Auto Secret Routes vs the field
Honest, feature-level comparison against the five mods most SkyBlock players actually run: Skyblocker, NotEnoughUpdates, Patcher, SkyHanni and Sodium. We try not to be preachy about where they're better than us.
Feature matrix
"Partial" means the feature exists but is more limited or requires a sister mod. Empty cells are intentional — not every mod tries to do everything.
| Feature | ASR 1.4.7 | Skyblocker | NEU | SkyHanni | Patcher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon secret routing | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | No |
| Puzzle solvers | All 5 | All 5 | All 5 | 3 of 5 | No |
| Terminal highlight (F7/M7) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Crystal Hollows nucleus pathing | Yes | No | No | Waypoints | No |
| Garden / Jacob's overlay | Yes | BPS only | No | Yes | No |
| Kuudra phase helpers | All tiers | t1–t4 | No | All tiers | No |
| Slayer overlays | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Rift utilities | Yes | Souls | No | Yes | No |
| Combat automation | Never | Never | Never | Never | Never |
| FPS optimisation | Use Sodium | Use Sodium | Some | Use Sodium | Yes |
| Minecraft 1.21.11 | Yes | Yes | Beta | Yes | 1.8 only |
| Fabric / Forge | Fabric | Fabric | Forge + Fabric | Forge + Fabric | Forge 1.8 |
| License | MIT | LGPL-3 | LGPL-3 | GPL-3 | MIT |
| Telemetry | None | None | None | None | None |
Where each mod actually shines
Auto Secret Routes
Strongest at dungeon secret routing and Kuudra phase work. Recently caught up on Crystal Hollows nucleus pathing — that's the most-cited reason new users switch over. Weak spot: no FPS optimisation, you still want Sodium.
Skyblocker
Probably the broadest scope mod and an excellent default if you want one jar that does most things reasonably. Less aggressive about routing — its dungeon support tracks rooms but doesn't draw secret paths the way ASR does.
NotEnoughUpdates (NEU)
The Bazaar/AH/itemography brain of SkyBlock. Auction sniping, neu-repo item data, pricing math — irreplaceable for serious trading. The 1.21+ Fabric port is still in beta as of mid-2026.
SkyHanni
Excellent garden tooling and slayer XP/hr math. If you live in The Garden, SkyHanni is the better pick; ASR's farming overlay is good, SkyHanni's is better.
Patcher
Legacy 1.8 only — included here because some players still run a 1.8 instance for FPS. Patcher is an FPS / quality-of-life mod, not a SkyBlock-aware mod. It's complementary to anything in this list when you're on 1.8.
Sodium
Not a SkyBlock mod, but the rendering backbone we recommend with every entry above. If you only install one performance mod, install Sodium first.
What we'd actually run
A reasonable 2026 SkyBlock setup is ASR + Skyblocker + Sodium + NEU (when its 1.21 port stabilises).
They co-exist cleanly because each owns a different HUD region by default — and ASR's
/asr settings → Conflicts page lets you turn off any duplicate module.
Still not sure?
The 2026 guide walks through every SkyBlock area and explains which mod owns it best.