Changelog | Essential Mod (2025)

Jun 17, 2025

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21.6 Fabric

Compatibility

• Added support for cosmetics, emotes and skins to be recorded and played back by the ReplayMod

Jun 12, 2025

Improvements

• Improved "Add Friend" modal to work regardless of Mojang service availability

Jun 11, 2025

Improvements

• Improved the nameplate design
• Improved the Essential icon on nameplates and the tab-list

Essential Settings

• Added setting to see your own nameplate in third person

Jun 4, 2025

Improvements

• Added drag and drop functionality to the resource packs, data packs and server list screens

Bug Fixes

• Fixed friends not being sorted correctly after searching in Social Menu
• Fixed particle cosmetics not being hidden when player is invisible

May 12, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed connecting to servers on NeoForge

May 8, 2025

Essential Settings

• Added setting to hide cosmetic particles in first person view

Compatibility

• Fixed crash with KotlinForForge 5.8
• Fixed crash with "Sinytra Connector"
• Fixed compatibility with Iris on 1.21.5 NeoForge

May 7, 2025

New Versions

• Added support for NeoForge 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1, 1.20.6 and 1.20.4
• Added support for Forge 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1 and 1.20.6

May 5, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed particles being emitted incorrectly from emotes when in first-person
• Fixed unprompted "Error obtaining coin bundles" notifications

Compatibility

• Fixed crash caused by marking a server as a favorite in the Discover tab with CherishedWorlds

Apr 9, 2025

Miscellaneous

• Improved design and animation of all toggle switches

Bug Fixes

• Fixed item backgrounds in Wardrobe on Minecraft 1.17 to 1.20.6
• Fixed cosmetic hover outline on preview player in Wardrobe on Minecraft 1.17 to 1.20.6
• Fixed cosmetic hover outline on preview player in Wardrobe on MacOS on Minecraft 1.8.9 to 1.16.5
• Fixed screenshot not rendering when focused in Pictures on Minecraft 1.17 to 1.20.6
• Fixed main/pause menu buttons with "Use Minecraft button texture" setting enabled on 1.21.5
• Fixed screenshots being blank when taken while there are active notifications on Minecraft 1.21.5
• Fixed emotes in bundle previews only playing once
• Fixed first-person emote preview misbehaving when changing world while an emote is playing
• Fixed game getting stuck opening a Single Player world after hosting one with a shared Resource Pack
• Fixed crash when trying to edit a cosmetic with differing height options to the currently selected cosmetic
• Fixed buttons in Add/Edit Server screen being misaligned in 1.16.5

Compatibility

• Fixed cosmetics being invisible with Iris shaders on Minecraft 1.21.5
• Fixed crash when pressing "Q" with the mods Quark and Entity Model Features installed at the same time

Mar 25, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "No OpenGL context found in the current thread." crash
• Fixed "Could not initialize class gg.essential.elementa.components.UIRoundedRectangle" crash on 1.8.9
• Fixed cosmetic hover outline in Wardrobe on 1.16 - 1.21.4
• Fixed "Buffer has already been released!" error on 1.19 - 1.20.6

Mar 25, 2025

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21.5 Fabric

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when servers send invalid player skin textures on Minecraft versions older than 1.20.2
• Fixed first person visuals of some cosmetics and emotes
• Fixed some emote animations unintentionally affecting first person hands in 1.21.2 and above
• Fixed some cosmetics with left/right side options showing particles for both sides at the same time

Mar 10, 2025

Improvements

• Improved the screenshot upload notification to open the chat in which the screenshot was sent when clicked
• Added the ability for emotes to have random variations
• Added the ability for emotes to lock the player rotation
• Added the ability for emotes to hide other cosmetics and held items

Bug Fixes

• Fixed previewing of emotes in the Wardrobe
• Fixed Discord Rich Presence integration not working on latest Discord version
• Fixed "BufferBuilder was empty" crash with certain cosmetics on Minecraft 1.21 and above
• Fixed a Minecraft bug resulting in black screen under some conditions on Minecraft 1.17 to 1.21.1
• Fixed player legs clipping through pants cosmetics when running
• Fixed world difficulty setting being visible when hosting a world with locked difficulty from the main menu
• Fixed Essential crashing with RandomPatches mod

Feb 26, 2025

Improvements

• Added the ability to have more interactions between different cosmetics and emotes
• Improved cosmetic and emote settings and hide additional cosmetic/emote settings if cosmetics/emotes are disabled
• Improved nameplate and tab-list Essential Icon settings
• Improved game window title to say "Multiplayer (Hosted World)" when in a hosted world

Wardrobe

• Added the ability to move emotes between emote wheels by dragging it over the "switch emote wheel" arrows
• Improved the layout of the Featured page

Social Menu

• Increased the character limit of chat messages from 500 to 2500
• Added a visual indicator when a chat message approaches, or is over, the character limit
• Added confirmation toast when inviting players to a world
• Removed group invites for now due to various issues with how they behaved

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Essential nameplate indicator not being correctly affected by lighting in 1.8.9 & 1.12.2
• Fixed the "Direct message notifications" and "Group message notifications" settings not working
• Fixed the show/hide cosmetic keybind doing things despite cosmetics being disabled

Feb 5, 2025

Wardrobe

• Improved purchase confirmation modal to list all individual items in addition to total price
• Added modal shown when transactions or unlocks are undergoing maintenance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed trial cape spawning additional particles that are visible 585 blocks above the player
• Fixed the "Show game activity status to friends" setting not updating until you leave or join a server
• Fixed cosmetic particles/sounds being emitted even for parts of the cosmetic which are hidden
• Fixed duplicate cosmetic particles/sounds on cosmetics which have a Left/Right or Front/Back setting

