| Scenario | Vanilla FPS | With FastCraft | |----------|-------------|----------------| | Lobby (80 players) | 35-50 | 75-90 | | In-game (island view) | 120-140 | 150-200+ | | World loading (pre-gen) | Stutters every 3s | Smooth |
"You don't notice FastCraft when it's working. You only notice it when it's gone." – Common sentiment on Minecraft Forum (2016) fastcraft 1.8.9
: Improves both game startup times and chunk rendering speeds. Installation & Usage | Scenario | Vanilla FPS | With FastCraft
For the 1.8.9 community—which is primarily composed of PvP players on servers like Hypixel—FastCraft is still highly recommended. In a competitive environment where every frame counts, the reduction in "micro-stuttering" provided by FastCraft can offer a significant advantage over players using a stock client. In a competitive environment where every frame counts,
On large servers with hundreds of invisible armor stands (used for holograms) or mobs inside spawners, your FPS tanks. FastCraft intelligently culls entities that are not on your screen, saving massive amounts of GPU/CPU power.