Better Days is a Minecraft mod designed to give players unprecedented control over the passage of time, directly addressing the often frustratingly short day-night cycle in the vanilla game. It allows for extensive customization of how long a day and night last, providing a more relaxed and immersive experience. This mod effectively solves the problem of feeling rushed through gameplay due to the rapid progression of time, enabling players to truly savor their creations and explorations without the constant pressure of an impending nightfall or the need to quickly find shelter. By offering granular control over these fundamental game mechanics, Better Days transforms the pacing of Minecraft, making it more adaptable to individual player preferences and playstyles. The core functionality of Better Days revolves around altering the game's time mechanics. It introduces a sophisticated system for adjusting the duration of both day and night phases independently, allowing for significantly longer days or shorter, more manageable nights. Furthermore, the mod reimagines the vanilla sleep mechanic, replacing the instant skip to morning with a smooth, accelerated transition that feels more natural. In multiplayer environments, this accelerated sleep is dynamically influenced by the number of players currently sleeping, ensuring that time passes faster as more players participate, eliminating the need for explicit sleep voting systems. This intricate system ensures that time progression feels fluid and responsive to the collective actions of the player base. Better Days boasts broad compatibility across multiple Minecraft versions and loaders, including versions 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11 for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForged loaders, as well as versions 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, and 26.2. This mod is required on both the client and the server to function correctly, ensuring a consistent time experience for all players in a multiplayer setting. Its compatibility extends to several other popular mods, such as Homeostatic, Ready Player Fun, Comforts, Sleep Warp, Sleep Tight, Fabric Seasons, Serene Seasons, Enhanced Celestials, and Nomadic Tents, though specific interactions and potential conflicts, particularly with season mods and certain Quark features, have been noted and require careful configuration. Players should always consult the mod's documentation for the most up-to-date compatibility information, as well as any specific configuration steps needed to ensure seamless integration with other installed modifications. Installing Better Days is a straightforward process, requiring the mod file to be placed within the 'mods' folder of your Minecraft installation. For users employing Fabric, Forge, or NeoForged, this folder is typically located in your game directory. Before launching the game, it is crucial to verify that you have the correct version of the mod installed for your specific Minecraft version and chosen loader. Additionally, it is recommended to check for any known incompatibilities with other installed mods, especially those that heavily influence time or sleep mechanics, such as Quark's Improved Sleeping module or season mods like Immersive Snow. Ensuring these prerequisites are met will guarantee a smooth and enjoyable experience with Better Days, allowing you to fully customize your Minecraft playtime and tailor the game's pace to your personal preferences.
Doubles the amount of resources dropped by deepslate ores, similar to the deepslate double mod. Get more resources and speed up mining.
The models from Better Dogs, now in Doggy Talents Next! Enjoy improved dog models with new functionality.
A simple mod which fixes a problem with eating in Minecraft. This modification makes the process of eating food more convenient and functional.
Makes life easier for enchanters. Improves interaction with enchanted books.
A complete overhaul of the enchanting system of Minecraft to make it rely less on randomness and tie it to exploration and game progression.
This makes end cities look better, using vanilla blocks. Improves the visual appearance.
This makes end cities look better, using blocks from the BetterEnd mod. Improves the visual appearance.
The Better End Sky mod brings the sky renderer from the Better End mod as a standalone mod for client-side use only. This allows you to enjoy the beautiful skies from Better End without installing the full mod.
A simple datapack mod that allows you to update equipment. It introduces new ways to enhance your gear in Minecraft.
Hide only the HUD using F1. A simple and convenient solution for screenshots and video recording.
A simple mod that makes falling blocks emit particles, similar to block breaking particles, when floating or when on a non-full block. Improves the visual experience of falling blocks.
Makes fire aspect work on tools! Adds new functionality for the fire aspect enchantment.
This datapack/mod gives an actual use to the fletching table other than trading with villagers. Expands the functionality of the table.
This mod improves the Frost Walker effect! Now you can create ice paths even more effectively.
A remake of the BetterFurnaces mod, but with even faster furnaces! Get more performance in the resource smelting process.
Smelt larger gold items for ingots and smaller items for nuggets. Save resources!
It will enable your hanging signs to hold items. Better than just text, isn't it?
Adds various harvesting features, enables right-click harvest, fast leaf decay, and more. Improve your Minecraft experience!
Makes the hoe more useful by adding more things it can mine. Improve the functionality of the hoe!
Recycle iron items into iron blocks, ingots, and nuggets. This simplifies the iron recycling process and makes it more efficient.
Adds many new katanas based on vanilla materials, with new mobs and enchantments. The mod expands possibilities.
Prevents loot dropping unless a player is killed by another player. This makes the game fairer.
Makes interacting with ladders better. This simplifies the use and movement on ladders.
Modifies the vanilla ladder to be placeable anywhere without the need of supporting blocks. This simplifies building and expands creative possibilities in the game.
A simple mod for Quilt and Fabric to automatically reconfigure Log4j to improve the formatting of log messages. Improves log readability.
Better Loot completely overhauls Vanilla loot tables and makes them more rewarding! Improves the reward system.
Some much-needed upgrades for the lush cave biome, and some changes to moss. Improves the visual perception of the biome.