Compatibility

• Fixed GUI rendering with ImmediatelyFast on 1.21.2 and above
• Fixed crash with "Minecraft Client Go Brrr" mod

Jan 22, 2025

Social Menu

• Added name of the world to friends' activity when they're hosting a world you can join
• Improved game activity setting and modal text to better reflect its actual behavior

Wardrobe

• Improved NEW tags to disappear after you have (pre)viewed the cosmetic

Bug Fixes

• Fixed capes and elytras not animating with emotes
• Fixed crashes/errors when rendering capes (on 1.21.1 and below) and elytras with "Show Emotes" setting disabled
• Fixed Essential main menu buttons appearing blurry with "Use vanilla button texture" on 1.21.4
• Fixed crash when loading Essential with RandomPatches mod

Dec 3, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when rendering non-player nametag under certain circumstances

Dec 3, 2024

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21.4 Fabric

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some emotes not playing properly when cosmetics are disabled in the Essential settings
• Fixed some particles being unaffected by the "Show cosmetics" setting
• Fixed Essential nametag indicator not showing when sneaking on Minecraft 1.21.2 and newer
• Fixed Wardrobe mute / unmute button showing even for emotes which do not have sound

Compatibility

• Fixed not being able to join friends with ViaFabricPlus

Nov 11, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed 1.20.6 version not working correctly

Nov 11, 2024

Wardrobe

• Added emote sound settings

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when unbinding the zoom key in 1.21.2+
• Fixed emotes unlocked via bundles permanently playing on the player
• Fixed incorrect small purchase banner positioning

Oct 30, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed closing the multiplayer menu crashing the game when Essential is disabled

Oct 30, 2024

Multiplayer Menu

• Added "Discover" tab in multiplayer menu to replace "Featured" tab

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when exporting in Flashback mod
• Fixed crash when changing tick speed with G4mespeed mod

Oct 23, 2024

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21.3 Fabric

Bug Fixes

• Fixed group chat icons not loading

Oct 23, 2024

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21.2 Fabric

Wardrobe

• Added slow rotation to some bundle items so they can be more easily seen from all sides

Bug Fixes

• Fixed servers in the featured tab displaying as infinitely pinging on 1.20.6+
• Fixed replacing selected text sometimes inserting the new text in the wrong position, potentially crashing the game on Ctrl+Z
• Fixed outer skin layer sometimes being visible over cosmetics when it shouldn't be
• Fixed the re-invite button remaining visible for players already online
• Fixed emote getting stuck as active when switching outfit while emote is active
• Fixed the Screenshot Browser freezing under certain circumstances

Compatibility

• Fixed emotes not playing properly with the Fresh Moves resource pack installed

Aug 28, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed World Hosting failing to connect if your computer is set to certain languages
• Fixed timeout / bad connection issue some people were experiencing with World Hosting
• Multiple minor improvements to World Hosting connection quality
• Fixed skin being automatically selected when uploaded

Aug 19, 2024

World Hosting

• Improved time it takes to connect
• Fixed various "ICE failed" and other timeout on connect issues

Bug Fixes

• Added support for Fabric Loader 0.16.1 and above

Aug 8, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed error when joining a hosted world on Forge 1.16 or above

Aug 8, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed 1.21.1 crashing on boot
• Fixed game freezing when Cancel is pressed while joining a hosted world

Aug 8, 2024

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21.1 Fabric

Improvements

• Improved Emote preview design
• Added a minimum scrollbar width and height to all Essential GUIs
• Improved various cosmetics to rotate independently from player rotation
• Added the ability to access the outfit context menu by clicking on the outfit name
• Added animated gradient backgrounds for highlighted items in the Wardrobe
• Improved Gift Received notification design to be consistent with other notifications
• Removed unnecessary "Starting Integrated Server..." modal

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cosmetic & armor visibility for certain combination of cosmetics
• Fixed cosmetics on legs not being hidden properly when armor is equipped on legs or feet but not both
• Fixed an issue when opening the screenshot browser on Feather Client

Jul 4, 2024

UI

• Improved discount tags on bundles in Wardrobe to display saved Essential Coins
• Improved dates in Social Menu to not show the year when it's the current one

Bug Fixes

• Fixed being unable to open Wardrobe with the "Bad Optimizations" mod on Forge 1.19.2
• Fixed resource pack sharing not working on some Forge versions
• Fixed inventory tooltip text disappearing after receiving a "Friend Online" notification
• Fixed cosmetic hover outline in Wardrobe being incorrect for certain combinations of cosmetics

Jun 13, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed 1.20.6 not showing up as a supported version

Jun 13, 2024

New Versions

• Added support for 1.21 Fabric

Wardrobe

• Removed "You need..." coin pack option

UI

• Improved Settings menu design

Bug Fixes

• Fixed messages not being marked as un-read in certain situations
• Fixed final kick shockwave effect of "Tornado Kick" emote being invisible when viewed from behind
• Fixed armor/cape/elytra/etc. being invisible when behind translucent cosmetics
• Fixed the "Pictures" text being misaligned in the Social Menu
• Fixed skin sometimes changing unexpectedly when switching between accounts
• Fixed incompatibility with MixinBooter 8.9+ and some other mods on 1.12.2 (the fix in Essential 1.3.2.5 was ineffective)

