Data Packs for Minecraft Java
Browse 327 free data packs for Minecraft Java — popular picks include ICanGamez Softcore Gamemode, Minecarts with Blocks, SpaceFrog's Cat Variant Changer.
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ICanGamez Softcore Gamemode
This is a mix between hardcore and regular survival!
Minecarts with Blocks
put a block in a cart! survival friendly!
SpaceFrog's Cat Variant Changer
Change a cat's breed (variant type) using a vanilla/survival-friendly method. Choose from all kitty varieties: black, calico, jellie, orange (red), persian, ragdoll, shorthair, siamese, tabby, tuxedo, white & a special random type.
One Life [NanoVirus]
You have only one life (Like in hardcore) but also after your death a corpse is spawn (Last thing that they will have after you)
SkyBlock But Better!
Vanilla Friendly Challenge!

Bamboo Unpack
Lets you cut Bamboo Blocks into Bamboo using a stonecutter. Simple and survival-friendly.
Pass the torch
Ultra hardcore minecraft inspired from FlamingMoai's UHC: Generations, when you die the world will pass to a new player.
Proclamations
Proclamations is a Minecraft datapack that lets you add in-game announcements (using the /title command) to your Survival Mode builds.
Survival Nerf
Minimalistic vanilla-flavored design and balance overhaul. Mostly reverting bad decisions the devs have made. Intended for use with Etomb's Better Survival modpack.
PermaEfe
PermaEfe is a Minecraft datapack that increases the difficulty progressively for 30 days, with mechanics such as permanent death, boosted mobs and unique craftables. Ideal to play with friends and test your survival.

True Scroll
Adds True Scroll that let you use commands in survival mode
HardSurvivalStrategie
Minecraft Datapack with realistic crafting and behaviour.
Simple Skyblock
A datapack that adds a lot of unobtainable items to the skyblock experience.
Ultimate Survival Expansion
This datapack adds 6 legendary swords with unique abilities! Perfect for players who want a faster and more exciting survival experience!
Border cell
This data pack makes survival more interesting. It’s a reimagining of the survival map set in the Barrier, but with unique mechanics and random elements-after all.
Create Resource Regrowth
An addon for create to make basic stuff renewable. Ideal for skyblock setups - does require initial resource setup.
Mastrful's Biome Wands
Adds a craftable wand to change areas to any biome. Survival-friendly and compatible with mods.
Blastable Calcite
Adds the ability to craft calcite by smelting dripstone blocks in a blast furnace
God Bird Feather Flight
A feather gives you flight in survival (it's scuffed af)
Single Heart
A hardcore minigame datapack where each death costs a heart and Spectator Mode is permanent unless revived by command.
Respecting Hardcore
Tired of being dead in hardcore after first death? Not a problem anymore!
DBW KindaCraftable
A datapack that adds an option to craft wires in survival!
VanillaDisplays
Bring text displays to survival!
MC Unbalanced World
A great overhaul to survival progression, adds 30+ hours of content, to enjoy alone or with friends
Nuclear sewage-核污水
This is a data pack that can be used for island survival, players will get poison and nausea when they touch water, and after drinking the water lung potion, they will be immune to poison and nausea, and of course, players can take a boat without harm!
No Totems
Removes totems from the evoker loot table, making them impossible to get in survival. perfect for servers if you want to ban totems
Survival Refightalized
A reworked survival experience with more varied mobs and new armor and shield mechanics.
Simple Mannequins
Datapack that adds Mannequins To Survival
Escalating Hardcore Mode
This is a datapack that drastically increases the difficulty of your game.
Endless Villages
Every chunk is filled with villages, creating a unique survival experience focused on exploration and village-based gameplay so turn your Minecraft world into a place where only villages generate.
Skyblock Infinite: Skybound Spelunking Addon
A Simple Ore Crafting Addon Mainly For Skyblock Infinite but can be used for other things!
Craftable Suspicious Block
This Datapack enables сraft Suspicious Block 1.20 for survival players.
HardcoreSpectator
It’s a mod that automatically puts the player into Spectator mode upon death, just like in Hardcore. It’s compatible with GeyserMC because it only changes the server-side gamemode without requiring complex client-side mechanics.

MeilleurCraft
BetterCraft is a DataPack that improves and rebalances several crafting recipes in the game to make them more logical, useful, and accessible, while remaining balanced for an enhanced vanilla survival experience.
Notch Apple Recipe Restored
This Datapack adds the Ability to craft Enchanted Golden Apples in Survival Minecraft using 8 Blocks of Gold and 1 Apple.

Health Changer
Change the number of Hearts you have with a simple command! You cannot go above 10 so this makes it survival friendly.