A list of performance-enhancing mods for 1.12.x versions.
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| Name | Known Incompatibilities | Description | Author | Performance Improvement | Label | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AE2 Unofficial Extended Life   |
Applied Energistics 2 | This is a Fork of Applied Energistcs 2 since 1.12.2 in no longer supported, This version of AE2 comes with many bugfixes and performance improvments | PrototypeTrousers | Both | None | Custom |
| AI Improvements |
None | Simplified AI modification mod focused on performance and low-level modifications to AIs in the game | QueenOfMissiles | Server | Replaced (1) | All Rights Reserved |
Alfheim Lighting Engine  |
Unknown | A fork of Hesperus with many performance improvements and bugfixes | Desoroxxx | Server | None | MIT |
| Better Biome Blend |
None | Better Biome Blend is a mod which accelerates the biome color blending algorithm. | FionaTheMortal | Client | None | The Unilicense |
| BetterFPS |
None | BetterFps is a Minecraft mod that add a few performance improvements, trying to be compatible with other mods. | Guichaguri | Both | None | LGPL-2.1 |
| CensoredASM |
TexFix, VanillaFix | Formally LoliASM/LOLiASM. Optimize RAM usage. | Rongmario | Both | None | LGPL-3.0 |
| Chunk-Pregenerator |
Unknown | Chunk Pregenerator is a tool that allows you to generate your World more efficiently, by Preemptively generating the chunks. It is a Server-side tool that has some optional client features if wanted. | Speiger | Both | Configuration Needed (7) | All Rights Reserved |
| Clumps |
None | Clumps groups XP orbs together into a single entity to reduce lag when there are many in a small area | jaredlll08 | Both | None | MIT |
| Entity Culling |
Pixelmon, Sync | Entity Culling is a small client-side performance core mod which improves the rendering of entities and tile entities. | meldexun | Client | None | All Rights Reserved |
| FastFurnace |
None | Similar to FastWorkbench, it caches the last recipe used, and checks this recipe first before re-scanning the entire registry. | Shadows_of_Fire | Server (Must be installed in client as well) | None | MIT |
| FastWorkbench |
None | This is a mod aimed at improving performance of all crafting-related functions. | Shadows_of_Fire | Server (Must be installed in client as well) | None | MIT |
| FoamFix |
None | FoamFix is a mod designed to optimize post-1.7.10 modded Minecraft using simple, targeted optimizations. | asiekierka | Both | None | GPL 3 |
| Get It Together, Drops! |
Unknown | This mod adds two configuration options to control how dropped items combine on the ground. This can significantly improve performance in areas with lots of dropped items | bl4ckscor3 | Server | None | MIT |
| Hesperus |
May be laggier than Phosphor with Dynamic Lighting. | Hesperus is a continuation of the abandoned Phosphor Forge Edition, aiming to fix crashes and mod conflicts. | kappa_maintainer | Both | None | LGPL-3.0 |
| Let Me Despawn |
Unknown | LMD tweaks the despawn check to allow mobs that pick up or equip items from the ground to naturally despawn like any other mob. | frikinjay | Server | Reverse Features (7) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Nothirium |
FarPlane2, LittleTiles, Albedo, ColoredLux (Partial) OptiFine, VanillaFix, CensoredASM | Nothirium is a client-side only mod that changes Minecraft's chunk rendering engine to use modern OpenGL which greatly increases performance. This mod is similar to Sodium but this is not a port of Sodium. | meldexun | Client | None | All Rights Reserved |
| Particle Culling |
None | This mod is a client-side performance enhancing mod, which stops particles that are outside the player's view from rendering | bl4ckscor3 | Client | None | MIT |
| Performant |
Bewitchment | Lightweight mod project which hugely improves performance and blocklag. | someaddon | Server | Incompatible (2) | All Rights Reserved |
| Phosphor |
Mods using outdated mixin versions¹ | An updated version of Phosphor is found here. Phosphor is a Minecraft mod which works to optimize one of game's most inefficient areas, the lighting engine. | jellysquid_ | Both | Replaced (1) | LGPL-3.0 |
| PortalSuperCache |
FTB Utilities | When using this mod, your game will search portal blocks at a high speed on teleport. | LucunJi | Server | Alpha (6) | LGPL-2.1 |
| Raw Mouse Input |
Unknown | Using raw input on Minecraft 1.12.2 can make mouse input feel smoother and fix mouse jittering. | llumoo | Client | None | MIT |
| Universal Tweaks |
Mods it replaces, mods using outdated mixin versions¹ | A ton of performance and bugfix mods in one | ACGaming56 | Both | None | LGPL-3.0 |
| Stackie |
Unknown | This mod increases stack sizes of experience and items | Lunatrius | Server | None | MIT |
| Surge |
Mods using outdated mixin versions¹, Universal Tweaks | Surge is an open source mod which aims to improve the load time and performance of the game. | DarkhaxDev | Both | Replaced (1) | LGPL-3.0 |
| TexFix |
FoamFix-Anarchy, MCPatcher, (NormalASM/CensoredASM) | TexFix optimizes the loading of textures of other mods | Speiger | Client | None | All Rights Reserved |
| Tick Dynamic |
Unknown | Attempts to keep the server at 20tps by dynamically limiting the amount of entities and tile-entities that update per tick | The_Fireplace / wildex999 | Server | None | MIT |
| Tiquality |
Unknown | Limiting a player's tick time in the world to evenly distribute time. | Terminator_NL | Server | None | GPL-3 |
| VanillaFix |
Mods using outdated mixin versions¹, (NormalASM/CensoredASM) | VanillaFix is a mod that improves performance and fixes bugs and annoyances in vanilla Minecraft | Runemoro (Dimensional Development) | Both | None | MIT |
| VintageFix |
FoamFix | FerriteCore and ModernFix venturing into the stone age | embeddedt | Both | None | LGPL-3.0 |
| Vintagium |
OptiFine | Vintagium is an Unofficial Fork of CaffeineMC's "Sodium", ported to 1.12.2 and made to work with Forge Mod Loader. | Asek3 | Both | None | LGPL-3.0 |
| Name | Known Incompatibilities | Description | Author | Performance Improvement | Label | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate Current |
Unknown | Alternate Current is an efficient and non-locational redstone dust implementation. | Space Walker | Server | None | MIT |
| Legacy Advancements Debug |
None | Makes advancement checking faster | KingContaria | Server | None | MIT |
| Mipmaplevel and Language Fix |
Unknown | Makes changing Mipmaplevels and Language faster, by instead of doing a full reload, only reloading the respective part of the game. | KingContaria | Client | None | CC0 |
| Phosphor Legacy |
Unknown | Port of Phosphor to Legacy-Fabric 1.12.2 & 1.8.9 | Grayray75 | Client | None | LGPL-3.0 |