May 28, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed skins failing to upload in certain situations
• Fixed rendering of translucent cosmetics

Compatibility

• Fixed the tab list breaking when using ImmediatelyFast
• Fixed incompatibility with MixinBooter 8.9+ and some other mods on 1.12.2

May 15, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed message channels not moving to the top of the list after sending a message
• Fixed skins failing to load in the Wardrobe under certain conditions
• Fixed Gift Received notification

Compatibility

• Fixed game crashing with OptiFine on 1.20.4

May 9, 2024

Wardrobe

• Added an "unlocked" notification when claiming a free item

Bug Fixes

• Fixed sending an emoji in the Social Menu causing the menu to not render properly

May 4, 2024

Compatibility

• Fixed game freezing with "Entity Texture Features" mod

May 3, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Gifting modal incorrectly claiming that all friends already own the item

May 3, 2024

New Versions

• Added support for 1.20.2 and 1.20.4 Forge
• Added support for 1.20.6 Fabric

Improvements

• Improved the appearance of all our toasts
• Added a toast on the main menu which links to the wiki on first launch
• Improved Emote Wheel behavior when the game gets disconnected from the Essential Network
• Improved Skin Upload Error modal text to be more descriptive
• Improved Coin Purchase modal to show bonus coins
• Improved Gifting modal to allow selecting multiple friends to gift to at once
• Removed "Essential GUI Scale" from settings

Bug Fixes

• Fixed images not displaying in the "Uploaded" tab of the Screenshot Browser
• Fixed certain random animations not playing in the Wardrobe on 1.19.3 and above
• Fixed some particles rendering completely black or not at all in the Wardrobe on 1.17 and above
• Fixed multiple issues causing the Social Menu to crash
• Fixed the unread indicator not disappearing after receiving a message in the Social Menu
• Fixed Emote Wheel having a dark background on 1.20.2 and above

Apr 3, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cosmetics not being affected by in-world lighting on 1.8.9 and 1.12.2
• Fixed screenshot and fullscreen hotkey while in modal on 1.8.9 and 1.12.2
• Fixed occasionally inconsistent player animation speed in GUIs
• Fixed incorrect alignment of outfit name in the Wardrobe title bar

Mar 21, 2024

Wardrobe

• Improved sidebar colors and icons

Compatibility

• Fixed voice chat mods sometimes not working after rejoining a hosted world

Mar 6, 2024

Wardrobe

• Items will always be sorted by price, even if they are owned
• The purchase confirmation modal will now only be shown if you have enough coins for the purchase

Bug Fixes

• Fixed group names being center-aligned in sharing modals
• Fixed connection failure when invite notification is clicked multiple times
• Fixed the horizon flashing black after leaving the Wardrobe
• Fixed a memory leak that occurred after closing Discord with Essential's Discord Rich Presence feature enabled on macOS or Linux

Compatibility

• Fixed Online Indicators not rendering with Feather Client

Feb 27, 2024

Improvements

• Added a list of unowned cosmetics in your outfit beside the character preview in the Wardrobe
• Added a warning to the wardrobe when your emote wheel keybind is conflicting with another keybind
• Added an indicator to skins in the Wardrobe when they are being used on an outfit
• Added a context menu option for duplicating an outfit in the Wardrobe
• Added a purchase confirmation modal when clicking the purchase button in the player preview window
• Added visible timer to bundles
• Scrolling in the in-game Emote Wheel will now cycle through the different wheels
• Added a modal shown when Essential has been auto installed by a 3rd party mod

Bug Fixes

• Fixed players being kicked from World Hosting when host temporarily loses connection to Essential infrastructure
• Fixed performance issues when leaving the Wardrobe open for an extended period of time
• Fixed the Essential online indicator not showing on sneaking players on 1.8.9
• Fixed cosmetic animations resetting when changing colors
• Fixed unowned items equipped modal displaying when leaving the wardrobe quickly after purchase
• "NEW" indicator on the main menu is no longer hidden during a sale

Compatibility

• Fixed Essential not showing on main menu when using Custom Main Menu

Miscellaneous

• Moved the Essential onboarding file to a new location

Feb 9, 2024

Gifting

• Improved error messaging when recipient is not an Essential user

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect minimum coin package size being used on the purchase coins modal tooltip

Feb 8, 2024

Wardrobe

• Adjusted discount percentage rounding on item tags

Feb 7, 2024

UI

• Adjusted the order and appearance of wardrobe item tags
• Moved the search bar to the left of the "Add Skin" button in the Wardrobe

Feb 1, 2024

Improvements

• Updated bundled MixinExtras to 0.3.5
• Auto-detect skin type (wide or slim) when adding a new skin
• Coins modal now forces creator codes to uppercase

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect/inconsistent text truncation in various UI elements
• Fixed "Edit Message" button not appearing when hovering over anything except the first image in a message with multiple images
• Fixed commands which require permission levels higher than 2 (e.g. /tick) not working with cheats enabled on World Hosting sessions
• Fixed the Hypixel server in featured server list taking incorrect server data such as MOTDs from a different Hypixel subdomain in favorite server list
• Fixed Wardrobe crashing on emotes page when emotes are disabled in settings
• Fixed ability to upload and add skins with old format (64x32)
• Fixed game rule values being visually cut off in World Host Settings
• Fixed game rule values being limited to five digits in World Host Settings
• Fixed chunks sometimes being invisible when using emotes
• Fixed Essential capes not being disabled when cosmetics are disabled
• Fixed changing accounts using third-party account managers
• Fixed worlds shared via World Hosting remaining in the Multiplayer menu after being uninvited or closed

