Essential uses industry leading peer-to-peer technology and the power of your PC’s hardware to empower you to host Minecraft worlds and invite your friends with ease and for free.

Download Essential Mod for enhanced Minecraft features, Minecraft hosting, character customization, and more!

Essential Mod only works with the official version of Minecraft. Since it needs Mojang account authentication to run, it won’t work with TLauncher or any cracked versions.

Jan 3, 2010 · Improved compatibility with the "Fancy Menu" mod, allowing Essential's title and pause screens to be modified Fixed screenshot preview not working with "VanillaFix" mod

Learn how to use the Essential Installer, the easiest way to install Essential Mod. Install to existing installations, or create a new one.

Learn how to manually install Essential Mod and its required modloader for the vanilla Minecraft launcher.

The best way to play Minecraft. Enhanced Minecraft features in one simple mod. Fast, friendly, and for everyone!

This incident has been resolved. Users should be able to access the Essential network again. If you are still unable to connect to Essential, please try restarting your game. If problems persist after that, …

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Discover all the Essential Key Binds. Easily customize your experience with shortcuts for chat, friends, emotes, and more.