatch • Witchery • Wolf Armor and Storage • Woot • World State Checkpoints • XACT • Xeno's Reliquary • XyCraft • YUNoMakeGoodMap • Zombie Awareness • Ztones