Dec 30, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.20.4 Fabric

Compatibility

• Fixed ReplayMod failing to record with Essential on 1.20.2

Dec 20, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed emote wheels not saving correctly between sessions

Dec 19, 2023

Cosmetics

• Added 100 new cosmetics
• Added ability to select cosmetics on the character preview
• Added ability to gift cosmetics to friends
• Improved customization with color options and position adjustments

Skins

• Added skin library for easier skin management
• Added ability to add skins via link, file, or username
• Added ability to favourite skins
• Added skin sharing via social menu or link
• Improved skin locking to outfits
• Improved syncing skins with Mojang

Outfits

• Added outfits library for easier outfit management
• Added ability to favourite outfits
• Added ability to rename outfits
• Increased outfit limit to 128

Emotes

• Added in-game emote wheel switching
• Added ability to gift emotes to friends

Wardrobe

• Added ability to create outfits from preview window
• Added ability to switch between outfits and emotes in preview window
• Added cosmetic and emote rarity tiers
• Added Essential Coin packs
• Added ability to support creators with Creator Codes
• Improved unlocking and purchasing flow
• Improved wardrobe sidebar design
• Improved wardrobe scaling behaviour
• Improved featured page

Compatibility

• Fixed Essential not showing on main menu with FancyMenu 2.14.10 Fabric

Nov 8, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed using high resolution resource packs causing the main and pause menus to freeze temporarily
• Fixed an issue where marking a group of messages as unread would attempt to mark your own messages as unread
• Fixed the option to use the Minecraft button textures on 1.20.2
• Fixed an issue where enabling cheats when creating a world, but disabling them when sharing to your friends would still allow them to execute commands
• Fixed emotes still playing on the pause screen when they are disabled through the Essential Settings menu

Oct 31, 2023

Social Menu

• Redesigned the message input field and reply banner
• Added ability to attach screenshots to messages
• Added ability to edit messages
• Added last message sent timestamp to chat list
• Added muted indicator on friends and groups to chat list
• Added ability to save shared pictures
• Updated image embed design
• Updated background color of sent messages
• Updated color of links
• Updated world/server invite and join buttons
• Minor bug fixes

Pictures

• Added the option to run a quick-action after taking a screenshot
• Added a better placeholder for pictures which couldn't be loaded
• Updated default bottom-left screenshot quick action to "Copy Picture"

Appearance

• Added the option to use the vanilla button texture for Essential menu buttons
• Added support for resource packs to override the Essential menu button texture

Modals

• Added a "Create New World" button to the host world modal
• Added information to empty friend invite, make group, and share screenshot modals

Settings

• Updated the layout of all settings
• Updated the name and description of all settings

Oct 30, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where scrolling in certain menus would cause the game to crash
• Fixed a bug causing excessive memory allocation on the multiplayer screen, potentially leading to crashes

Oct 25, 2023

Improvements

• Updated bundled MixinExtras to 0.2.0

UI Changes

• Improved friend indicators on server entries and hosted worlds in the Multiplayer menu

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the "Cheats" option wouldn't have the correct value when sharing a Singleplayer world for the first time
• Fixed Add Friend modal showing "Username doesn't exist" error when typing longer usernames
• Fixed the modal fade-in transition not showing on some systems
• Fixed an issue where the Essential logo wasn't appearing on Fabric when using Mod Menu
• Fixed search in Wardrobe sometimes showing incorrect items
• Fixed an issue where muting or un-muting a player in the social menu would show an error
• Fixed a bug where the Essential screenshot sound would still play when Essential is disabled in settings
• Fixed a bug where disabling Essential wouldn't remove Essential capes
• Fixed an issue where disabling Essential through the toggle in settings would cause body parts with cosmetics on them to disappear

Compatibility

• Fixed Plasmo Voice 2.x not working with World Hosting
• Fixed Essential World Hosting, chat and other issues when using Vivecraft
• Fixed an issue where Essential's online indicator wouldn't show on certain servers

Sep 25, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.20.2 Fabric

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the game (MCL-3732) resulting in a crash when receiving a resource pack on 1.8.9
• Fixed a crash when inviting players to a server under certain circumstances

Sep 14, 2023

Improvements

• Updated bundled Kotlin to stdlib 1.9.10, coroutines 1.7.3 and serialization 1.6.0 on Fabric and 1.8.9/1.12.2 Forge

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where text inside messages wouldn't get unselected properly
• Fixed a bug in the game where player data would load incorrectly when sharing your world with your friends
• Fixed an issue with drawing onto screenshots on macOS
• Fixed modals not showing on title screen with FancyMenu

Aug 22, 2023

Automatic Updates

• Automatic updates are now opt-in for everyone
• Added manual update option

Improvements

• Added ability to directly share screenshots with friends
• Screenshot quick actions are now fully configurable
• Various minor UI improvements

Compatibility

• Fixed Essential not showing on main menu when FancyMenu is enabled
• Fixed crashes with ViaFabric and Draggable Lists in the multiplayer menu
• Fixed proxied server pings failing with ViaFabric
• Fixed the Essential diamond being black in the player list with Iris installed
• Fixed the player's hand still being visible when zooming in with Iris installed

Bug Fixes

• Default trusted hosts will load properly when Essential is disabled
• Fixed avatar images not loading on older Minecraft versions

