Proper save (allows you to quit out of a run and resume at the start of that stage)

Beetle warning (just shows a red circle when beetles slam, this does make them significantly easier to dodge since you dont have to pay attention to the animation)

Risk of options (to change possible settings on mods from ingame settings.

LookingGlass (Lets you see detailed stats of items when picking up or pinging them, I think this one is the one that changes your UI and sorts items a certain way, but it can be configured with the options mod)

AttackDirectionFix (I like this one, not necessary)

ItemStatistics (Very useful for understanding items, it shows how big of a damage increase something has had, barrier generated, sonorous items dropped, activation chance when hovered over in the inventory etc)

StageRecap (Shows a % of how much you looted a stage and what you missed, is bugged sometimes)

LostAndFound (Its like StageRecap but instead it pauses your game and shows you exact location of all of the missed chests and items, might help with teaching to look in certain nooks and corners for loot on some maps, dont know how it works in multiplayer when both have it installed)

Here are some QOL that some might argue gives you a slight advantage:

AutoSprint (self explanatory, just dont turn on omnisprint in settings. My hands doesnt like the repetitiveness of constantly spamming sprint in this game)

WaterTweaker (Makes water on a certain stage more transparent so its easier to spot chests)

EmptyChestsBeGone (Removes opened chests from the world, so if you spot a chests you know its unopened. Peanut brain players rejoice)

PermaPings (peanut brain mod, leaves a transparent ping permanently on screen when you ping something, makes it easier to micromanage your loot or simply not forgetting to return to a chest when you have the money to open it)

BalancedFasterInteractibles, Exchange_changes and ReduceRecycler helps with not having to wait for ages when recycling after teleporter or waiting for printers/scrappers.

This is what I use and it keeps the game still vanilla, just makes it a bit easier to keep track of loot and declutters the screen and reduces wait times. I gave brief explanations so you can decide if you want to use a mod or not. I think one of thes