Being the second best-selling video game of all time, Minecraft brings with it one of the largest and most dedicated modding communities this side of Doom. With content ranging from widely requested update features to fully fleshed out RPG systems, the community has implemented some truly mind-boggling work, with a level of quality that even rivals Mojang at times.
Some of you might find it a bit tricky, however, rooting through the thousands of mods hosted on Curseforge. This is where the modpack section comes in to save your day! With their developers cobbling together hundreds of mods at a time while also prioritizing performance, modpacks provide a perfect way to quickly get into heavily modded experiences. This rundown features some of the best packs available, with picks for both beginners and experts, so you're sure to find something to your taste.
10 Better Minecraft
For those of you looking to add in a ton of content, while still keeping the general feel of vanilla Minecraft intact, look no further than Better Minecraft. This fantastic vanilla plus modpack simultaneously includes changes to existing content with some great new additions. The Nether and End dimension both see drastic overhauls, with many new biomes and structures to explore.
There are also four brand-new dimensions explorers can make their way through, a veritable cornucopia of building blocks which will prove to be a creative player's delight, and awesome new redstone machinery for the tech oriented players. With over 250 mods all tossed into the kitchen sink, there is sure to be a new discovery around every corner!
9 Agrarian Skies 2
Skyblock is, undoubtedly, one of the most iconic maps in Minecraft history. It is also one of the most tweaked, seeing hundreds of different variants throughout the years since that original map's release. Starting out with extreme limitations in terms of space and resources, you progress your way towards building an incredible factory in the sky. If you're searching for a truly unique iteration of this classic map, Agrarian Skies 2 may be the perfect fit.
Featuring a fully fleshed out questing system to guide you through some of the pack's intricacies, selectable difficulty options, and other truly innovative features, AS2 will provide a wealth of content to those players that are fine with a bit of grind.
8 TechnodeFirmaCraft
With your survival adventure in Minecraft likely beginning by punching trees for wood, and ending with a big scary dragon to kill, it's safe to say that realism wasn't a high focus for the Mojang dev team. It was the main focus, however, for the TerraFirmaCraft dev team. TerraFirmaCraft overhauls nearly every aspect of the base game to be more rooted in how those concepts would work in the real world. No longer do you start out punching trees, instead progressing through the Stone Age by knapping tools together with resources you find on the ground.
TechnodeFirmaCraft uses this overhaul as the base for its pack, adding in tons of QOL changes and progressing players far past the metal age where the original TerraFirma tended to stagnate. If you're craving a hardcore realistic survival experience, with hunger, thirst, and climate all factoring in to your character's success, you can't do much better than this pack.
7 Demon Slayers Unleashed
In a 180 degree flip from TechnodeFirmaCraft, Demon Slayers Unleashed features some of the most unrealistic content available in a modpack. Directly inspired by the Demon Slayer franchise, this modpack transforms Minecraft into a high octane, thrilling first-person combat title. You can hunt demons down across its map, or even become one yourself (just be sure to get inside before the sun comes up!)
With incredible custom models and artwork from the pack's creator, fans of Demon Slayer can watch as its world comes to blocky life, with monsters and weapons ripped straight from the source. Explore this darkly intriguing world, fighting through hoards of vicious foes in the most viscerally satisfying combat this old block game is likely to ever see.
6 Stoneblock 2
It's like Skyblock, but without all of that pesky falling to your own death business. Surrounded by a practically infinite supply of stone, your goal is mass production, with every item in the game being available by some means. This is a pack bursting at the seams with possibility, each build made all the more satisfying by the knowledge that it came from nothing.
The pack features a well considered series of quest-lines, helping you progress through some of the more difficult mods while not directly forcing you down a specific lane, making this one of the best packs for beginners to pick up and start learning modded Minecraft.
5 Mineshafts & Monsters
Fans of role-playing are sure to find a lot to love within Mineshafts & Monsters. Introducing character backgrounds, warring NPC factions, an in-depth reputation system, and many more key roleplaying mechanics, this is one pack that totally flips core Minecraft on its head.
The pack has a full storyline for players to make their way through, as well as a wealth of side content to pick up from NPCs, essentially turning Minecraft into a fully featured RPG. With possible hours of exploration and questing ahead, what are you waiting for?
4 Vault Hunters
Dungeon crawling has always been a particularly underwhelming aspect of vanilla Minecraft. With most dungeons in the original game being nothing more than 9x9 cubes with a spawner in the middle and a couple of chests, it's easily understandable why many players tend to stop actively dungeon crawling by mid-game.
The Vault Hunters modpack turns all of this around by introducing an entire dungeon dimension that you can loot to your heart's content. Procedurally generating as you explore, this dimension holds powerful new enemies, rewarding your persistence with equally powerful gear. This pack also features some excellent multiplayer functionality, with many dedicated servers where you and your friends can to go to enjoy some co-op crawling.
3 Crash Landing
Despite sitting on a particularly old version of the game, 1.6.4 to be precise, Crash Landing is one quest-based pack that simply brings with it a breath of fresh air every time you start it. The pack begins with your spaceship landing smack dab into the worst location possible — a dusty and barren planet with no major resources in sight.
Adding in thirst mechanics without any water around, Crash Landing tasks you from the beginning with one simple goal: survive. Will you be able to navigate through many challenging situations, fix your ship, and escape? Only one way to find out!
2 The Pixelmon Modpack
Pokémon being a series which often pops up alongside Minecraft on the list of best-selling video games, this is one mashup that was seemingly inevitable. Who could have thought that the two would mesh so well together, though? It is a constant blast to explore the world of Pixelmon, hunting down those elusive legendary Pokémon and battling opponents for badges.
The Pixelmon Modpack includes alongside the base mod many great features, such as shops, gyms, and even its own wonderful OST! With an ever expanding list of quests and content, there has never been a better time to hop into Pixelmon and start your Pokémon trainer journey.
1 RL Craft
By far the most downloaded modpack on Curseforge, with 6 million more downloads than the second on that list, it's abundantly clear that RL Craft has something players want. A hardcore questing modpack, RL Craft introduces many elements to make Minecraft's gameplay a much more difficult but richly engaging experience.
Some such elements include the need to drink water, a body temperature mechanic, and a combat system which rewards careful play. The potential for death is high in these lands, but that just serves to sweeten every victory. With intricate leveling, questing, and more, fans who love to micromanage their characters' path towards success have a match made in heaven.