Recommended Client-side mods for 1.16.5
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Optifine (Better performance, shaders, and optifine resourcepack support.)
https://optifine.net/downloadx?f=OptiFine_1.16.5_HD_U_G8.jar&x=224d1346f3c177519773c3bd3e5fdc81

FreshAnimations + Addon(Requires optifine; adds life to mobs with cool animations)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/fresh-animations

BetterBiomeBlend (and less lag too)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/better-biome-blend

BetterF3 (F3 is labelled and organized)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/betterf3

ClientTweaks (various QoL tweaks)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/client-tweaks

Dynamic Music (Dynamic in-game vanilla music)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/dynamic-music?page=2

FarSight (more view distance without perf loss)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/farsight

Inventory Essentials (QoL tweaks for moving items with mouse)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/inventory-essentials

InventoryHUD (Some nice customizable QoL HUD icons/text additions)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/inventory-hud-forge

JourneyMap (More customizeable minimap, includes cave mapping)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/journeymap

Notes (you can write notes in-game for stuff)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/notes

SmoothBoot (Minecraft no longer holds your PC hostage during startup)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smooth-boot-forge

SoundFilters (nice echo reverb effect in caves and places)
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sound-filters

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Pub: 03 Nov 2021 04:32 UTC
Edit: 03 Nov 2021 04:33 UTC
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