SmoothBeta implements various different optimizations to Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 that do not affect gameplay or mechanics of the game.
Current optimizations included:
- Multidraw terrain renderer
- May double or triple FPS
- Makes world loading smoother by offloading some work to GPU
- Takes less RAM by reducing terrain vertex data size by about 42%
- fastutil
- Improves chunk lookup speed
- Improves entity factory lookup speed
- IdentityHashMap
- Improves entity and block entity renderer lookup speed
- Custom entity registry
- Improves entity spawning speed by using generated lambda factories instead of reflection
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: b1.7.3
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as SmoothBeta-1.1.7.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 698 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.