Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 1,090 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Survival Sickness, Three's Chances, Hammer-On.
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Survival Sickness
Survival Sickness adds a deeper survival health system to Minecraft. Players can catch diseases from bad weather, mobs, unsafe food, desert heat, freezing, low sleep, wounds, and underwater strain.
Three's Chances
Three hardcore chances with auto-respawn, configurable health per life, and a permanent final state when all lives are gone.

Hammer-On
Anvils can now take damage from falling one block. Made for balancing carpet extra's renewableSand.
MoonBorne
MoonBorne is a highly configurable Minecraft survival experience centered around dangerous special moons, each bringing unique mechanics, events, mobs, hordes, and challenges to your world.
Zombie
The Zombie plugin for Minecraft adds new zombie-related mechanics to the game, making survival more difficult and interesting.
Different Survival
This mod offers a blend of the vanilla Minecraft experience and traditional survival challenges. The mod also seeks to rebalance and rework certain mechanics, while also giving more function to existing, yet under utilized features.
Bluebell
The Bluebell mod adds new tools, the Hammers, which make mining easier by digging out an area of 3 by 3 blocks, one block deep. It also adds emerald equipment (weapons, tools, and armor).
Hunter And Hunted
Hunter and Hunted makes mobs smarter and deadlier—creepers ambush from cover, skeletons kite you, and Endermen silently stalk if you stare too long. It’s a lightweight plugin that turns survival into a true predator-versus-prey experience.
MineRP
A mod with items and mechanics for RP servers and survival.
Health Status Indicator
A simple Minecraft HUD addon showing classic-style health, and status effects with a clean and optimized design. Lightweight, responsive, and perfect for survival, PvP, and modded gameplay.
Cozy Sleep Conditions
Adds cozy survival sleep requirements: a nearby lit campfire and some roof coverage above the bed.
Block Display Vanilla Maker
Block Display in survival!
简易生存 Simple Survival
I added over 100 recipes! 【Breaking the balance】
intuition
🗸 Transforms survival instincts into hotbar thoughts. Useful when you can't keep track of values or have a custom HUD (custom health and hunger display).

Beefy's Survival Utilities
A few nice utilities made by BeefyAndTheDucks.
Creepers Eat You
Adds a fun twist to the game in which creepers eat you! Good luck beating the game in Hardcore ;D
mSilkBedrock
A plugin that allows you to mine bedrock in survival.
FirmaLifeHardCore
A mod that completely overhauls Firmalife's cellar and greenhouse mechanics — no Climate Station required. Enclosed spaces are auto-detected via BFS floodfill with dynamic AABB tracking. Any insulating blocks form a functional cellar or greenhouse.
DisasterSurvival
Survive over 20 unique natural disasters in singleplayer or multiplayer. Random disasters, generated maps, loot, and intense survival gameplay.
InventorySearchBar
A litte mod that add's a search bar in survival invetory to search for items
Survival Resurrected
A mod that I envisioned would make the survival gameplay experience entertaining in its own fashion.

LightBlockPlus
Allows Survival mode players to break or modify the light level of light blocks.
XP2HP
XP2HP is a lightweight, Folia-compatible plugin that dynamically scales player health and combat stats based on their experience level. It's ideal for RPG-style progression and fully configurable for survival or adventure servers.
Relic Of Nowruz
Relic Of Nowruz for Better Survival
Limited World Helper
This Mod adds craftings and trades to Minecraft for those who play in structureless superflat and/or skyblock!
[SW] Aether Tweaks
Simplifies Aether accessories to capes + gloves, replaces survival inventory with accessories screen, and restricts Sun Altar to OP players.
Budding Resources
Budding Resources offers a way to generate resources from nothing but crystals. this mod is great for generation restricted modpacks such as skyblock!
🌍 Dynamic Seasons & Weather
A complete survival overhaul of Minecraft’s climate. Survive four unforgiving seasons—from blooming springs to lethal winters.
Against the Wild: Realistic Survival
Against the Wild is an immersive realism mod that transforms Minecraft survival into something that actually feels like fighting to stay alive. No magic shortcuts, no easy starts. The world is harsh, unforgiving, and beautiful just like the real wilderness
ExoScanner
Hypixel Skyblock Mod intended for use with Exotic/Fairy/Crystal armor collectors. Has various features to facilitate this hobby
LodestoneTP Plugin
LodestoneTP is a survival-friendly teleporter network plugin that lets players and admins create, manage, and use teleporters by building simple multiblock structures (Lodestone + Blackstone Bricks). Everything is done through in-game Dialog GUIs.
Hardcore Additions
Adds configurable revives and other small changes to hardcore difficulty!
HungerHealth
Survival just got a bit more tense...
SurvivalMethod
A Minecraft (Paper) plugin that introduces realistic survival mechanics: a stamina system and a thirst system. Both systems are highly configurable and can be enabled or disabled independently. This plugin does not require any additional resource packs.
[Bob's] Better Prime
[Bob's] Better Prime - is a mod that add prime and feastables to the game for the purpose to get some effect in the game that can be harder to get in survival
tally
Survival completion advancement pack — 10,000+ advancements, XP and item rewards, live policy toggles.