How do I install Survival Essentials?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Survival Essentials work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.18.1, 1.16.4, 1.16.5, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Survival Essentials

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.18. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by 0megaLeo · on CurseForge

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Forge only.

Minecraft 1.18.1Newest
Minecraft 1.16.4–1.16.5
Minecraft 1.16.3

⬇ Download for 1.18.1 ⬇ Download for 1.16.4–1.16.5 ⬇ Download for 1.16.3

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Survival Essentials is a Minecraft mod that makes survival maps/servers a bit more easy for the player by giving a way to upgrade tools from wood to netherite, giving more ways to get leather and paper so the player can make books and bookshelves a bit faster and by giving a set of wood armor just so players can have a decent set of armor at the start of their adventure.

Note: Items names, textures and recipes are WIP(Work in Progress)

Recipes

Mod Guide

1 Book + 1 Redstone = 1 Mod Guide

This book contains all recipes of the mod, it'll be regularly updated as more recipes are added

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.18.1, 1.16.4, 1.16.5
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as survivalessentials-1.16.4-1.6.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 2.0 MB
Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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