Jul 28, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed toggle button colors not updating in modals when clicked

Jul 28, 2023

Improvements

• Cheat option has new behaviour on Essential World Hosting:
  • When enabled: Host gets OP and they can choose who to OP
  • When disabled: No one gets OP
• Added a scrollbar to the account switcher
• Added confirmation modal when opening untrusted links in Social Menu
• Added telemetry about operating system information

Misc

• Removed the keybind for adding the player that you are looking at as a friend

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cape rendering incorrectly in pause menu while using emotes on Minecraft 1.19.3 and above
• Fixed confirm via Enter key on text modals such as the Add Friend modal
• Fixed game rule text not wrapping correctly on the World Host Settings screen
• Removed broken third party image embeds
• Removed localization of dates in the screenshot browser
• Fixed first person emote preview sometimes appearing when the "Play emotes in third person view" setting is enabled
• Fixed first person emote preview disappearing too early
• Fixed screenshots overlapping in the Screenshot Browser list view on certain resolutions
• Fixed Copy Image not functioning correctly with some applications on MacOS
• Fixed Copy Image not functioning reliably on Linux
• Fixed "Show friends what server you play on" dialog showing multiple times if screen is resized
• Fixed avatar images not loading
• Fixed spacing in "Loading cosmetics" modal
• Removed toast blocking access to Wardrobe via keybind when cosmetics are disabled
• Fixed long world names and descriptions in Select World modal
• Fixed a crash that occurred when failing to get hardware information for telemetry
• Fixed Discord usernames not being handled correctly when the user has migrated to the new username system
• Fixed markdown renderer crashing on some texts
• Fixed cosmetics not rendering in the Wardrobe when cosmetics are disabled in settings
• Fixed color of hovered links
• Fixed occasional crash when switching away from Owned Only in the Wardrobe

Compatibility

• Fixed position of Essential button in settings menu with NoChatReports installed
• The Screenshot Browser now works correctly with the Shared Resources mod

Jun 22, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.20.1 Forge

Improvements

• Added a new loading animation for image embeds in the Social Menu

Bug Fixes

• Stopped showing changelog modal on fresh install
• Fixed Essential Menu showing when game is paused with F3 + Esc

Jun 12, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed failure to connect via Essential World Hosting on 1.20.1

Jun 12, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.20.1 Fabric

Jun 7, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Show a notification when the Blossom and Sniffer capes are unlocked
• Fixed Essential menu alignment in Pause Menu in Minecraft 1.19.3

Misc

• Reworded cosmetic and armor conflict settings, removed Always hide armor option

Jun 6, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.20 Fabric
• Unlock the Sniffer and Blossom Capes when playing with friends on MC 1.20.x using Essential World Hosting

Improvements

• Added setting to hide your cosmetics for yourself and other players (toggled by existing key binding)
• Messages that are still sending are now marked by a different color
• Minor UI improvements in Social Menu

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cosmetics in Wardrobe disappearing when emote is dragged onto them
• Fixed messages being sent out of order when connection is unstable

May 25, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when rendering certain cosmetics on Minecraft 1.8.9

May 25, 2023

Improvements

• Social Menu: Added reply button to messages
• Added Resource Pack Sharing support for outdated resource packs
• Screenshot Manager: Added option to view and delete screenshots uploaded to media.essential.gg
• Made "Show my Armor" setting also hide Elytra when applicable
• Unbind the Save Hotbar Activator keybind for new users to avoid conflict with Zoom hotkey
• Updated friend selection modal when inviting friends to a world
• Stopped sending a client settings packet on all cosmetic updates to avoid falsely triggering some Anti Cheats
• Various UI improvements and bug fixes

Compatibility

• Fixed incompatibility with Show Me Your Skin mod
• Fixed incompatibility with Not Enough Gamerules mod
• Fixed random crash with Serene Seasons mod
• Added support for FreeBSD

Apr 17, 2023

Player Hosting

• Added warning when MacOS firewall state blocks Player Hosting connections

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Optifine breaking some screenshot functionality on Fabric 1.19.4
• Fixed Optifine breaking typing in modal inputs on Fabric 1.19.4
• Fixed crash when using Optifine on Forge 1.19.4
• Misc minor UI/Other fixes

Mar 25, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Player Hosting sessions starting on adventure mode when opening from the main menu

Mar 20, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.19.4 Forge

User Interface Tweaks

• Moved Essential settings button

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash with malformed player signature
• Misc UI fixes and tweaks

Mar 14, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.19.4 Fabric

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some issues relating to IPv6 with Player Hosting
• Fixed cosmetic unavailable on offline mode servers toast showing when staring a Player Hosting session
• Fixed World Share Settings GUI allowing the changing of difficulty when it is locked
• Fixed 3rd party capes showing in emote previews
• Fixed synchronization of friend request privacy across installs
• Fixed skins flashing for 1 frame in player previews
• Misc UI fixes

Compatibility

• Fixed game freezing with Forge-Client-Reset-Packet
• Fixed menu player sometimes using wrong model (Steve when it should be Alex) with OptiFine
• Show warning about cosmetics being unavailable when connecting to offline mode servers

Wardrobe

• Temporarily removed "Gift" button because it did not quite work as one would expect, you can still use the web store to gift cosmetics to your friends

Feb 9, 2023

Social menu

• Ignore embed handling for links wrapped in <>. For example, https://essential.gg
• Fixed 'Failed to load image' error showing on links that successfully loaded but did not contain an image embed
• Fixed extra toast when an announcement is edited

