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Help/JavaEdition NEW TO THIS!
ShelLuser
• 06/13/2026 7:57 pm
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

This is just my personal take on it, but I'd start with grabbing the Prism launcher. It's faster than the vanilla launcher, and fully supports modding. You can literally set up different Minecraft 'instances', attach modloaders, download & install mods or... set up a whole modpack.

I actually wrote a guide about this some years ago... this one.

Maybe food for thought?
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Minecraft/Discussion What do you hate most about Minecraft?
ShelLuser
• 06/12/2026 10:18 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

The seeming disrespect for the modding community. A few months ago CDPR released a new release of Cyberpunk 2077, but... also made sure to add a "beta" version to Steam so that players could continue playing the current mods.

Meanwhile Mojang is trying to increase releases for no apparent reason at all and it only hinders the modding community.

Not to mention that most of those updates aren't all that special anymore; it's mostly cosmetic these days.
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Minecraft/Discussion So what is your favorite tree (not wood!)?
ShelLuser
• 06/11/2026 10:15 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

Thanks everyone for voting, but I think the results speak for themselves... We all need to switch to Spruce now ;)
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Minecraft/Discussion What was the best Minecraft update?
ShelLuser
• 06/10/2026 1:17 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

For me it's 1.20.1, simply because this was (and is) a huge milestone for modded gameplay.

At the time of writing there are dozens of mods which only support versions up to 1.20.1, amongst which some pretty big names too!
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Minecraft/Modding Ice & Fire mod: Do you allow pixies to steal or not?
ShelLuser
• 06/09/2026 11:07 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

This just in... seems no one is playing with this mod? ;) Oh well, maybe I should re-visit my previous mod review ;)
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Minecraft/Discussion what mc launcher do yall use?
ShelLuser
• 06/05/2026 10:18 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

Prism.

For a multitude of reasons... First the fact that you can grab mods and modpacks from all places. But second: you can customize just about everything.

My friend Aya & me play on a private modded Minecraft server; we both use Prism. Now, I do the tech stuff so to say, so I make sure that the mods which we want to add to our collection find their way to the server and Aya's laptop. But... how do you automate something like that?

Yah... I ended up relying on Git to manage all our mods. Maybe not the most efficient way, but it sure as heck does all we need. I even shared a story about that on Reddit (which is also going to find its way here, working on something else first).

Here's the thing: Prism allows you to set up custom commands for an instance launch as well. Pre-launch, post-launch, you can even write your own wrapper. SO... I customized my gf's laptop and added a "git pull" command to the pre-launch, thus automatically making sure that she always has the most up to date version of our mod collection whenever she fires up our game.

Not to mention that you don't get any spam anymore... Seriously: while vanilla players are waiting for the armadillo to finish I'm already waiting for my instance to fire up.
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Minecraft/Discussion Is Minecraft getting too cluttered with single-use items?
ShelLuser
• 06/03/2026 2:39 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
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To be honest, I've felt like this for years already. Most updates over the past years have been mostly cosmetic. New block types which mods often already added years ago, or items which don't really "do" much (like those goat horns) or... they add mobs which you basically never get to see (my friend Aya is still disappointed over the fact that they changed the behavior of bunnies which nowadays run away from you).

SO yah, I've been indifferent to all this for years now. Also one of the reasons why Aya & me still happily play on 1.20.1 (modded!) and don't have any plans yet for any upgrades.
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Minecraft/Discussion YOUR Favorite Shaders Pack
ShelLuser
• 06/03/2026 2:34 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

I used to run BSL, but then discovered ComplementaryUnbound; my friend Aya & me love it.

Things look nicer, it has some extras (like an aurora during cold nights, and a rainbow after, well, rain) but most of all it lights up every vanilla ore which gives things a really cool look in dungeons. Spotting some faint red beam, then uncovering redstone and standing in a bright(ish) reddish glow ... that makes mining quite different.
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Minecraft/Modding A new MC mod loader.
ShelLuser
• 06/02/2026 4:18 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

No offense intended, but as long as you're only sharing a readme without any source code then I don't think anyone would want to try this, the risks are simply too high. Not to mention that you're not sharing any kind of useful info. You say "mods", but what type?

Meanwhile... I just fire up Prism, check the settings of whatever instance I want to work on and I can just add/remove mods on the fly; and fire up my game as well. It's hard to compete with established projects like that.
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Minecraft/Discussion Thoughts about new drop update?
ShelLuser
• 06/02/2026 3:53 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

I didn't vote because none of the options applied to me...

Anyway... it's not that I don't like the update, it's actually worse than that: I'm completely indifferent about this, I simply don't care. That's the luxury of being a vivid modded Minecraft player. We're still on 1.20.1 and having a great time.
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Help/JavaEdition How do I make a collection?
ShelLuser
• 05/31/2026 3:39 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

What kind of collection? As Mystic already mentioned: a collection on the site is pretty straight forward. But a mod collection, can be something else.

Essentially anyone can group a few mods together, but making mods "interact"... that's often the real trick, a task best handled by a datapack.
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Minecraft/Discussion 26.1 New Minecraft Version
ShelLuser
• 03/31/2026 3:06 pm
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

Not too bad IMO, but at the same time I also don't really care all that much considering that we're still enjoying our heavily modded 1.20.1 game.
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Discussions/Gaming Why Minecraft is the BEST GAME
ShelLuser
• 03/31/2026 3:03 pm
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

I definitely agree with this one... my friend Aya & me have been playing since 1.7.10 and onward and we're still here. Though... in all honesty we also got a little bored with vanilla. It's not bad or anything (obviously not!) but after so many updates which were mostly cosmetic changes vs. actually new stuff we kinda shifted our attention towards mods and yah...

