The Aether and related upgrades to it. TLDR its the Aether, make the glowstone portal it works now

Aether

Aether Addon: Emissivity - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Aether Addon: Enhanced Extinguishing - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Aether Addon: Protect Your Moa - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Aether Addon: Treasure Reforging - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Aether: Lost Content Addon - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Aether: Regenerated - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge

Deep Aether - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

The Aether - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

The Aether: Redux - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Biome Upgrade

Geophilic – Vanilla Biome Overhauls - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Slight enhancements to all vanilla biomes without being overbearing

YUNG’s Cave Biomes (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Some cave biomes

Alex’s Caves - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Massive cave biomes and things that are basically mini dimensions but also very rare

Create Create - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - yknow. the create mod

Create Crafts & Additions - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Create electricity in here

Create: Copycats+ - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - More Create copycat blocks

Create: Enchantment Industry - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Create enchanting things

Create Goggles (Create Plus) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Merge create goggles and a helmet

Create Deco - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Decor for the factory

Create Big Cannons - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Self explanatory

Create: Aquatic Ambitions - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - New recipes and things to automate

Deep Dark Upgrade

Deeper and Darker - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - Adds new deep dark based dimension

End Upgrade

BetterEnd - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - new things for the end

“Better End Cities” for Better End - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge - end cities better

YUNG’s Better Strongholds (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - stronghold improved

Illager Upgrade

Illager Invasion - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - new illagers and mechanics for raids

The Conjurer - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - a single new illager

Magic

Forbidden and Arcanus - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - the token magic mod

Mobs

Friends&Foes (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - all the mob votes that failed

Dragon Mounts: Legacy - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - hatch the dragon egg into a rideable dragon

Cat Jammies - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - cats jam to music. thats it thats the mod

Waddles - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - penguins!

More Critters - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - like 16 new creatures

Wan’s Ancient Beasts - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - some new mobs like the sniffer that are ancient dinosaur like things

Nether Upgrade

YUNG’s Better Nether Fortresses (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - nether fortress cooler

Gardens of the Dead - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - 2 new biomes

Incendium - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - more new biomes and dungeons in nether

Structures

YUNG’s Better Dungeons (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - all yungs selfe explanatory

YUNG’s Better Jungle Temples (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

YUNG’s Better Mineshafts (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

YUNG’s Better Ocean Monuments (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

YUNG’s Better Witch Huts (Forge/NeoForge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Towns and Towers - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - village like structures

Stalwart Dungeons - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - 3 new dungeons with bosses and items

DnT Ancient City Overhaul - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - ancient city improved a bit

Dungeons and Taverns - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - adds lots of new dungeons and a tavern with maps leading to them

Dungeon Now Loading 2% - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - two mega dungeons with custom mechanics and puzzles etc

Tinkers

Tinkers Construct - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - its tinkers construct

Tinker’s Compatibility - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - more tinkers things

Create: Tinker’s Compat - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - create crushed ores can go in smeltery for doubling if u want

Vanilla+

too lazy to get links for these so just google if you need

Vertical Slabs - title

Veinmining - vein mining enchantment exists

torchmaster - torch that stops mob spawns in a radius

mouse tweaks - useful mouse controls

majrusz enchantments - more enchantments

inventory sorter - middle click to sort

sniffer+ - sniffers are better

chimes - wind chimes cuz why not

chunky - not useful on server for you but lets you load chunks in singleplayer or on server

lootr - chests can be opened by anyone, loot generates per person. gold trim chests are unopened by you

Amendments - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - lots of little things

Another Furniture - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - nice furniture

Beautiful Enchanted Books - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge - custom textures for all da enchantments

Better Advancements - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - title

Controlling - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - better controls screen

Better World Loading ([Neo]Forge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - title

Biome Music[Forge/Fabric] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - title

Climate Rivers - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - rivers look nicer when they generate

Blossom Blade - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - small structure in cherry blossom biomes