Player Hosting

• Removed 'friends' privacy setting. All sessions are now invite only
• Fixed host resource pack being zipped even when share resource pack is disabled

Wardrobe

• Improved loading speed of visible items inside the Wardrobe
• Adjusted minimium width of player preview to allow more content to be shown
• Fixed some keys toggling cosmetics in Wardrobe when toggle cosmetics hotkey was unbound on 1.8.9 and 1.12.2
• Fixed Wardrobe being empty on first openening in some cases

Bug Fixes

• Verify user has accepted terms of service before attempting to upload screenshot via upload button on toast
• Misc minor UI fixes

Compatibility improvements

• Fixed conflict with NotEnoughAnimations on 1.16
• Fixed parrots not animating on emotes on 1.16+ Forge with OptiFine

Jan 30, 2023

Compatibility

• Fix emote incompatibility with NotEnoughAnimations on 1.19.x

Bug Fixes

• Fixed 'Loading Cosmetics' modal closing way too early while some cosmetics may still be loading
• Fixed emotes breaking elytra position
• Fixed taking a screenshot while in a text input clearing search results on MacOS
• Fixed Forge bug on 1.12.2 causing difficulty to reset when changing dimensions
• Misc UI fixes

Jan 24, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various connection issues with Player Hosting
• Fixed cape misbehaving when emotes are disabled in the settings
• Fixed log spam when emote keybind is pressed with no emote bound

Compatibility

• Fixed compatibility with emotes with Quark mod

Jan 17, 2023

New Versions

• Added support for 1.19.3 Fabric and Forge

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some emote bugs
• Prevent emote wheel from being opened when not authenticated on the Essential Network
• Allow escape to close modals while they are fading in
• Fixed new friend request indicator in the Social Menu persisting when accepting friend requests through a toast
• Fixed crashes in the Screenshot Browser relating to corrupted data files
• Fixed non armor items in the head armor slot not hiding when using the 'Always hide armor' setting
• Misc UI fixes and tweaks

Compatibility

• Resolved incompatibility with Orange Marshall's 1.7 animations mod when using the 'Hide conflicting armor' setting
• Resolved incompatibility with morechathistory mod
• Resolved incompatibility with new Kotlin4Forge versions
• Fixed typing in modals not working on 1.16.5 Fabric with Optifine

Jan 9, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Wardrobe closing when searching for items that don't exist
• Fixed collections showing outside their availability window
• Fixed fallback player renderer not looping emote animations
• Fixed typing in popups on 1.16.5 Fabric with Optifine

Compatibility

• Fixed compatibility between emotes and Orange Marshall's 1.7 animations
• Fixed compatibility with KotlinForForge 3.8+

Dec 23, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Minor bug fixes relating to emotes

Dec 23, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Improved compatibility with Optifine
• Minor bug fixes in Emote Wheel

Dec 23, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed mod conflict with optifabric
• Fixed unpurchased emotes staying on the emote wheel after leaving the wardrobe in some cases

Dec 23, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed mod conflict with optifabric
• Fixed unpurchased emotes staying on the emote wheel after leaving the wardrobe in some cases

Dec 22, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed emotes canceling while holding an item on MC 1.8.9 Forge

Dec 22, 2022

Emotes

• Added emotes!
• Added an emote wheel to play emotes (default keybind: R)

Wardrobe

• Wardrobe redesign
• Increased amount of outfits to eight
• Added option to customize multiple emote wheels

Misc

• Improved clarity around pressing escape in Player Hosting modals
• Added a notification when the Discord Cape is removed from your account after leaving the Essential Discord server
• Resolved some cosmetic loading issues
• Did we mention that we added emotes?

Nov 28, 2022

Compatibility

• Improved compatibility of hosting and joining worlds on old Mac OS versions

Nov 22, 2022

Compatibility

• Fixed compatibility with Dynamic Player Progression and Difficulty mod

Bug Fixes

• Fixed screenshot editor size on retina displays
• Fixed accessing of Wardrobe via hotkey when cosmetics are disabled
• Fixed /inviteworld and other commands opening modals not working
• Misc minor UI fixes and tweaks

Oct 31, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Social Menu opened randomly

Oct 31, 2022

General

• Added setting to collapse the Essential main menu into a sidebar, or turn it off entirely
• In-game chat can now be scrolled while peeking
• Added a setting to remove quick action bar from Essential menu

Social Menu

• Overhauled parts of the social menu’s chat interface
• Right click to copy and paste in text input fields
• Added ability to reply to messages
• Added option to mark messages as read
• Friend requests tab now displays amount of unread requests

Design

• Fixed some design inconsistencies
• Updated design of on/off toggles
• Updated the folder icon
• Updated the friend request notification
• Updated the cosmetic purchase notification
• Added fancy icons to context menu actions

Fixes

• Gray links in “open link” modals are now clickable
• Fixed player names occasionally not resolving
• Message notifications are now properly cut off after three lines
• Modals now close when the screen changes
• Modals can now be closed with the Enter and Esc keys

Oct 22, 2022

Wardrobe

• Added Spooky collection
• Added "Featured" sort option

Oct 14, 2022

Compatibility

• Improved compatibility with the player display and Figura mod

Bug fixes

• Removed ModCore warning setting on platforms ModCore wasn't released on
• Fixed TOS modal immediately showing on first boot. It now shows when players interact with a feature that requires the TOS to be accepted.
• Fixed sorting not working in some situations in the Wardrobe
• Misc minor UI fixes and changes
• Fixed the displayed sale percentage in the Wardrobe

