SMP Hardcore Aesthia

Keep the feel of vanilla

Add quality-of-life improvements

Boost immersion and hardcore gameplay

Maintain multiplayer/stability compatibility

Tougher Mobs & Smarter AI – More challenging combat without inflating health bars

Better Dungeons & Structures – Subtle worldgen improvements for deeper exploration

Minor Combat Tweaks – Hit feedback, animations, shield mechanic refinements

Mob Variants – Light mob diversity for biome-based threats

Ambient Sounds – Forest rustles, cave echoes, wind in plains

Biome Beautification – Subtle block and foliage enhancements

Dynamic Lighting – Torches light when held (OptiFine or Iris)

Improved Animations – Smoother player/mob movement

Minimap (with Hardcore Compass-only mode)

Inventory Sorting & Tooltips

Better HUD, but minimalist – Clean coords, tool/armor status

Performance Mods – Sodium, Lithium, Starlight for smoother gameplay

Performance & Optimization

Sodium, Lithium, Krypton, ImmediatelyFast, Starlight (via CICADA), Dynamic FPS, Entity Culling, Spark

Iris Shaders, Bliss Shaders, Solas Shader

Sound Physics Remastered, Clearviews

Not Enough Animations, Better Leaves, 3D Skin Layers

ETF (Entity Texture Features), Faithful 64x

Low Shield, Low On Fire, Vanilla Structure Update, Mob Variants (via Ksyxis)

Better Dungeons (via VSU & custom worldgen)

Minor Combat Enhancements (via animation and shield tweaks)

Replanting Crops, Tree Harvester, Sticky Enchanting Lapis

Mouse Tweaks, Nemo's Inventory Sorting, Inventory Sorting

Stack Refill, Shulker Box Tooltip, BetterF3, Better Statistics Screen

Minimap with Compass Mode (via Fuji Essentials + Ksyxis)

Leash Villager, Day Counter, Language Reload

Mod Menu, Cloth Config, YACL (YetAnotherConfigLib)

Ambient sounds (via Ksyxis & Sound Physics)

New Glowing Ores, Netherite Lava Mining Setup

Motschen's Better Leaves, Biome tweaks

Improved lighting and shadows with shader support

Architectury API, Balm, Collective, Text Placeholder API, TCDCommons API, Fabric API, Fabric Language Kotlin