There are many Minecraft mods that add new items and weapons to the game, but relatively few which actually increase the level of customization you can enjoy with gear you already have. The Bladecraft mod is one of these rare mods which allows you to...
Sailing around in Minecraft has long been a boring prospect. First you craft something that looks like a bathtub made out of wood and then you hop in the thing which speeds off in whatever direction you want, without the use of a sail, an...
The Glacia mod is one of those few, proud Minecraft mods which add an entirely new dimension to the game. While it might not be as popular as mods like Aether, Glacia still does a good job of making players feel like they’ve stepped into...
Anyone who has watched a few Minecraft videos online has probably heard of Herobrine before. Herobrine is a legendary monster kind of guy which looks like the basic Steve skin but has eerie, glowing eyes. Oh, and he’s also evil. Though his lack of a...
For fans of the Star Wars universe created by George Lucas, Mine Wars is a resource pack worth checking out. Not only does it borrow many items directly from the six different Star Wars movies and drop them into the world of Minecraft, but it’s...
Inspiration is a resource pack by TobiwanK3nobi. Though it hasn’t been officially updated in over a year, it is still one of the more popular resource packs for Minecraft. Because it is technically still in development, some issues may be corrected at a later date,...
As far as RPG packs go for Minecraft, Arestian’s Dawn resource pack has always been one of the best. It’s compact, easy to install, easy to boot and easy in getting along with various mods and other resource packs which might be running at the...
If you’ve ever played Oblivion before, then you know how amazing it feels to crawl out of that beginning dungeon and finally see the sky, trees, flowers and water for the first time. It’s a breathtaking moment. Hyperion HD is a resource pack that makes...
The SPHax XmasBDCraft resource pack is a nice piece of work from the SPHax team, which is well known for producing top quality resource packs for Minecraft. This aprticular one puts a holiday spin on the world of Minecraft, changing many textures to add a...
Pamplemousse is one of the few resource packs which does modern right. Not only does it change several of the boring, gray stone blocks into bricks of different colors and thereby add more variety to Minecraft, but it also fills out many textures. Trees and...
HerrSommer is the latest release of HerrSommer’s realistic resource pack. It is fully compatible with Minecraft 1.8, hence the number tagged onto the end of the pack’s name. Like the other versions of HerrSommer which came before, this one takes all the dull and flat...
Moray could just be the definition of what makes a medieval themed resource pack for Minecraft. It has the dark stone, the gritty textures, the sense of foreboding when entering castles, fortresses and other constructs which just isn’t present when using standard Minecraft textures. That’s...
Kalos resource pack is one of those rare 16x resource packs which manage to really stand out and make Minecraft look like a completely different game. Considering it from a cosmetic viewpoint alone, Kalos is worth downloading and at least trying out. The lower resolution...
Part of the fun in Minecraft is starting new worlds and going exploring, just to see how things look this time around compared to the last world you created. Lots of players get stuck on the game just for this, and it’s an addictive aspect...
Since it was introduced to Minecraft, enchanting has been a kind of hit-or-miss proposition. Because the effects are determined randomly and there’s no way to even read what the table is trying to tell you thanks to the strange language used, you don’t usually get...
The Jammy Furniture mod is fully compatible with Minecraft Forge, making it one of the biggest furniture mods which also work with a host of other mods installed and enabled at the same time. Many furniture mods interact poorly with other mods, because they add...
While many mods change the way Minecraft looks or works, there are useful tools that are so powerful they might be considered mods. The WorldPainter tool is one of these, because it just does so much to enhance the Minecraft experience for even average players....
Minecarts and rails have been ignored by the team at Mojang since they were implemented, for the most part. Sure, there is powered rail, detector rail, those sorts of things – but getting around in Minecraft via rail just isn’t practical. It takes a lot...
The Millenaire mod for Minecraft does a lot to make Villagers more helpful entities in the game. Essentially, it is a mod for single-player Minecraft which really improves on single player worlds by adding many more villages, as well as giving those villages different looks....
For people who just can’t get enough of sweets, Sugarpack might be the perfect Minecraft resource pack. Not only does it replace many of the standard food items with sweeter variants, but monsters, villagers and even cows, pigs, chickens and other friendly mobs are all...
Adventure Time is a show about two characters, a boy named Finn and a talking dog named Jake. They go around through an imaginary world, questing through dungeons, beating bosses, saving princesses – it’s a lot like a video game really. The Adventure Time Craft...
Ancient Rome was one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known. It is no mistake that the people, the dress, the artifacts and other items of the time are still popular today. Many Minecraft players who also have an interest in Rome can...
When you hear about rustic packs for Minecraft, you probably think of dirty or dingy textures that make the game look a little murkier and a lot less colorful. That’s often the case, but with Ovo’s Rustic resource pack, it couldn’t possibly be more different....
Keeping track of recipes in Minecraft has never been easy. Players need to either gather the resources to write their own book and then start etching every recipe they want to remember, or they need to have a Wiki or other craft guide open and...