Oct 7, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cosmetic previews sometimes applying outside the Wardrobe

Oct 7, 2022

Commands

• Rename /invite to /einvite and /session to /esession to avoid conflicting with server commands

Oct 7, 2022

Cosmetics

• Discord cape now shows in the owned tab
• Fixed cosmetic animations animating relative to an incorrect position

Compatibility

• Fixed 1.17 forge crash due to mixin error
• Improved compatibility with player display

Oct 6, 2022

Settings

• Disable sharing current server IP on Discord by default

Oct 6, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some modals having inconsistent height
• Fixed resource packs not being shared on 1.16+
• Fixed crash in legacy forge dev env
• Fixed World Settings screen being accessible in multiplayer

Oct 5, 2022

Bug fixes

• Fixed changelogs modal not showing update description
• Fixed a crash involving certain resource packs

Oct 5, 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash on world join on some Forge installs
• Fixed Discord cape being unlockable in Wardrobe without joining Discord

Oct 5, 2022

Player Hosting

• Added "Host world" button to the main menu to quickly invite friends to a world
• New world settings screen to manage gamerules, player permissions, and other settings
• Added PvP gamerule to toggle player combat
• Added support for Plasmo Voice and Simple Voice Chat mods
• Last used world settings are now remembered for each world
• Added commands for the host to invite, kick, and op other players
• Improvements in connection quality using regional proxies where a direct connection is not possible
• Ability to share your Resource Pack when hosting a world

Discord Integration

• Essential is now shown in the Activity Status on Discord if enabled
• Invite friends to your world over Discord using the + button next to the message input field
• Added a free cape unlocked by joining the Essential Discord

Other

• Added setting to disable Essential entirely
• Added setting to disable cosmetics and control how they interact with armor
• Updated "Friend online" notification
• Set privacy settings for each server individually
• Fixed player UUIDs instead of names being displayed in some GUIs

Sep 15, 2022

• Fix 1.0.0.10 using incorrect jar for Fabric 1.19.1

Sep 13, 2022

New platform

• Added support for Forge 1.19.2

Compatibility

• Avoid log spamming when encountering compatibility conflicts with player display

Sep 11, 2022

Misc

• Use Mojang profiles API to resolve names ahead of API changes
• Allow tab navigation of modals
• Fix SPS issues when the language was not English
• Minor UI fixes

Aug 28, 2022

Cosmetics

• Introduce a new cape option to display any 3rd party capes another mod may add to your character
• Fixed log spam when loading cosmetics for the first time on some platforms
• Improved cosmetic loading sometimes causing game stuttering

Invite Friends

• A toast is now sent to all friends when you share a world on the friends privacy setting
• Improved the calculation of the best route for a lower latency connection in some situations

Misc

• Minor UI fixes
• Create a setting to bypass the link confirmation modal for trusted hosts

Aug 25, 2022

Misc

• Import previous TOS accept/deny state on new installs
• Add link confirmation modal to Social Menu
• Minor UI fixes

Aug 10, 2022

Cosmetics

• Fixed cosmetics sometimes appearing white or with incorrect texture

Aug 5, 2022

Compatibility

• Fixed crashes starting the game with certain mods for other Minecraft versions in the mods folder

Aug 2, 2022

Misc

• Fixed changelog or experimental features modals showing more than once
• Added right click menu to groups in the Social Menu
• Fixed typing in the Screenshot Browser causing screenshots to become white
• Improved media embeds in the messenger
• Removed erroneous "Unhandled error" logs
• Removed keybinds when the user did not accept the Essential Terms of Service
• Fixed Screenshot Browser breaking with large amounts of screenshots
• Minor UI fixes

Account Manager

• Improved saving and loading
• Removed Mojang accounts

Aug 1, 2022

Compatibility

• Fixed crash when opening the controls screen with Essential disabled
• Fixed Essential not showing up in the mod list

Jul 28, 2022

Wardrobe

• Optifine capes now show over Mojang capes equipped through the Wardrobe
• Fixed sorting options not applying when changing categories

Misc

• Fixed crash when entering Minecraft controls with Essential disabled
• Fixed crash from corrupted screenshot metadata
• Fixed changelogs modal not showing up after major or minor version update
• Fixed crash when tabbing out of Screenshot Editor
• Fixed incorrect version showing in the Essential Menu
• Fixed back button getting cut off at some aspect ratios
• Fixed failure to connect to the Essential Network if Minecraft took longer than 60 seconds to launch

Jul 27, 2022

Screenshots

• (1.8.9 & 1.12.2 only) Screenshots are now taken asynchronously without lag
• Browse all screenshots you've taken in Minecraft and sort them by world or server
• Draw on and crop your screenshots in the Screenshot Editor before saving them
• Upload screenshots to share a link
• Taking a screenshot now provides a preview and quick hover actions including Upload, Copy, Edit, and Favorite

Invite Friends

• Reduced latency whenever a direct connection is not possible
• Improved connection quality
• Fixed some issues causing players to time out

Wardrobe

• Renamed Customizer to Wardrobe
• Redesigned Wardrobe UI
• Show Capes on the player in Wardrobe and Menu
• Add Cape selector for official Mojang Capes
• Added gifting - gift cosmetics to your friends!

