Minecraft Java 1.21 Mods
Browse 862 free mods for Minecraft Java 1.21 — popular picks include Block Hardness, Growth Essence Recipe, Voidblock's Better Hardcore.
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Block Hardness
Hypixel Skyblock inspired block breaking system

Growth Essence Recipe
Makes the growth essences from Cobblemon Size Variations survival friendly/craftable.
Voidblock's Better Hardcore
This Minecraft plugin adds a ban on death and localized chat

Many Lifes
This datapack adds adjustable hardcore. That is, it adds the ability to set how many lives it takes to completely die
Snailspeed
A Minecraft Mod Which Makes Survival Progress Longer
More Actions: squid tentacles
This mod adds something that was sorely missing in vanilla survival: tentacles that drop from squids. Now, instead of useless ink sacs, you can get useful and nutritious food. Squids are no longer such a useless mob!
Craftable Podzol and Mycelium
Craft Podzol and Mycelium in your survival world!
The Classes Mod: Reborn
The Classes Mod: Reborn(TCM: Reborn) is a reimagined version of my mod TCM. It adds custom abilities that are geared toward PVP and survival PVP using a system called classes which you pick at the start of the game.
Crops 'n' Corpses: Survival Additions (CNC: Survival Additions)
A Mod that add to Crops n Corpses´s Mod new things like recipes and loot, for the Survival Experience

Cristalline
This mod add an all new mechanic to ametyst by giving the opportunity to grow electricity powered crystals and make new items for survival.
Build Sandbox
Creates a separate creative flat world for testing builds without affecting survival gameplay.
Soundheads
Play every Minecraft sound with Note Blocks in survival mode
CobbleBeta
This modpack combines Cobblemon with Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 to create a nostalgic Pokémon survival experience, featuring classic terrain generation, old-school gameplay mechanics, and a simplified modded environment.
SurvivalModePlus
Make your minecraft experience a bit spicier
Enhanced Spawners: Chambers of Control
Enhanced Spawners: Chambers of Control lets players upgrade and customize mob spawners using survival items, with full redstone control and spawn egg integration — all without commands or GUIs. Designed for clean, technical mob farms and dungeon systems.
Tithe
A Hardcore multiplayer mod in which death is a debt. The living can pay a tribute to bring back the fallen.
HardcoreZ
Just a Hardcore Plugin Functional for Minecraft
Hardcore Essentials
Semi-Perma Death add-on for EssentialsX. Erases player progression. Player data files, set homes, economy/balance etc.
Mattt's Survival in a straight line Pack
A simple datapack that will not allow you to move left or right, aka just in a straight line.
Defense of the Craft
Survival-oriented combat enhancement Dota 2 mod for Fabric Minecraft
Glassification
Glassification transforms the entire world into fragile glass, removing structural safety and leaving survival to pure mechanical mastery.
Humble Home
Survival Datapack that overhauls early game progression.
Telltale Heart
Datapack adding a method of resurrection in hardcore (with consequences and challenges)
Skyblock Chat Notifier
Adds a simple way to get a title triggered on your screen triggered by a chat message!
Embers of Rest
A simple and immersive mod that allows players to rest by the campfire. Warm yourself, recover health over time, and enjoy a cozy survival experience.
RPGSouls
A hardcore RPG mod: collect souls from slain enemies, upgrade active skills, craft the Devourer set, and try not to lose everything upon death. / Хардкорный RPG-мод: собирай души, прокачивай навыки и крафть сет Пожирателя.
Silk TouchEX
Silk TouchEX allows Silk Touch tools to mine normally unbreakable or unobtainable blocks, expanding survival possibilities while staying balanced and vanilla-friendly.
abc: crafting
A collection of new and improved crafting recipes designed to enhance survival without breaking balance. Makes uncraftable items accessible and expands everyday crafting options.
Nomadic Realms
Nomadic Realms offers a primitive survival experience. Logs are tough, so use flint; but wood tools are extra weak. Chests, furnaces, and loot must be found with exploration. Death randomizes respawn, but the new Ender Chest is now vital for all valuables.
WantedX
A Vanilla like feature-rich bounty hunting plugin for Paper servers with contracts, tracking, survival objectives, revenge mechanics, and anti-abuse features.
Resource Minion Mod
Love the Minions on Hypixel Skyblock but wish you could have them in your own single-player world or private server? This is the Mod.
More Easy Stuff
Finally, Gold is useful! This mod adds Hardened Gold tools (Efficiency XII speed + Netherite durability) and over 20+ types of Golden Food that grant Haste & Regeneration buffs. Essential for a fun survival experience. Requires NeoForge.
NecroCore
Transform your hardcore experience with a second chance system - concussion mechanics instead of instant death!
HardProof
HardProof let's you check whether you have cheated on selected world or not. Very useful while trying to convince your friends that your world is pure survival
Oneblock-Dirt
A minimalist oneblock survival plugin that generates infinite dirt blocks
RealityShift
Make every day a new adventure! RealityShift activates a random anomaly daily from a pool of 50+ unique events, completely changing the rules of survival.