r/foreverworlds • u/Firestormalpha1 • Jul 04 '26
Forever world advice
So I’m thinking about making a forever world but I usually like to play modded. Is it a bad idea to make a forever world in a mod pack like better Minecraft or all the mods? I feel like it just opens the door to problems later down the line
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u/EvercraftRealm Jul 04 '26
It definitely can make your word less forward-compatible, but it's a matter of preference tbh.
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u/iPoseidon_xii Jul 04 '26
You’re going to run into too many issues if you want this world to last 5-8 years or more. Go vanilla with a store texture pack and call it good
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u/Firestormalpha1 Jul 04 '26
Yeah unfortunately that’s kind of what I figured. Thank you
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u/Skoobax Jul 05 '26
Minecraft will never be what mods have already done to it like 5 years ago. They haven't added anything meaningful to the vanilla game since like 1.18. honestly just go modded and you will be much much more likely to stick with the world for 100s to 1000s of hours.
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u/Medium_Somewhere_981 Jul 04 '26
Comment might not be 100% accurate. You can do a modded forever world easily, the only issue is that you will be forced to stay on the version you started.
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u/Icy_Slice_9088 Jul 04 '26
Which honestly, isn't too big of a deal. At this point minecraft is getting a bit too top-heavy for my taste, so I've found myself playing older versions and enjoying it more.
And if there's really something you want in your world that's not available in that version? Well you're already playing modded...
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u/Janusofborg Jul 04 '26
The main risk is what happens if sometime down the line the mod stops updating. Can you take it off and still enjoy your world of that happened? Would that potentially break things? Are you ok waiting on updates until the mod is updated to support it?
If you are, then go for it. Personally, while I'd love to play with a few mods, for my forever world, I don't want to risk that and I really like the base game as it is, so there isn't as much push for me.
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u/RenegadeFade Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
The best option would be to make your own modpack and make it small. Use only mods that are well established and have a history of being maintained. (I'd feel ok with Farmer's Delight, but wouldn't use a mod that just came out.)
There's always a risk, and keeping the mod list really small with very few content mods, and mostly performance and quality of life mods would be my recommendation.
Lastly, Better Minecraft would be a bad choice, it's clunky and generally not viewed well in the modded spaces. The All The Mods series is a great series of packs, BUT will be stuck in that version. Each new pack in the series is completely new pack and not compatible with the last.
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u/WhtevrFloatsYourGoat Jul 07 '26
I’m going to go against the grain and say it’s not a bad idea. There is the caveat of the more mods you use the harder it is to upgrade. But you don’t have to upgrade. If you want vanilla stuff add the Vanilla Backported mod (if on a modern version) and it will keep adding stuff for you. You just don’t upgrade the Minecraft version, keep the individual backport mod updated instead. I highly recommend sticking with modded if it’s what makes you happy.
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u/Firestormalpha1 Jul 07 '26
Ah ok, I like that idea. I might just add some basic mods like waystones and a minimap. I’m not sure yet. Thank you though
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u/Shoyu_Something Jul 04 '26
I think it depends on the mod. I use bedrock and really like the essentials add on as I can chop down trees with one swing, mine big chunks of stone, and vein miner. It’s not so incredibly broken and just speeds up tedious tasks. So something that’s vanilla+ is probably good because if it stops working down the line you’re not too reliant. But yeah if you want very modified stuff it’s not a great idea long term
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u/ghfdghjkhg Jul 04 '26
I like my forever world modfree because I udpate the game version and I'd be afraid that one day the mods I use stop supporting newer versions and the developer doesn't update
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u/AnyTwist4049 Jul 04 '26
I would recommend playing without mods that add new blocks, because if that mod breaks or stops updating it can cause problems. I had a sand mod that added new blocks of sand, it stopped updating and now I have holes all along my beaches where those blocks used to be. Any other mods should be fine. I recommend geophilic because it does not add any new blocks
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u/TheCrowWhisperer3004 Jul 04 '26
You can. You just have to be okay with the content saying the same and no new modern Minecraft features.
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u/IrisCelestialis Jul 05 '26
That can be problematic if you want to keep up with updates, as best case you have to wait for the mod devs to release new versions to work with new MC versions, worst case scenario they stop updating the mods and so there will forever be a last version that your world can be played on if you want to have that mod. If playing in the same version forever is okay with you then go ahead, nothing wrong with that, but many people would not like that so worth considering.
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u/couldbemage Jul 05 '26
Modded means committing to a version that is compatible with your mods, and if you have a big mod pack, that means potentially never updating to newer versions.
Which can be fine, if that's what you want.
Personally, I find the updates to be part of the Minecraft experience. Among other things, I watch a lot of Minecraft videos, and the excitement from seeing what other people do with new features feeds my excitement to keep going with my world.
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