Data Packs for Minecraft Java
Browse 327 free data packs for Minecraft Java — popular picks include QoL, Far Frozen, Better Buttons & More Trapdoors.
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QoL
(1.21.5+), Adds Quality of Life features that everyone needs in their Survival worlds/servers (will also include some of my other datapacks/mods in here)
Far Frozen
Will you be able to survive and escape the frosty, Far Frozen landscape? All cold biomes. Hard early game survival.
Better Buttons & More Trapdoors
Get 6 trapdoors from the recipe, and 8 buttons from one block.
Sleep Anywhere (/trigger liedown)
/trigger liedown With a simple survival-command, you can lie down (sleep) anywhere!
Experimental Gameplay
Testing various ideas for survival that may need iterating or to be scrapped. Please provide feedback!
MZZ's Desert Survival
Makes the whole world a desert; overhauls Minecraft's crafting recipes to provide unique progression and highlight Minecraft's overlooked features.
More Recipes: Craft Calcite
Craft Calcite from Diorite & Bone Block.
SoftHardcore by GamingFervor
On death enter spectator for a configurable amount of time.
Minecraft, But Keep Moving or Die!
This datapack introduces a unique survival challenge where players must maintain continuous movement to stay alive. When a player remains stationary, they begin taking progressive damage until they move again or perish.
Survival Challenges
一个生存挑战数据包 A survival challenges datapack
Thirdcore
Turns minecraft into a hardcore mode that gives you three lives, instead of just one!
Makertastic Experience
A project that aims to make Minecraft survival feel fresh again, adding new mechanics and fun features to the game.
Half Heart Hardcore (HHH)
All it does is set the player's max health to half a heart. It works on any player that joins the game later. Optimized to the max
Just the little things
Make things just a little bit better. A small quality-of-life datapack for your survival world!
CraftableBoats
Conquer the Nether's molten seas. Craft boats from hellish wood that defy fire and lava. A seamless addition to your vanilla survival.
The Dark Forest
This datapack replaces vanilla minecrafts adventure based survival with a more difficult base-building based survival
Force Survival Mode
A datapack that forces players every tick into survival mode.
Tool Forge
Datapack that adds new tool/armor sets and other features to improve survival gameplay
CraftStands
A Crafting Focused Armor Stand Datapack focused on Survival, Limited, but unique Armor Stands. Unique functionality with special item based animations & commands!
Health Indicator Display
Shows a live health bar under every player's name using easy scoreboard visuals. Works in survival, creative, and multiplayer. Lightweight and fully automatic.
Netherrack Is OP
Turn Netherrack into an OP loot source with this fun, survival-enhancing datapack.
Expand the border
Expand The Border (ETB) is a unique Minecraft survival datapack that introduces a dynamic world border mechanic. Instead of a fixed world border, players must complete various objectives to expand the playable area.
Smooth Survival: Early Game Overhaul
Enhanced Recipes, A better way to fly and so much more
SRay
a singleplayer-focused survival-friendly debuffed x-ray datapack for boosting your long hours of mining
Celestial Elites
Celestial Elites is a datapack that spawns in elite mobs with randomized abilities in your survival world.
Spider Drops OP Loot
Turn spiders into an overpowered loot source for intense and rewarding survival combat.
SpaceFrog's Frog Variant Changer
Change a frog's variant type using a vanilla/survival-friendly method. Works with vanilla (cold, temperate, warm) and optionally 'More Frogs 2' variants: crimson, ender, infernal, poison dart, purpur, sculk, spirit, warped, and wood.
Tideworn Datapack
A Datapack Made to make the Tideworn map survival more friendly.
Nocturnal PVP
"Fight at night, truce by day!" This datapack automatically enables PVP only during nighttime, creating intense nocturnal combat scenarios, then disables PVP at dawn to let players regroup. Perfect for survival servers seeking risk-reward gameplay!
Path Generator Datapack
Automatically generate path block trails over frequently travelled areas! Over time, your walking routes will grow into connected trails as an immersive survival feature.
Better Stone Crafting
Adds a variety of new ways to craft and recycle all types of stone blocks!
Hardcore Revival Items
Add custom crafting recipe and item which revive players
Smooth Dripstone Slabs!
Add a new survival-friendly block to your vanilla building palette, all without mods!
Heartcore Mode
A Gamemode easier than Hardcore but harder than Survival. Ten Lives, lose a heart on death. Enjoy! Icon was originally made in Icons8 but then altered by me.
Survival Magnet's
Add two new magnets to the game.
Drop & Grow
Automatically plants dropped saplings. A great quality-of-life feature for clean inventories and farm automation that fits perfectly into vanilla survival