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Additive

Fabric and Quilt modpack for Minecraft 26.2 by SkywardMC

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Additive runs on Minecraft 26.2 with Fabric and Quilt. It has 59 mods, needs about 4 GB of RAM (our estimate) and is client-only. The latest version is 26.5.1+mc26.2.fabric, released Oct 1, 2026.

Minecraft version
26.2
Mod loader
Fabric, Quilt
Mods
59
RAM to allocate
4 GB (estimate)
Runs on
Client only
Latest version
26.5.1+mc26.2.fabric ()
Downloads
444K (#62)
First released
Pack file size
14 KB
License
MIT

What is Additive?

Additive is a Fabric and Quilt modpack for Minecraft 26.2, published by SkywardMC on Modrinth since 2022.

The latest release, 26.5.1+mc26.2.fabric from Oct 1, 2026, declares 59 mods plus 1 other project such as resource packs or shaders. Across 765 published versions it has covered Minecraft 1.16.5 through 26.3.

With 444K downloads it ranks #62 of the 518 most-downloaded Modrinth modpacks we track, and its authors tag it as lightweight and optimization.

Our notes on Additive

What sets it apart

Additive is a Fabric pack that sets out to replace OptiFine with separate open-source mods. It sits on top of a lighter sibling called Adrenaline, which holds the performance mods without the quality-of-life extras. The project page says the two are kept in step.

The OptiFine replacements include Iris for shaders, Continuity and OptiGUI for resource pack features, Zoomify for zoom, LambDynamicLights, LambdaBetterGrass and cape support. Extras include a LAN hosting mod (e4mc), borderless fullscreen, macOS input fixes and Controlify. The mod list has about 60 entries.

The page argues that OptiFine is closed source, cannot be partly disabled and needs OptiFabric on Fabric. Additive, it says, usually updates faster. No benchmarks are given.

Who it suits

Players who want OptiFine-style features, shaders and resource pack support on Fabric and are happy to take bundled extras. The page says features can be removed if they conflict with other mods.

Before you install

The page asks you to read the Driver Compatibility section of Sodium’s wiki first. Install through the SkywardMC guide, using a third-party launcher or the standalone installer, and the site has a post-install section on memory and settings.

Modrinth lists Fabric and Quilt builds, from Minecraft 1.16.5 to the 26.x line. The newest release at the time of writing is an alpha for 26.3. Added mods must support your Minecraft version. No RAM figure is published here.

Playing with friends

The pack is client-side only, with server support listed as unsupported. It should work on servers that accept your client. For servers, the page points to Adrenaline, which it says can be set up so vanilla clients still join. The Modrinth page and the GitHub README say this in one sentence; setup details are not documented in the sources used here.

Written from public sources, not from hands-on testing. Sources: Modrinth project page, Additive site, GitHub repository. See our editorial policy.

Most widely used mods in Additive

The latest version declares 60 projects, 59 of them mods. The ones below appear in the most packs we track.

  • 18 run on client and server
  • 35 client only
  • 6 server only

Full Additive mod list

How its mod list compares

Less common picks: 3 mods found in five or fewer tracked packs.

Packs with the most mods in common

What kinds of mods are in Additive?

Of its 59 mods, 34 are tagged utility, 28 optimization and 9 decoration. Mods can carry several tags, so the counts overlap.

At 15% library, that is a smaller share than 91% of the 491 packs we track.

  • utility: 34 (58%)
  • optimization: 28 (47%)
  • decoration: 9 (15%)
  • library: 9 (15%)
  • management: 4 (7%)
  • game mechanics: 3 (5%)

How big is Additive?

With 59 mods, Additive has more mods than 55% of the 491 packs we track and more mods than 68% of the 37 on Minecraft 26.2.

The pack file is 14 KB. 35 mods are client-only and 24 also run on a server. Alongside the mods it declares 1 resource pack.

How actively is Additive updated?

Additive was first published on May 24, 2022, and has 765 published versions in total.

The latest release, 26.5.1+mc26.2.fabric, is dated Oct 1, 2026, 41 days before our data was fetched on Nov 11, 2026. Releases have covered 27 Minecraft versions over 4.4 years.

Staple mods Additive includes and leaves out

Across the 325 Fabric packs we track, 15 mods turn up most often. Additive includes 12 of them; it leaves out Reese's Sodium Options, Text Placeholder API and Architectury API.

How much RAM does Additive need?

Additive needs 4 GB allocated (2 GB minimum). Our estimate from the 59-mod list, not measured.

How to set allocated memory

How to install Additive

Search for "Additive" in the Modrinth source of your launcher. Pick version 26.5.1+mc26.2.fabric for Minecraft 26.2 (Fabric and Quilt). Modpack install guide.

Does Additive need a server install?

No: Additive is marked client-only on Modrinth, so there is no server install and players can join an ordinary server running Minecraft 26.2.

Modpack server guide.

Versions

Newest build for each of 36 Minecraft version and loader pairs, 15 shown.

MinecraftLoaderPack versionReleased
26.3Fabric26.5.1+mc26.3.fabric (alpha)
26.2Fabric26.5.1+mc26.2.fabric
26.1.2Fabric26.5.1+mc26.1.2.fabric
1.21.11Fabric26.5.1+mc1.21.11.fabric
1.21.1Fabric26.5.1+mc1.21.1.fabric
1.20.1Fabric26.5.1+mc1.20.1.fabric
1.21.10Fabric26.3.0+mc1.21.10.fabric
26.1.1Fabric26.1.3+mc26.1.1.fabric (alpha)
26.1Fabric26.1.2+mc26.1.fabric (alpha)
1.20.4Fabric26.1+mc1.20.4.fabric (beta)
1.19.4Fabric26.1+mc1.19.4.fabric (beta)
1.19.2Fabric26.1+mc1.19.2.fabric (beta)
1.18.2Fabric26.1+mc1.18.2.fabric (beta)
1.16.5Fabric26.1+mc1.16.5.fabric (beta)
1.21.5Fabric1.38.0+1.21.5.fabric