PvP Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 853 free PvP mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Health Status Indicator, VaroX, Crimson Client.
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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.
VaroX
A simple, Varo like plugin for PaperMC 1.8.9 to 26.2. Varo stands for Vanilla Roleplay and is from a german youtuber pvp project.
Crimson Client
A sleek, customizable PvP HUD and tactical dark-themed interface built for Fabric.
ArenaFighter
Arena Fighter is a Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 plugin built on Project Poseidon. It enables players to duel each other in dedicated arenas, providing a seamless PvP experience.
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!

Effectionate
A PvP mod which changes how you play PvP, made by AdamLts & jacobxny
RealNpcs
RealNPCs is a highly advanced, cinematic PvP bot plugin designed for recording epic 1v100 horde battles and realistic bot combat in Minecraft!
BT Fighter
Fight against offline PvP bots.
KoHs Bedrock Essentials pvp
Bedrock-only optimization for Paper crossplay servers.
Newbie Protect
NewbieProtect is a lightweight, highly optimized, and multi-language plugin designed to shield new players from unwanted PvP during their first minutes on the server.
Craftennyx's FriendMod
Never hit your teammates in PVP again
Glowing Plugin
Glowing plugin where players glow every few minutes for exiting pvp mini games and die if they logout during the effect.
SoulLock
Trap player souls on death and revive them by placing their head. Perfect for survival, PvP, and co-op servers.
Advanced Keep Inventory - AKI
Smart keep inventory with custom item drops, world control, penalties, PvP rewards, anti-abuse.
Tier Tracker
Tiertagger, but for all the tierlists! Supports: MCTiers, Subtiers, PvPTiers, and FlowPvP.
Only The Essentials
A PvP QoL mod to simplify visuals
Blades: Unbound
Twin weapons for only the fastest of pvp-ers
TogglePVPCustom
A simple Paper plugin that lets players individually toggle their PvP status on or off. It supports PlaceholderAPI, TAB below-name displays, and optional CombatLog integration to stop players from disabling PvP while in combat.
PearlOut
A client-side QoL mod that helps you escape PvP traps by automatically ignoring Sign and Armor Stand interactions when you are stuck, allowing you to use your items (like Ender Pearls) seamlessly.
SparkCombat
A high-performance, lightweight CPvP combat engine featuring 1.21+ crystal mechanics, anti-pearl spawn logic, and an optimized FastBoard combat-tag system.
Wound & Bleeding
Wound & Bleeding adds a realistic injury system where players and mobs can bleed from combat, losing health over time unless treated with craftable bandages. It enhances tactical gameplay in PvP and survival by making every hit potentially deadly.
L-Bedwars
An advanced BedWars plugin with proxy support, packing multiple features into one!
Easy Craftable Cobwebs
Introduces a crafting recipe for cobwebs, making pvp more affordable
ArmorStats
Minecraft mod for pvp 1.20.1+ Shows your armor in left corner with stats
DualWieldCombat
DualWieldCombat is a Bukkit/Paper plugin for Minecraft 1.21.4–1.21.5 that enables true dual wielding in PvP by allowing players to attack alternately with their main hand (left-click) and offhand (right-click)
mo'recipes
A mod adding multiple diffrent recipes, features, and items, even some PvP items
DEXHUNT
A Minecraft PvP mod inspired by Dexter, where players must find and hunt hidden killers.
anvil command
Portable Anvil is a simple and lightweight Paper/Spigot plugin that lets players open an anvil anywhere with the `/anvil` command. Perfect for survival, hardcore, SMP, and PvP servers, this plugin gives players fast access to repairing,
macelevels
MaceLevels is a progression-based PvP plugin that transforms the mace into a unique weapon with upgrade mechanics. Every player spawns with a Level 0 Normal Mace and upgrades it by eliminating other players. Each kill increases the mace's level, unlocking
ZeeInfused
A competitive PvP plugin where kills reward you with permanent positive effects and deaths curse you with negative ones. Inspired by the Infuse SMP created by InfamousJJ and Dione
LostSous
LOSTSOUS is a visual client for Minecraft Forge 1.16.5: custom menu, nameplates over mobs/players, TargetHUD with ping display, and other PvP-oriented features for a smoother experience on HolyWorld. The mod is still in active development — regular upd
NewPlayerProtection
A powerful and fully configurable Minecraft plugin that protects new players from PvP, mobs, and damage, ensuring a fair and smooth start on any SMP server.
VeloxClarity
VeloxClarity is a lightweight, client-side Fabric mod designed for PvP players who want cleaner visuals and better combat readability — without crossing into cheat territory.
KLives!
This mod adds pvp lives system made for minecraft smps.
Tnt tag minigames
TNT item within 30 seconds to avoid elimination, featuring arenas, a lobby system, a Scoreboard UI, and configurable settings
LifeEconomy
Reward your PvP gods with an economy plugin that uses player health as a status of wealth! Lifesteal inspired!