Bountiful - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - bounty boards in villages

Corpse - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - so you dont lose all ur things when you die

Falling Leaves (NeoForge/Forge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Item Highlighter [Neo/Forge] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - highlights new items you get in inventory

Jade 🔍 - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - what are you looking at

Modded Omelet - Modern Spawn Eggs - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge - spawn egg textures

Nature’s Compass - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - compass to any biome

Open Parties and Claims - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - claim chunks for chunk loading

Pet Cemetery - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - allows you to revive dead pets as skeletal pets

Simple Discord Rich Presence (Forge / Fabric) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - shows on discord

Snow! Real Magic! ⛄ (Neo/Forge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - makes snow better

Void Totem (Forge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - totem to save you if you fall in void

Toni’s Immersive Lanterns - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - latnerns better

Waystones - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - waystones

Xaero’s Minimap - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - minimap

Xaero’s World Map - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - world map

Vanilla Backport: Chase the Skies, The Garden Awakens - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - happy ghasts and the pale garden/creaking

Aquatic Torches Returns - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - torches underwater

QoL

Charm of Undying (Fabric/Forge/Quilt) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - totem of undying can go in curios charm slot

Client Crafting - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - speed up crafting

Crash Assistant - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - help with crash debugging

Cut Through - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - cut through grass

Distraction Free Recipes (EMI / REI / JEI) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - the jei stuff on the side doesnt show til you search

Easy Anvils - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - better anvils

Easy Disenchanting - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - better disenchanting stuffs

Easy Magic - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - better enchanting stuffs

Enchantment Descriptions - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - descriptions on enchanting books

Just Enough Items (JEI) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - the how to craft list

Just Zoom - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - z to zoom

KleeSlabs - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - break slab you look at

Leaves Be Gone - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - leaves disappear fast

Misc Tweaks - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - title

MixinTrace Resmithed - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - debug help

Pick Up Notifier - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - tells you waht you pick up

Polymorph (Fabric/Forge/Quilt) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

RevampedWolf - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Searchables - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Yeetus Experimentus - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Sodium/Embeddium Extras - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Sodium - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge - performance

Configured - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Sodium/Embeddium Dynamic Lights - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Sodium/Embeddium Options API - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Oculus - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Bugfix

AllTheLeaks (Memory Leak Fix) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Alternate Current - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Bee Fix - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Chunk Sending[Forge/Fabric] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Clumps - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Connectivity - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

DEUF - Duplicate Entity UUID Fix - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Dimensional Sync Fixes - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Does It Tick? - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Farsight [Forge/Neo] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

FerriteCore ((Neo)Forge) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

fix GPU memory leak[Forge/Fabric] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

ImmediatelyFast - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Krypton Reforged - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Load My F***ing Tags - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Long NBT Killer - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

ModernFix - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

NaNny (Fix NaN Health / Absorption) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

No Chat Reports - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

No Report Button - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Noisium - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Packet Fixer - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Recipe Essentials[Forge/Fabric] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Server Performance - Smooth Chunk Save[Forge/Fabric] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Skeleton AI Fix - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Smarter Farmers (farmers replant) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

spark - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Structure Essentials[Forge/Fabric] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Wither Spawn Fix [Fabric/Forge/Neoforge] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

CrashExploitFixer - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Let Me Despawn - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Too Fast - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Smooth Boot (Reloaded) - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Boat Break Fix [Neo/Forge/Fabric/Quilt] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Compat

[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge] - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Armor Trim Compat - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge

Continuity - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Dragon Mounts Patches - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Enchantment Descriptions Compat - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge

Fresh Waystones Texture - Minecraft Resource Packs - CurseForge

Loot Integrations - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Sinytra Connector - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Yung Structures Addon for Loot Integrations - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Forgified Fabric API - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Iris & Oculus Flywheel Compat - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Connector Extras - Mods - Minecraft - CurseForge