Homestead - A Cozy Survival Experience

The Official Homestead Modpack



🌎 A Rich, Handcrafted World:

• Custom World Generation with lush forests, sprawling fields, rugged mountains, and serene rivers thanks to mods like Tectonic and Geophilic
• Hand-placed Structures and procedural ruins blending into the landscape with the help of mods like Repurposed Structures and all of the mods by YUNG
• Biome Diversity using enhanced terrain mods without losing the cozy, Vanilla+ feeling like Nature's Spirit and Oh The Biomes We've Gone

📖 Guided Yet Free Gameplay:

• Extensive Questbook that rewards exploration, creativity, and survival mastery 
• Chapters Organized Around Themes (homesteading, wild exploration, deep mining, magical secrets)
• No Forced Path — explore at your own pace, in your own way

🎨 Built-in Shaders for the Ultimate Cinematic Experience:

Homestead comes bundled with beautiful shaders already installed — no extra downloads needed!

• Complimentary Reimagined - with 3 presets: Low, Mid, and Extreme
• Nostalgia Shader - for a soft, dreamy atmosphere
• MakeUp - UltraFast - lightweight and highly customizable
• Potato Shaders - perfect for lower-end PCs
• Super Duper Vanilla - beautiful lighting with a classic Minecraft look

🛠️ Expanded Survival Experience:

• New Tools and Armors made from custom gems like Ruby, Topaz, Peridot, Sapphire, Jade, Aquamarine, and Ametrine thanks to the Mythic Upgrades mod
• Custom Crafting Recipes and rebalanced Vanilla progression for a slower, rewarding survival
• More Realistic Farming with crops, trees, and livestock enhancements with mods like Farmer's Delight and Let's Do Mods

🐾 New Wildlife and Creatures:

• Custom Mobs like Mushlings and Fernlings — friendly companions you can tame and adventure with from our Custom CozyStudios Core Mod!
• Unique Mounts and Rideable Creatures integrated naturally into the world
• Mob Variants and Mini-Bosses lurking in caves, forests, and hidden groves

🧭 Exploration and Adventure:

• Ancient Structures, ruins, shrines, and secrets scattered across the land
• Treasure Hunts and Rare Artifacts like the Golden Leaf that grant special powers
• Mystical Biomes housing rare creatures, magical plants, and powerful relics

🏡 Cozy Building and Homesteading:

• Hundreds of Building Blocks including wood types, stones, shingles, beams, and cozy decor thanks to mods like Chipped and Twigs
• Furniture, Lighting, and Decorative Mods to build your perfect cottage, castle, or cabin thank to mods like Cluttered and Beautify: Refabricated
• Advanced Storage Solutions (chests, crates, backpacks, and more!) thanks to mods like Sophisticated Backpacks and Iron Chests: Restocked

⚙️ Mechanical and Magical Enhancements:

• Vanilla-style Automation with Create mod enhancements tailored to Homestead
• Optional Tech that's balanced to fit the rustic atmosphere (no high-tech clutter) such as Tom's Simple Storage and Wireless Redstone

🧡 A Labor of Love:

• Over 4 months of development, hand-tuning every system to create a warm, inviting survival experience
• Perfect for solo adventurers, small friend groups, or community servers alike

Check out the wiki for more information and to track issues or bugs that you may find! 

 

💞 Special Thank You's

Thank you to everyone who beta tested the pack, finding all the bugs and issues that we could. 

• Meleon (Secondary Dev)
• Xodk
• Army
• Lyn
• Alexelle
• Nylon
• Gonzo
• Cobra
• Mama Native
• Snowylasvegas
• Wistericle
• Yuki
• Navinor
• Salad (Backend Dev)

Thank you to the mod developers who helped us with coding our very own mod and bringing to life our crazy ideas.

• Javivi (Developer)
• Raboy (Animator)
• Flash (Models/Textures)
• Bret06 (Developer)
• Artmanoil (Custom GUI/TexturePack Guy)
• Gigoe (Main Menu/Loading Screen Artist)

And thank you to Slugv for making the best logo and icon for this beautiful modpack. This could not have come to life more without you.