Data Packs for Minecraft Java
Browse 323 free data packs for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Styzex's ultra hardcore, ReddishTheBest's Survival Additions | RSA, Survival Magnet's.
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Styzex's ultra hardcore
This datapack disables the diamond armour recipes and limits the player to have only 3 hearts
ReddishTheBest's Survival Additions | RSA
Datapack with a few survival-centered additions. Crafting Table+, Multi-Tool, Diver's Helmet with more to come!
Survival Magnet's
Add two new magnets to the game.
Simple Saddle and Leash
A simple datapack for crafting a saddle and leash in survival.
Drop & Grow
Automatically plants dropped saplings. A great quality-of-life feature for clean inventories and farm automation that fits perfectly into vanilla survival
STEVE MUST DIE difficulty
Focuses on a much harder Vanilla Survival experience. Not only by making mobs stronger or more resistant, but adding new mechanics and unique twists. Also letting you progress slightly faster (if you're skilled enough)
Simple Lore
Allows to change an item description in survival mode
Bone Block Shortcut
Make Bone Blocks directly from Bones
Soundheads
Play every Minecraft sound with Note Blocks in survival mode
Trade Less
This data pack stops all villagers from selling emeralds Perfect for servers with a tight economy or a more challenging survival experience
Lumu's Artifacts
This datapack adds 15 new Artifacts that spice up gameplay by making some gamerules and world configuration commands a part of survival gameplay

Many Lifes
This datapack adds adjustable hardcore. That is, it adds the ability to set how many lives it takes to completely die
Craftable Podzol and Mycelium
Craft Podzol and Mycelium in your survival world!
Telltale Heart
Datapack adding a method of resurrection in hardcore (with consequences and challenges)
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.
Silk TouchEX
Silk TouchEX allows Silk Touch tools to mine normally unbreakable or unobtainable blocks, expanding survival possibilities while staying balanced and vanilla-friendly.
Humble Home
Survival Datapack that overhauls early game progression.
Damage=Random Item Skyblock Challenge
This custom world spawns you on a small platform over the void. The only way to get items is by damaging each other. (Multiplayer, inspired by BastiGHG)
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.
Lumu's better crafting
Adds crafting recipes to un-obtainable items in survival, as well as adding recipes for un-craftable blocks, and some QoL recipes
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.
Weather Controller DataPack
This Is A Data Pack That Lets You Control The Weather In Survival Mode.

Growth Essence Recipe
Makes the growth essences from Cobblemon Size Variations survival friendly/craftable.
Soulflare Totem
Item to revive your friends on hardcore in minecraft
Super Hardcore
A datapack that makes hardcore actually hard. You now only have 5 hearts and you take damage from a fall taller than 2 blocks.
Simple Mob Heads Drop
A simple data pack that makes mobs drop their heads when you kill them. Good for survival base decoration.
Time Hunter
Time Hunter is a team PvP survival datapack where players compete by mining resources and eliminating foes to extend their countdown, with elimination on timeout, supporting 2-4 team battles and strategic combat.
Blocked In Hardcore
A challenging version of the Blocked In datapack
Auto Replant Crop
Automatically replants crops after harvesting. Works in survival and multiplayer.
Balanced Villager Trades
Adds 295 balanced, vanilla-style villager trades for bulk building materials, useful items, and survival progression. Server-side; no mods required.
Life Steal by Asafusa553
Inspired by the Life Steal series, this datapack adds a high-stake survival mechanic to multiplayer. When you kill another player, you permanently steal one of their hearts to increase your own health. If you are killed, you lose a heart.
Renewable Survival
Makes All Items Renewable. Adds crafting or mob drops.
Survival Armorstand Arms
Throw a stick to any armor stand to enabla arms! Useful for survival decorating.
ICanGamez Softcore Gamemode
This is a mix between hardcore and regular survival!
Advanced Crafting
This datapack allows players to craft items in Survival mode that are normally only available in Creative mode or cannot normally be obtained. Instead of needing to ask a server owner or administrator to give you these items
One Life [NanoVirus]
You have only one life (Like in hardcore) but also after your death a corpse is spawn (Last thing that they will have after you)