Summary

  • Minecraft has a vast modding community with magic mods for more gameplay options.
  • New mod releases range from survival challenges to looter shooter experiences.
  • Mods like Tectonic and True End offer unique world generation and post-victory content.

Since it was released, Minecraft has had one of the biggest modding communities on the planet. Any mod any player could imagine probably exists in some form or another, and every day more are being added to near near-endless list of cosmetic updates, world generation upgrades, and entire system overhauls.

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Minecraft: 30 Best Magic Mods You Need To Try

Minecraft is a bit limited on the magical front, but these magic mods for Mojang's sandbox masterpiece are the perfect spice to remedy that.

Now over a decade on, there are still plenty of interesting packs being released, ranging from simplistic quality of life changes to alterations to the larger experience as a whole. Whatever the case, now is as good a time as any to jump back into the modding world and try something new.

Liminal Industries

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Liminal Industries is a fascinating mod that takes inspiration from "The Backrooms" to create a unique survival experience unlike anything ever seen in Minecraft before. Players spawn into an endless set of corridors and rooms and must scavenge for whatever resources they can to survive the threats around every corner.

After exploring and no doubt getting lost, players can settle down and build full-blown factory production lines and magical devices to help them progress and hopefully escape the mind-bending labyrinth that has trapped more than a few souls.

Marium's Soulslike Weaponry

Weapons And Bosses Galore

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Marium's Soulslike Weaponry is a great mod that brings in plenty of awesome swords, hammers, scythes, and more for players to use against an even longer list of bosses, both original and inspired by iconic fights from all walks of the gaming world.

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Minecraft: Best Tech Mods You Need To Know

Minecraft is one of the most popular games, and with it comes a plethora of mods, like tech mods that go beyond just redstone.

The mod has been around for quite some time, but over the past few months, it has seen even more additions that change how players approach the late game of their playthrough, introducing more challenges to tackle beyond just the classic dragon fight.

Dungeon Blasters

Blending Looter Shooters With RPG Action

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Dungeon Masters turns Minecraft into a full-blown looter shooter experience, fit with guns and progression that rivals modern AAA releases. Players can blast their way through hordes of mobs, all while unlocking new skills and weapons to take on progressively tougher areas and dimensions.

The level of detail in the loot and customization is incredibly impressive, as players have access to a huge range of upgrade types and ways of levelling up their firepower, giving players so much content to enjoy and unlock in just a single mod.

Gargoyle's Quest

Additional Adventures With A Few Surprises

Minecraft Mod Gargoyle

Gargoyle's Quest is a simple yet in-depth pack full of adventures and quests for players to discover, turning the traditional survival gameplay into a rewarding yet challenging RPG experience.

What makes this pack so great is the attention to detail from the creators. Rather than overloading it with common mods, the pack is full of unique and fairly unknown individual mods that many players will have never seen before, lending it a unique, bespoke feel that few other mods can achieve.

Homestead

Cozy Farming Without Too Much Stress

Minecraft Mod Homestead

Homestead is a cute overhaul that turns Minecraft into a crop-farming, animal-taming, village-building game that maintains a lot of the original survival DNA, but infuses it with so much additional content, ranging from quests to entirely unique mobs, both passive and hostile.

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Best Minecraft Mods That Add New Bosses

Minecraft has a dire need for new bosses. Luckily, these incredible mods add challenging and interesting bosses to spice the game up.

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The world itself is also upgraded thanks to some handy world generation tweaks and structures that make the exploration even more fun. With so much diversity and so many paths to take, there is practically an entirely new game's worth of content to explore for farmers and builders alike.

Modern Life

Modernizing The Classic Survival Experience

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Modern Life is a cosmetic-based mod that aims to add some much-needed modernity to an otherwise quite dated game. Without breaking the base game too much, it adds some nice, simple blocks like printers and canvases to add a personal touch to the decorating process, as well as some more functional ones like trash cans.

With everything put together, players can build quite a luxurious modern home and make use of the additional vehicles this mod has to offer to travel the world in style, while keeping the core gameplay values intact.

Tectonic

World Generation On Another Level

Minecraft Mod Techtonic

For players who have been in the modding community for a while, Tectonic will certainly ring a bell. One of the premier world-generation mods that is now in its third version, Tectonic changes simple forests and hills into breathtaking scenes that could easily fit into a fantasy movie.

Every biome can be transformed into stunning landscapes that maintain all the core Minecraft world generation rules, aside from a few minor tweaks. Giant mountainscapes, deep oceans, lush valleys, and more are waiting to be found in what is easily one of the best standalone mods out there.

True End

Reimagining Life After Victory

Minecraft Mod True End

True End is an incredibly unique mod that removes far more content than it adds. The whole point of the mod stems from the original ending poem that talks of the player's dream and the reality from which they came.

After the player reaches the end of the game, they will be transported back to a different overworld that appears to be from an old Alpha version of the game. From there, their goal is to go back to the "player's dream," giving them a mighty adventure to complete in a world that feels empty yet mildly ominous.

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Top Critic Avg: 90 /100 Critics Rec: 84%
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Released
November 18, 2011
ESRB
E10+ For Everyone 10+ Due To Fantasy Violence
Developer(s)
Mojang
Publisher(s)
Mojang
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Genre(s)
Sandbox, Survival
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty