QOL and visual minecraft mods I consider essential. This is here just so I don't forget about any lol.
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Eating animations https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/eating-animation-fabric
small but neat visual enhancement
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Inventory Profiles Next https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/inventory-profiles-next
vital for QOL
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AppleSkin https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/appleskin
visualizing saturation
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Midnight Controls https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/midnightcontrols
controller support
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Mod Menu https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/modmenu
convenient mod menu
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No Chat Reports https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/no-chat-reports
essential for security
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Not Enough Animations https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/not-enough-animations
just visual enhancements
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3D Skin Layers https://github.com/tr7zw
purely visual but cool
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Xaero's WorldMap https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/xaeros-world-map
navigation
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Smooth Swapping https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smooth-swapping
visual improvement to inventory interactions
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Dynamic FPS https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/dynamic-fps
less electricity consumed and less heat produced while mc is in the background
All that installed over Simply Optimized modpack https://modrinth.com/modpack/sop