{"id":72466,"date":"2026-06-04T05:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/fov\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:39:06","slug":"fov","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/fov\/","title":{"rendered":"Faster on Vulkan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># Faster on Vulkan<br \/>\nMakes Minecraft an order of magnitude faster, mainly by using a whole new, Vulkan-based rendering engine.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/NSrgA59SfQw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>## How it works:<br \/>\nThe core of this modpack, **VulkanMod**, rewrites Minecraft&#8217;s renderer using the **Vulkan graphics API** instead of the classic _(now discontinued)_ **OpenGL**, unlike most mods, such as Sodium and OptiFine. <\/p>\n<p>Vulkan, being significantly faster and more modern, makes it a much better choice than OpenGL for the _vast_ majority of computers running Minecraft nowadays.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Mods used (16)<\/summary>\n<p>&#8211; Misc: BadOptimizations, Lithium, STFU, ModernFix<br \/>\n&#8211; Multiplayer: Very Many Players<br \/>\n&#8211; Worldgen: C2ME, FastNoiseMod, Super Fast Math<br \/>\n&#8211; Rendering: VulkanMod, ScalableLux, MoreCulling<br \/>\n&#8211; Memory: FerriteCore<br \/>\n&#8211; Libraries: YACL, Cloth Config, Fabric API, Mod Menu<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>## You should use this if:<br \/>\n1. You have a Vulkan-compatible device _(must have Vulkan 1.2+)_<br \/>\n2. You don&#8217;t see acceptable performance using Sodium and other mods<br \/>\n3. You don&#8217;t mind sacrificing mod, shader, and resource pack compatibility<br \/>\n    &#8211; Mods like EMF, ETF and Nvidium won&#8217;t work<br \/>\n    &#8211; VulkanMod does not support **Optifine\/Iris** shaders<br \/>\n    &#8211; Resource packs may need incompatible mods to work properly _(e.g. Fresh Animations uses EMF\/ETF)_  <\/p>\n<p>## Recommendations:<br \/>\nUse Java 25 _(Eclipse Temurin is recommended)_ with these flags for the best performance on most devices:<br \/>\n&#8220;`<br \/>\n-XX:+UseZGC -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders<br \/>\n&#8220;`<br \/>\nThis can be done quite easily with Prism Launcher<\/p>\n<p>## Known issues:<br \/>\n&#8211; Resolution and refresh rate is sometimes reported as -1 on non-apple devices<br \/>\n  &#8211; Just defaults to native resolution<br \/>\n&#8211; **Unlikely support** for Windows and Linux on ARM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A extreme and experimental performance enhancing modpack \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72467,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"fov","_minecraft_project_id":"Wt0kvnFB","_minecraft_author":"flipflop","_minecraft_license":"Apache-2.0","_minecraft_downloads":838,"_minecraft_follows":3,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"fov.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":890588,"_minecraft_version_count":19,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T09:25:54.911230Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-02-10T18:42:40.459733Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-03T01:59:10.610153Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/fov","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":72467,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-04T02:39:08+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"d2a5bc80b56c808910ef47d70f970a36","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[97,157,90],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[41,163],"class_list":["post-72466","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-lightweight","mod_category-optimization","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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