Not Enough Vulkan
If you have ever switched to VulkanMod for its impressive performance gains, you have probably noticed that a few of the visual niceties you loved in OptiFine went missing. That is exactly the gap Not Enough Vulkan was built to fill. This add-on is a fork of Sodium Extra that ports a huge selection of OptiFine's eye-candy options over to VulkanMod, giving you fine-grained control over the look of your world without sacrificing the frame rates you switched for in the first place.
What Not Enough Vulkan Actually Does
At its core, this mod is a settings powerhouse. It hooks into VulkanMod and exposes toggles that vanilla Minecraft simply does not offer, all through a clean, searchable interface. Rather than forcing you to choose between performance and polish, it lets you dial in exactly how much visual detail you want on screen at any given moment.
Animations Settings
Control fire, water, lava, and block animations individually. If the flicker of a lava lake is distracting during a build session, you can switch it off without touching anything else.
Particles Settings
Manage every particle type, including particles registered by other mods. This is a lifesaver on lower-end hardware, where a single explosion can tank your frame rate.
Details Settings
Toggle the sky, stars, sun and moon, weather effects, and much more. Perfect for players who want a moody, atmospheric night or a permanently clear sky for screenshots.
Render Settings
Adjust fog, static entities, and other miscellaneous renderings. Fog control alone can dramatically change how far you can see in the Nether or during rain.
Extra Settings
Display FPS, coordinates, toast notifications, cloud styles, and a whole lot more. These are the quality-of-life toggles that most players miss the moment they leave OptiFine behind.
Compatibility Improvements
Beyond settings, Not Enough Vulkan ships with patches that help other mods play nicely with VulkanMod. It includes fixes for Bobby, optional patches for Linux Wayland users, and a monitor selector that makes multi-monitor setups far less painful. If you run a heavily modded instance, these small patches often make the difference between a stable session and a crash log.
For players who would rather skip manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the entire setup in a single click, and its built-in catalog keeps Not Enough Vulkan updated automatically whenever a new build drops.
Supported Minecraft Versions and Loaders
Not Enough Vulkan is a Fabric mod. It targets modern Minecraft releases, and because it depends on VulkanMod, your game version must be one that VulkanMod itself supports. Before you download Not Enough Vulkan, check the mod page to confirm the exact Minecraft version and the matching VulkanMod build. Running mismatched versions is the single most common cause of startup crashes with this add-on.
How to Install Not Enough Vulkan for Minecraft
Getting it running is straightforward, but the order matters. Follow these steps carefully.
- Install the Fabric loader for your chosen Minecraft version.
- Place the VulkanMod jar in your mods folder first. Not Enough Vulkan will not function without it.
- Download Not Enough Vulkan and drop the jar into the same mods folder.
- If you use Bobby or play on Linux with Wayland, the compatibility patches activate automatically once the mod is present.
- Launch the game and open the video settings menu to confirm the new options appear.
If the settings do not show up, double-check that VulkanMod is actually loading. A missing dependency is almost always the culprit.
Modpack Permissions
This is a free and open-source project. You are welcome to include Not Enough Vulkan for Minecraft in any modpack, provided you give proper attribution to the original authors.
Common Questions
Do I need VulkanMod installed?
Yes. VulkanMod is a hard requirement. Without it, the mod will not load at all.
Can I re-host or upload this mod elsewhere?
Yes, as long as you also provide the mod's source code alongside it.
Will new features be added?
Only if those features first appear in Sodium Extra. The project intentionally mirrors its upstream to stay maintainable.
Final Thoughts
Not Enough Vulkan solves a very specific problem elegantly: it restores the visual customization that VulkanMod users gave up when they left OptiFine. If you want animation toggles, particle control, and detailed render settings without abandoning Vulkan performance, this is the add-on to install. Grab VulkanMod, grab this fork, and enjoy the best of both worlds.