Modpack

The Hydro modpack.

A lightweight Fabric pack: big FPS gains, a huge render distance, and quality-of-life tools that make survival nicer. No cheats, no pay-to-win, nothing that breaks the Vanilla feel.

43
Mods included
26.1.2
Minecraft version
Fabric
Mod loader
2.6K+
Downloads
What’s inside

The full mod list.

Every mod in the pack, each linked to its Modrinth page. This list syncs itself from the pack — no cheats, nothing that changes gameplay balance. Curious what runs behind the scenes? Here are all the server-side Fabric mods we use.

[EMF] Entity Model Features

EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.

[ETF] Entity Texture Features

Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric

AmbientSounds

#listentonature

Armor Poser

Adds a GUI for armor stands in which you can configure it's pose and other properties

Axiom

The all-in-one tool for editing Minecraft Worlds.

Better Clouds

Beautiful clouds in touch with the vanilla style

Bobby

Allows for render distances greater than the server's view-distance

Camera Utils

Helpful camera utilities

Chat Heads

See who you're chatting with!

ChunkDebug

ChunkDebug is a useful tool for debugging chunk loading. It provides you with a live display of all the loaded chunks in any given dimension.

CICADA

Confusing, Interesting and Considerably Agnostic Development Aid

Cloth Config API

Configuration Library for Minecraft Mods

CreativeCore

A core mod

Do a Barrel Roll

Microsoft flight simulator for Minecraft elytras.

Entity Culling

Using async path-tracing to hide Block-/Entities that are not visible

Fabric API

Lightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.

Fabric Language Kotlin

This is a mod that enables usage of the Kotlin programming language for Fabric mods.

Forge Config API Port

NeoForge's & Forge's config systems provided to other modding ecosystems. Designed for a multiloader architecture.

Freecam

A highly customizable freecam mod.

Fullbright

A mod which allows to toggle fullbright in 1.19, 1.20 and 1.21

Fzzy Config

Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!

Iris Shaders

A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs

Item Scroller

A client mod that adds many shortcuts to move items easier and craft faster in inventory screens

Litematica

A client-side schematic mod with extra features for creative mode work

Litematica Printer

This fork adds the missing printing functionality for Litematica

Lithium

No-compromises game logic optimization mod, useful for both single-player games and multi-player servers.

MaLiLib

A library mod for client-side mods. Contains most of the common/shared code of masa's client mods, and adds some inter-operation support between the dependent mods.

MiniHUD

A "mini F3" HUD mod, also with various overlays like light level, spawn chunks, slime chunks etc.

Mod Menu

Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.

oωo (owo-lib)

A general utility, GUI and config library for modding on Fabric and Quilt

Puzzles Lib

Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.

Show Me Your Skin!

A mod to hide or customize armor rendering.

Shulker Box Tooltip

View the contents of shulker boxes from your inventory

Simple Fog Control

Allows simple control over water, nether and terrain fog.

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Sodium

A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.

Sodium Extra

A Sodium addon that adds features that shouldn't be in Sodium.

Sound Physics Remastered

A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.

Subtle Effects

Adding many new subtle details through particles and a few sounds

Syncmatica

Syncmatica is a mod which aims to mod into litematica so that schematics and their placements can be easily shared.

Text Placeholder API

Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.

Tweakeroo

Various client-side tweaks, such as hand restock, hotbar swap/cycle, flexible/fast block placement etc.

YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)

A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft!

Auto-synced from Modrinth · refreshes every 2 days · 43 mods. Want to run a mod that’s not on this list? Ask staff in a ticket on Discord and they’ll take a look.

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Playing on Bedrock? Skip all of this.

Hydro supports full Java & Bedrock cross-play. Bedrock players don’t install any mods — just connect to play.hydrosmp.com on port 19132. See the join guide.

Installation

Up and running in minutes.

Pick whichever launcher you use. The Modrinth App is the easy button — it keeps the pack updated for you.

1
Modrinth AppRecommended
Install the free Modrinth App, search “Hydro Vanilla SMP”, and hit Install & Play. Fabric and every mod come bundled, and updates are handled automatically each season.
2
Prism / MultiMC
Download the .mrpack file from the Modrinth page, then in your launcher choose Add Instance → Import and select the file. It installs the correct Fabric version and all mods for you.
3
Connect
Launch the pack, go to Multiplayer → Add Server, and enter the address below. Not whitelisted yet? Start with the join guide.
play.hydrosmp.com
Requirements

Recommended setup.

Java 21
Bundled with modern launchers — no manual setup needed.
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4–6 GB RAM
Allocate a few GB for the big render distance and shaders.
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Any modern PC
Sodium & Lithium mean it runs well even on modest hardware.
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Fabric 26.1.2
Installed automatically with the pack — nothing to configure.