Varda
Java modpack listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
A magic-focused modpack centered around Ars Nouveau. No mods which use FE or other forms of industrialization are included, or their recipes have been disabled.
Server install binaries can be downloaded from GitHub
These binaries install / update the server version of this pack
And they do it dynamically based off a manifest I publish to GitHub Pages
Magic Mods
- Ars Nouveau - Additions, Affinity, Artillery, Controle, Elemancy, Elemental, Not Enough Glyphs, Zero
- Occultism - Ars Ocultas
- Relics + Rliquified Ars Nouveau
Exploration
- L_Ender's Cataclysm
- Mowzie's Mobs
- End Remastered
- Ars Additions
- Moog's - Voyager, Temples, Soaring, Missing, End & Nether
- YUNG's - Everything
- Hopo's Better Ruined Portals & Underwater Ruins
- Structory & Structory: Towers
- Wizard Tower
- Formations Overworld & Nether
- Farmers Structures
- Philip's Ruins
- Nature's & Explorer's Compasses
Building
- Amendments
- Chipped
- Mech Trowel
- Measurements
- Handcrafted
- Storage Delight
- Macaw's - Everyting but Holidays
- Xycraft
Quality of Life
- Comforts
- Crafting on a Stick
- Crafting Tweaks
- Corpse + Curios Compat
- Dis-Enchanting Table
- Enchantment Descriptions
- Fast Leaf Decay
- FTB - Chunks & Backups
- Inventory Essentials
- Jade
- JEI
- More Dragon Eggs
- More Overlays Updated
- Mouse Tweaks
- Traveler's Titles
Farming
- AppleSkin + Spice of Life: Carrot Edition
- Farmer's Delight + Ocean's, Ender's, My Nether's, Aquaculture, Ars, & L_Ender's
- Farmer's Cutting
- Aquaculture 2
- Chef's Delight
Shaders
- Sodium + Iris
- Miniature
- Complementary Reimagined
I've begun adding some questlines through FTB Quests. Very basic, for now, but there is Spanish, French, and German localization for it. Quests are just following advancement paths for Minecraft and mods, though once I play more, I will be adding a custom line for progression.
Please reach to me with any issues or recommendations, either through
the issues section on the project's Github page, or through discord - https://discord.gg/dnzWEJUK
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 CurseForge — 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 varda-client-0.1.16-beta.zip
- Download size: 2.4 MB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.