Survivalist Essentials
An early game survival concept for immersion into various mods. Enforces correct tool to be used for breaking blocks, so no tree punching!
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Overview
Early game is pretty much non-existent in Minecraft. Punch a tree, craft a few items, done! This mod creates a very early game (first few nights) progression and changes the mechanic for getting wood and planks.
NOTE: Originally designed as an immersion mod for Tinkers' Construct, this is all of the core mechanic features for Tinkers' Survival in a separate mod to allow for building on new versions of Minecraft quickly, and allow other mod or modpack integration.
Differences From Other [Insert Anti-Tree Punching Mod Here]
- A proper harvest tool must be used. Which works correctly, and is configurable!
- Can work with either a blacklist (default) or whitelist to enable/disable specific tools or armor from other mods. By default, allows all mods.
- Doesn't try to do too much for early game, really guiding the user to proper tool usage.
- Does not conflict with major mods
- Modpack friendly
Major Features
- The only way to make wood planks is with a saw.
- Crude tools are necessary to progress to initial tools, as they are the only way to obtain wood!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 Modrinth — 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.
- Ships as survivalistessentials-26.2-neoforge-6.3.2.6-NEOFORGE.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.7 MB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.