
Fast Leaf Decay (a quality of life mod for leaves decaying faster, can be computer intensive sometimes as uses a bit more to remove them from the world) Biomes O' Plenty (biome variety, other bits and pieces of blocks to add to the biomes, you have to enable this mod with a 'world type' selection, think Default, Superflat, Large Biomes, that button, cycle until you see Biomes O' Plenty and you have those biomes in your world now upon world creation, this mod adds a lot of blocks and items though so be careful of your RAM usage) Mapwriter: (Mapwriter has had ups and downs more recently and less updated so I'd recommend Xaero's more) JourneyMap (Minimap/WorldMap), I personally use Xaero's (more like what a minimap would look like if a Vanilla one existed) or Mapwriter since they aren't as computer intensive as JourneyMap but JourneyMap is a great mod (at least in my experience anyways). A mix of any category to see which one sticks out to you of what options you have or preference of differences/similarities to Vanilla I feel makes more sense to me personally). I tried to give a mix of multiple categories to go about each for the first time or just similar to Vanilla with a few twists, the others listing mainstream or big content mods doesn't seem right to me. technology/tools/dimensions types to not only cover those areas but give you an idea of what you can do from using power for a furnace instead of coal/combustible fuels for example at first, to sometimes x2 ores, special crafting table blocks, power storage to maintain and refill, tools that allow for more durability, higher tiers than diamond to break blocks, faster speed, or with some mods customisation or different/similar benefits to the enchantment system in vanilla. a few quality of life (small tweaks or things you can't live without I guess you could say), a minimap for exploration/places you have been in the past/teleporting straight to them,

(-from recipe viewing to find if too many items/blocks that mods add or just vanilla recipes,


I tried to go for variety to ease in to mods Ease From Vanilla to Mods for Version 1.12.2 using Forge (Forge is the mod tool/modloader that allows compatibility between mods and Minecraft to work well together, but has a lot of developer features which is why biomes, machines/interfaces, fluids, mobs and a lot of other possibilities are so crazy or great with mods):
