@SleepyCatten controller mod cause keyboard is hard as hell sometimes like i can't fuckin sprint
performance mods but not cause of "zomg 60fps" but because framerates below about 24 are kinda hard to play on
lambdabettergrass is like optifine grass but it looks good
on servers i usually install worldedit/fawe because it makes it way easier to build (i especially love /tool sphere stone then /naturalize)

@SleepyCatten wildfire’s female gender mod on the client side, i like my skin with breasts

@SleepyCatten these are only the really essential ones for me like you asked for, normally i'd use a lot more
client mods (all available for fabric):
- bobby, to increase render distance when playing on bad servers
- ears (im gay)
- fadeless, stops the mojang screen fading out because im impatient
- like all the usual performance mods idk
- midnightcontrols if i'm using a controller

server side: honestly not much, other than like no chat reports and performance mods

@SleepyCatten since i'm a Massive nerd i usually do more technical focused projects in minecraft, my client side modlist usually consists of fabulously optimized (modpack of a bunch of perfomance mods), carpet mod, tweakeroo, litematica, minihud, worldedit (for mapping out bigger projects in creative), and EMI (recipe viewer)

@SleepyCatten This post is what Mastodon was invented for

@SleepyCatten journey map or xearo’s map. Cannot play without it. Go around a corner and I’m lost!
And some way to move villagers around (easy villagers). The frustration I get from dealing with them just makes me stop playing.

plugins: LuckPerms, CoreProtect (some servers)

mods (fabric): sodium, viafabric

i would include EssentialsX under plugins if it wasn't so bloated and messy

@SleepyCatten queer and neurodivergent — any inventory management mod that allows me to one-click sort a chest or my inventory. InvTweaks or the like.