{"id":173685,"date":"2026-06-10T01:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:56:58","slug":"zechs-essentials","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Zech&#8217;s Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea7 Description is Work-in-Progress for version 5.0.0 \ud83d\udea7<\/p>\n<p># About<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This modpack is aimed to make vanilla experience better, it doesn&#8217;t change any game mechanics &#8211; aimed for singleplayer and survival servers (if the server allows included mods)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p># Shaders<br \/>\n&#8211; I recommend using Complementary shaders, either the Reimagined or Version 4, the option is yours<\/p>\n<p># Mod List (64)<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Table of all mods used from Modrinth<\/summary>\n<p>| Mod name | Description (by mod author) |<br \/>\n| &#8212;&#8212;&#8211; | &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; |<br \/>\n| 3D Skin Layers | Render the player skin layer in 3d! |<br \/>\n| AdvancementInfo | Show more information about advancement requirements |<br \/>\n| Animatica | A mod implementing the OptiFine\/MCPatcher animated texture format |<br \/>\n| Quilted Fabric API (QFAPI) \/ Quilt Standard Libraries (QSL) | The standard libraries of the Quilt ecosystem. Essential for your modding experience on Quilt! |<br \/>\n| AppleSkin | Food\/hunger-related HUD improvements |<br \/>\n| Architectury API | An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods. |<br \/>\n| Auth Me | Authenticate yourself and re-validate your session |<br \/>\n| bad packets | Bad Packets allows packet messaging between different modding platforms. |<br \/>\n| Balm | Abstraction Layer (but not really)\u2122 for Blay&#8217;s multiplatform mods |<br \/>\n| Cloth Config API | Configuration Library for Minecraft Mods |<br \/>\n| Beenfo | Show number of bees and honey level in hives and nests |<br \/>\n| Better Mount HUD | Improves the ingame HUD while riding a mount |<br \/>\n| Better Taskbar | Show state on taskbar |<br \/>\n| Borderless Mining | Changes Fullscreen to use a borderless window. |<br \/>\n| Custom Entity Models | Custom Entity Models suport on Fabric |<br \/>\n| ClickThrough | Click through signs and item frames to chests |<br \/>\n| Client Tweaks | There, I fixed Minecraft for you. Various optional tweaks to improve Minecraft Quality of Life.  |<br \/>\n| Crafting Tweaks | Allows you to rotate, balance or clear the crafting matrix by the press of a button, in any (supported) crafting window. |<br \/>\n| DashLoader | Launch at the speed of light. |<br \/>\n| o\u03c9o (owo-lib) | A general utility, GUI and config library for modding on Fabric and Quilt |<br \/>\n| DeathLog | Keeps track of the many embarrassing times you died |<br \/>\n| YetAnotherConfigLib | A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft. |<br \/>\n| Debugify | Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker |<br \/>\n| Detail Armor Bar | More detail about armor in Armor bar! |<br \/>\n| Durability Viewer | Armor and Tool durability HUD |<br \/>\n| Dynamic FPS | Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background. |<br \/>\n| EasierVillagerTrading | Fewer clicks to trade with villagers |<br \/>\n| Entity Texture Features | Emissive, Random &#038; Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric |<br \/>\n| FabricSkyboxes | Allows resource packs to define custom skyboxes. |<br \/>\n| Falling Leaves | Adds a neat little particle effect to leaf blocks |<br \/>\n| FerriteCore | Memory usage optimizations |<br \/>\n| Horse Stats Vanilla | This client-side mod displays the statistics (health, speed, jump height) of horses in their inventory. |<br \/>\n| Sodium | Modern rendering engine and client-side optimization mod for Minecraft |<br \/>\n| Indium | Sodium addon providing support for the Fabric Rendering API, based on Indigo |<br \/>\n| Iris Shaders | A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs |<br \/>\n| JourneyMap | Real-time mapping in game or in a web browser as you explore. |<br \/>\n| LambdaBetterGrass | A Minecraft mod which adds better grass and snow to the game. |<br \/>\n| LambDynamicLights | A dynamic lights mod for Fabric. |<br \/>\n| Language Reload | Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages |<br \/>\n| LazyDFU | Makes the game boot faster by deferring non-essential initialization |<br \/>\n| Light Overlay | A simple mod to provide users with NEI-like light level overlay. |<br \/>\n| Lithium | No-compromises game logic\/server optimization mod |<br \/>\n| MidnightControls | Adds controller support and enhanced controls overall. |<br \/>\n| Mod Menu | Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed. |<br \/>\n| Mouse Wheelie | A &#8220;small&#8221; clientside mod featuring item scrolling, inventory sorting, item refilling and more! |<br \/>\n| Not Enough Animations | Bringing first-person animations to the third-person |<br \/>\n| Ok Zoomer | Adds a highly-configurable zoom key for Quilt. The zoom is yours! |<br \/>\n| MixinTrace | Adds a list of mixins in the stack trace to crash reports  |<br \/>\n| Reese&#8217;s Sodium Options | Alternative Options Menu for Sodium |<br \/>\n| Roughly Enough Items (REI) | Clean and Customizable. Alternative to Just Enough Items\/JEI. |<br \/>\n| Screenshot to Clipboard | Screenshots taken are copied to the clipboard. |<br \/>\n| Smooth Boot (Fabric) | Improve Minecraft CPU scheduling |<br \/>\n| Sodium Extra | Features that shouldn&#8217;t be in Sodium. |<br \/>\n| Starlight (Fabric) | Rewrites the light engine to fix lighting performance and lighting errors |<br \/>\n| Visuality | Little visual improvements by adding a bunch of new particles. |<br \/>\n| Your Options Shall Be Respected (YOSBR) | Your options shall be respected. |<br \/>\n| CraftPresence | Completely Customize the way others see you play in Discord! |<br \/>\n| Prism | A library all about color! Provides lots of color-related functionality for dependent mods. |<br \/>\n| Iceberg | A modding library that contains new events, helpers, and utilities to make modder&#8217;s lives easier. |<br \/>\n| Item Borders | Add colored borders to inventory slots to make your rare items stand out! |<br \/>\n| Item Highlighter | Highlights newly picked-up items. Simple and convenient. |<br \/>\n| Equipment Compare | Makes it easier to compare equipment by showing a tooltip for what you&#8217;re already wearing. |<br \/>\n| Amecs | Improves your keys &#038; controls setup by providing modifier keys and making multi-functional keys a thing. |<br \/>\n| Forge Config API Port | Yes, you&#8217;re reading that correctly. This is the whole Forge Config API ported to Fabric. |<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n*last updated on Feb 23, 2023*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aims to make the vanilla experience just a bit better, no breaking game-mechanic changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":173686,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"zechs-essentials","_minecraft_project_id":"N85AnE8A","_minecraft_author":"Zechiax","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":1551,"_minecraft_follows":2,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"zechs-essentials.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":56878240,"_minecraft_version_count":15,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-17T06:56:17.117846Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2022-05-31T20:30:08.324625Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2023-02-24T11:51:34.226269Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/zechs-essentials","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":173686,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-09T22:56:58+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"e415b63296213269fc4887f4dfac18c8","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[157,105,98],"mod_loader":[100],"minecraft_version":[53,54,56,57],"class_list":["post-173685","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-lightweight","mod_category-multiplayer","mod_category-quilt","mod_loader-quilt","minecraft_version-1-18-2","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zech&#039;s Essentials - Minecraft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zech&#039;s Essentials - Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aims to make the vanilla experience just a bit better, no breaking game-mechanic changes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/\",\"name\":\"Zech's Essentials - Minecraft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/zechs-essentials-icon-5c20a072b03a4904572c311f29944446d85a2af0.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-09T22:56:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/zechs-essentials-icon-5c20a072b03a4904572c311f29944446d85a2af0.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/zechs-essentials-icon-5c20a072b03a4904572c311f29944446d85a2af0.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/zechs-essentials\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mods\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Zech&#8217;s Essentials\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/\",\"name\":\"Minecraft\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zech's Essentials - Minecraft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zech's Essentials - Minecraft","og_description":"Aims to make the vanilla experience just a bit better, no breaking game-mechanic changes","og_url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/","og_site_name":"Minecraft","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/","name":"Zech's Essentials - Minecraft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zechs-essentials-icon-5c20a072b03a4904572c311f29944446d85a2af0.png","datePublished":"2026-06-09T22:56:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zechs-essentials-icon-5c20a072b03a4904572c311f29944446d85a2af0.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zechs-essentials-icon-5c20a072b03a4904572c311f29944446d85a2af0.png","width":200,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/zechs-essentials\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mods","item":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zech&#8217;s Essentials"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/","name":"Minecraft","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod\/173685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mod"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mod_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod_category?post=173685"},{"taxonomy":"mod_loader","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod_loader?post=173685"},{"taxonomy":"minecraft_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/minecraft_version?post=173685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}