Better Than Adventure!

If you prefer beta Minecraft like me then you'll probably be interested in the Better Than Adventure project. It's basically beta Minecraft with all the quality of life features and some cool modifications. It's probably the most popular "alternate timeline" Minecraft mod out there.

The armor system got an overhaul. Now armors have distinct stats. Iron armor will protect you from the blast damage while chain mail armor will keep you safe from combat damage. This completely eliminates the issue of vanilla Minecraft where your old armor becomes completely obsolete seconds after getting a new one. Now optimizing for the best combo and your needs becomes a new challenge. You have to choose if you want to be protected from enemies or from explosions.

Food also works differently. In the beta version food was not stackable and after eating it you got health immediately. In the new versions you have to satiate your hunger to regenerate. BTA uses a middle ground. You eat food and your health will regenerate slowly. You can see half-red hearts which show how much health I will get after eating the item I'm holding.

You can also see coordinates at the top left corner. I have a compass in my inventory which makes me able to see where I am.

Here you can see that F3 debug menu actually doesn't show much. I can not see my coordinates. That's because I need a compass. Thanks to it, now crafting a compass is actually useful.