Sea Salt Vanilla is a client-first Fabric modpack that improves the everyday Minecraft client experience across singleplayer and multiplayer.

The goal: keep the vanilla experience recognizable, then quietly improve visuals, sound, interaction, ambience, and quality-of-life. Think vanilla ice cream with a pinch of sea salt: still vanilla, but with a quietly upgraded recipe.

Project status

• Loader: Fabric
• Minecraft: 1.21.1
• Scope: primarily client-side
• Maintenance format: packwiz (TOML metadata, no committed mod jars)
• Version control: Git/GitHub

Distribution

• Releases are exported as Modrinth .mrpack packages
• CurseForge packages may be provided when needed
• Release notes are published through GitHub Releases and Modrinth version pages

Updating

Use the Modrinth App if you want stable updates with the least manual work. Install the pack from its Modrinth project page, then update the existing instance when a new version is released. For PCL2, Prism Launcher, HMCL, or other launchers, download the latest .mrpack and update through the launcher's supported flow. Back up saves/ before updating.

Project documentation

• Mods
• Resource packs
• Shader packs
• Data packs
• Tooling guide

Acknowledgements

Sea Salt Vanilla exists not only because Minecraft itself offers a world worth returning to, but also because open-source projects like Sodium, Iris, and many others are sustained by developers who often give their time, skill, and care with little expectation of reward. These projects are not just convenient downloads; behind them are real people, real labor, and persistence that is often far from easy.

If this pack helps you enjoy Minecraft, please consider learning about the projects it includes, leaving kind feedback, reporting issues responsibly, and supporting the original authors when you can. Even a little attention and appreciation can help keep this community healthier.

License notes

Unless otherwise noted, original modpack configuration, metadata, documentation, and custom scripts/assets in this repository are licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. Third-party mods, resource packs, shader packs, data packs, and other external content remain owned by their original authors and follow their own licenses.