New Platforms

• Add support for 1.16.5 on Forge and Fabric
• Add support for 1.18.2 Forge

Other

• Redesigned all UI screens
• Added "Open Minecraft Folder" button
• Added the Essential Menu with Changelogs and Legal Notices
• Display Changelogs after version updates
• Improvements to Purchase Notification
• Changed onboarding to be more user-friendly
• Added button to refresh session when "Invalid Session" screen is encountered
• Bugfixes and improvements

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• Initial version for 1.19-rc2 and 1.19

May 31, 2022

• Fix various "beforeDraw" warnings
• Fix client-side commands
• Fix missing buttons in pause and options menu
• Fix server ping tooltips missing region

May 21, 2022

• Port to Minecraft 1.19-pre1

Apr 20, 2022

• Fix typing with OptiFine

Mar 28, 2022

• Fix SinglePlayer Sharing with "Simple Discord RPC" installed
• Fix error when using UMessage().mutable()
• Fix unnecessary and benign mixin-related errors and warnings being printed in the log

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Feb 11, 2022

• Update MixinExtras to 0.0.4 (fixes compatibility with Mixin 0.8.0)
• Fix BetterFPS breaking Mixin

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• Fix SkyBlockAddons crashing

Jan 13, 2022

Cosmetics:

• Add toggle setting to hide cosmetics on players that have their skin modified by the server (EM-227)
• Fix face items with configured offset being offset incorrectly when looking up/down
• Fix certain animations being triggered more often when certain other cosmetics were equippedNotifications:
• Add API to allow for custom components in notifications (EM-223)
• Fix hover state (EM-228)Friends:
• Don't share server IP when playing on a local server (EM-232)
• Fix sorting by latest messages when returning back to Home (EM-189)
• Pre-load avatar for messagesSingleplayer Sharing:
• Fix difficulty syncing in 1.12.2 and below (EM-195, EM-196)
• Fix status of server in server list on 1.8.9Other:
• Update UC, Elementa, and Vigilance
• Downgrade errors during application of our mixins. This prevents crashes when countInjections is enabled and one of our mixins fails.
• Fix broken fire overlay (EM-210)
• Fix Diamond size in Onboarding screen
• Fix MinecraftCapes capes and ears showing on menu player
• Fix incompatibility with Sledgehammer

Dec 27, 2021

OnlineIndicator: Add shaded background and make icon obey the same rules as text in a nametag

Build: Relocate discordgamesdk to improve compatibility

Keybinds: Add Invite Friends keybind

CosmeticStudio: Persist animation toggle setting when leaving the UI

Potentially fix SPS difficulty state

Zoom: Apply to FOV modifier rather than FOV itself. Fixes freezing on 1.18+.

Accounts: Allow switching back to initial account

PauseMenuDisplay: Hide cosmetic toggle tooltip when opening customizer.

Patch MixinProcessor to improve compatibility with mods that reflect into it.

Dec 27, 2021

OnlineIndicator: Add shaded background and make icon obey the same rules as text in a nametag

Build: Relocate discordgamesdk to improve compatibility

Keybinds: Add Invite Friends keybind

CosmeticStudio: Persist animation toggle setting when leaving the UI

Potentially fix SPS difficulty state

Zoom: Apply to FOV modifier rather than FOV itself. Fixes freezing on 1.18+.

Accounts: Allow switching back to initial account

PauseMenuDisplay: Hide cosmetic toggle tooltip when opening customizer.

Patch MixinProcessor to improve compatibility with mods that reflect into it.

Dec 20, 2021

Dec 20, 2021

Gave the customizer an overhaul. We've smoothed out some edges in it and added live animations for every cosmetic

Cosmetic animations will now be in sync between Essential players. When your cosmetic does something cool, everyone will see it do the same thing, at the same time

Updated Essential name bar icon to be the same size as the text and its color now becomes blue when you are friends with the player

Added /invitefriends to open the invite friends menu

Added chat peek (Shows full-size chat while holding a hotkey)

Fixed a lot of bugs

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Sep 3, 2021

• Fix crash when hovering tooltips
• Fix event servers not showing in favorites tab

Sep 3, 2021

• Various changes

Aug 30, 2021

• Add 100T category
• Support for event servers
• Use localized featured server names
• Fix shaders using texture2D (breaks on MacOS)

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Additions

+ Ability to invite friends to your single player world and server from the messenger+ Multiplayer tab now defaults to favorites + /essentialmessage (alias emsg) command to message friends without being in the message gui. 

Bug Fixes

+ Resolve section code symbol being able to be sent in chat+ Cosmetic Studio rotation buttons being tied to frame rate+ Resolved unread notification staying after being kicked from a group+ Many other crashes, bugs, and compatibility problems+ Fix notification settings

Additionally, we have introduced Essential Lite. When Essential comes bundled with another mod, we will ask the user during the onboarding process whether they would like the full version of Essential with all features or the Lite version containing just the customizer. This setting can be changed in the Essential settings at any time.

Jul 17, 2021

+ Resolve MC bug of being able to join two servers at once+ Update Vigilance+ Relocate internal libraries to improve compatibility 

Jul 17, 2021

+ Add property essential.guiScaleOverride to override Essential choosing the best GUI scale for your game resolution+ Adjusted when skin masks are applied while using cosmetics+ Fix components of Essential rendering behind other mods + Fix click events interfering with other mods+ Fixed issues with sliders in the config GUI+ Fix entering search resetting scroll position+ Restore Essential working in the developer env+ Various other bug fixes and improvements

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