The Elevator mod is a fantastically simple way to get up and down as well as side to side. It makes for a quicker mechanism to get where you need to be at a much faster pace and automatically. There’s no need for button pressing or complicated construction.

Blocklings are tamable mobs in Minecraft that may start out small but ultimately grow very large over time. Their main goal is protecting you in your travels. They can level up to 10 levels and can even be upgraded incrementally.

Throw a spear in a zombie's head!
Cut a skeleton in half with your brand new halberd!
Shoot some slimes in pieces with an old musket!
And more!
 

Hungry? Install this mod. The Still Hungry mod features a TON of new foods! You also get 3 extra crops to grow and some cooking tools for your convenience.

Oceancraft is a mod that almost completely overhauls the ocean in Minecraft. It makes them much more realistic and adds in 10 new mobs, new blocks, and new items!

The VoxelMap is a very nifty minimap that displays elevation, terrain, mobs, and other players (in multiplayer)! It also has an enlarged mode, a square mode, and a zoom mode!

Mr_Crayfish’s Furniture Mod adds more than 30 pieces of furniture to Minecraft that can be used to decorate your home and garden.

LotsOMobs adds more than 25 new mobs to Minecraft including birds, fish, lions, mammoths, snakes and even dinosaurs. As well as making the Minecraft world much more interesting to explore, many of the mobs have unique drops, for example deer fur can be used to create armour. Camels, mammoths and pterosauruses can all be ridden in the same way as horses in vanilla Minecraft.

Antique Atlas is a new way to view your map with a really neat, old school gaming, aesthetic. It very much resembles the Zelda style mapping and comes in an infinitely scrollable book. You can even zoom and create markers.