New Frontier Craft is a mod being developed for Beta 1.7.3, starting on the 27th of April in 2014 and continuing to today. This mod adds in a multitude of new ores, reformats the tool tier system, and overall adds and tweaks a lot of the in-game mechanics.

Watch this video for help with setting up NFC versions post 1.8.1

For more simple installation, use the MultiMC instances from the official website for installing those versions rather than trying to set them up manually.