Etomb's Survival Nerf
Minimalistic vanilla-flavored performance, design and balance overhaul. Made for 1.21.4 and intended for use with a custom datapack.
⬇ Download on Modrinth
I dislike the addition of pig/chicken variants, leaf litter, and happy ghasts, so I play on 1.21.4 with the recipe book turned off, the mods included here, and my custom datapack rebalancing the whole game. All the performance, HUD, info, and balance mods that I use to fine-tune vanilla survival are included.
The main feature is my custom datapack. (downloaded separately) Check the gallery for images of the new worldgen. Also turn on the experimental villager trade rebalance.
For PRISTINE performance use whatever the appropriate java launch arguments are for your situation, described here, and then spend some time configuring all the performance mods in game.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.4
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as Survival Nerf.mrpack
- Download size: 57 KB
- Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.