Still playing on 1.20.1 and still having a great time. Some mods are simply masterpieces: so much cool stuff (and mechanics!) to discover, and sometimes even more got added in updates later on (like Create's update 6?).
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Minecraft/Discussion Serious question, Why would ANYONE in their right mind even use bedrock edition?
ShelLuser
• 12/15/2025 4:32 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

I played Bedrock on Windows a few times, and it was at one point also a good alternative to play Minecraft on my laptop which was a bit too lightweight.

But other than that... Naah. I don't like the interface, I don't like the constant spam and advertisement and I also don't like the lack of proper customization options.
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Minecraft/Modding What is YOUR Favorite mod of all time, and why?
ShelLuser
• 12/05/2025 3:40 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

It really depends on context... different mods do different things... Still, all in all I'd go for Botania. I appreciate the mod, but my gf loves it and doesn't want to play without it anymore, and we're always having a lot of fun playing together; I enjoy playing together a lot.

The problem is... I couldn't appreciate some mods as much as I do without the support of others. Think mods like JEI and Jade and the likes. And most mods have clear dependencies.
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Minecraft/Discussion What's your unluckiest Minecraft moment?
ShelLuser
• 09/14/2025 1:25 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

I've told this story more often but meh, why not again?

So... it wasn't me but my gf who first discovered Minecraft and then showed it to me. At first I wasn't all that excited but then she showed me... redstone. Note: Aya didn't really know all that much about it, but she showed me more than enough for my brain to get lit on fire: that was digital circuitry at its finest!

This was a Friday evening, just before dinner. During dinner I nabbed myself my own license and after dinner Aya was kind enough to help me get started. She set me up in a creative world, pointed me to the redstone tab and I honestly had the time of my life... I made AND, NOR, XOR circuits like crazy and OMG, a game allows you to do THIS crazy stuff?

And it only got better, because then Aya told me that you could play together, so I joined her game. We we're going find a a good place to set up camp, make tools and get mining and such.

...and then we got to a ravine (note: this was back in 1.8, ok?). But I knew just what to do: run up, jump, tab space twice (!) and you'll swoop right over.

Errr, yah... I ran, I jumped, Aya (IRL) yelled: wth are you doing? And instead of swooping over... I fell into the ravine and blam, I was dead. with my spawnpoint still all the way back. Aya laughed her head off (grrrr!) but yah, I do admit... in hindsight it was funny as heck (note: she never set me up or anything, if I had only been a little more patient, but nah... gotta "impress" the gf!).

Still... all that experimenting worked miracles for me. I build the weirdest specific redstone contraptions back in the day (still do at times). You know: have the picture frame clockwise, step on the plate and within due time (= approx. 10 - 20 seconds) run over to the second to reveal the hidden door.

But yah... me "flying" into the ravine, lol!
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Minecraft/Discussion Do you use the services of Wandering Trader (the) ;)
ShelLuser
• 09/11/2025 8:03 pm
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

Maybe a fun (but cruel) tip... my friend and me play 'modded' and one of those mods is EvilCraft which introduces blood. If a mob falls off a cliff for example then they can leave some behind.

So when in Creative I sometimes like to do: "/execute as @e[​type=minecraft:wandering_trader] at @s run tp @e[​type=!minecraft:player,distance=..10] ~ 500 ~". That's a sure way to sent them flying ;)
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Minecraft/Discussion What Version of minecraft is the best?
ShelLuser
• 09/09/2025 9:22 pm
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

1.20.1 for me, because that's the version which most mods support and I barely play vanilla anymore.
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Help/JavaEdition Shaders! Help!
ShelLuser
• 05/31/2025 5:07 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System

Yups, same process. Keep in mind though that the availability for newer versions isn't always guaranteed, though Fabric & the Iris project are very fast when it comes to supporting the latest version. Usually they need no longer than a week after a new release comes out.
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Help/JavaEdition Shaders! Help!
ShelLuser
• 05/24/2025 8:07 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster System
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Shaders are essentially nothing more but mods. So... you need a modloader, the mods and obviously a good resource and shaderpack to take advantage.

Now, fair disclaimer: all of the following is obviously based on my own personal preferences, there's more than what I'm showing you.

First stop: Prism; this is a so called (3rd party) launcher which can be used to fire up your game. Better yet: Prism can also make it a lot easier to install new Minecraft versions, apply modloaders and even download mods from both major websites (= CurseForge & Modrinth). I even wrote a guide about this some time ago.

Once you have that set up... install a new instance (I strongly suggest to focus on 1.20.1 for now because this version is currently best supported) and pick Fabric as the modloader.

Next stop: open up the mod section, select "Modrinth" as the source and go look for Iris & Sodium. Iris provides the actual shader support while Sodium helps to improve on general performance. It's a power combo. Remember: you don't need to use these links I shared, use Prism to grab these instead. My links are merely shared for reference.

But wait.. there's more! You see, if you install this stuff and fire up your game you'll notice that... wait.. nothing really changed?

You'll want to grab a resourcepack & a shader pack too! My personal favorite being CreatorPack (= resource pack) and Complementary Unbound; this shader has everything... moving foliage, awesome looking water (and sky), sporadic rainbows (my gf loves these) and best of all... (vanilla) ore blocks now "glow in the dark".

Lemme... just a moment... lessee.... there:



See what I mean?

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Meh, now I feel like showing off a bit more... so here's how it looks like on the surface:



Notice the shades (no pun intended)?

This is seriously a whole new way to play Minecraft, I can tell you that. Sure, my game is also fully modded but the shaders (and resource pack) definitely make it a whole new experience.

Hope this can help!
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