Data Packs for Minecraft Java
Browse 655 free data packs for Minecraft Java — popular picks include QoL, Far Frozen, Better Buttons & More Trapdoors.
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QoL
(1.21.5+), Adds Quality of Life features that everyone needs in their Survival worlds/servers (will also include some of my other datapacks/mods in here)
Far Frozen
Will you be able to survive and escape the frosty, Far Frozen landscape? All cold biomes. Hard early game survival.
Better Buttons & More Trapdoors
Get 6 trapdoors from the recipe, and 8 buttons from one block.
Vanilla Extra Difficulty
This datapack is designed for players seeking an extra layer of challenge and excitement in their survival gameplay.
Experimental Gameplay
Testing various ideas for survival that may need iterating or to be scrapped. Please provide feedback!
Sleep Anywhere (/trigger liedown)
/trigger liedown With a simple survival-command, you can lie down (sleep) anywhere!
Ty's Recipe Addon
Adds many recipes for smelting and crafting that enhances the survival experience. Updates coming soon!
More Recipes: Craft Calcite
Craft Calcite from Diorite & Bone Block.
Gunpowdered Zombies!
Gunpowder Zombies is a simple datapack that lets zombies drop gunpowder when killed. It’s lightweight, vanilla-friendly, and wworks great with TACZ zombie packs and gun-focused survival worlds. No commands or extra setup needed — just install it and play.
SafeChest
Allows players on survival multi-player servers to lock a chest into an indestructable safe.
Harder Dried Ghast Recipe
A mod/datapack that replaces the Bone Block in the Dried Ghast recipe with a Nether Star
SoftHardcore by GamingFervor
On death enter spectator for a configurable amount of time.
Survival Challenges
一个生存挑战数据包 A survival challenges datapack
Thirdcore
Turns minecraft into a hardcore mode that gives you three lives, instead of just one!
Makertastic Experience
A project that aims to make Minecraft survival feel fresh again, adding new mechanics and fun features to the game.
MZZ's Desert Survival
Makes the whole world a desert; overhauls Minecraft's crafting recipes to provide unique progression and highlight Minecraft's overlooked features.
Minecraft, But Keep Moving or Die!
This datapack introduces a unique survival challenge where players must maintain continuous movement to stay alive. When a player remains stationary, they begin taking progressive damage until they move again or perish.
Hardcore Vampirism
Punishes dying with the Vampirism mod much more.
Just the little things
Make things just a little bit better. A small quality-of-life datapack for your survival world!
Half Heart Hardcore (HHH)
All it does is set the player's max health to half a heart. It works on any player that joins the game later. Optimized to the max
Tool Forge
Datapack that adds new tool/armor sets and other features to improve survival gameplay
Force Survival Mode
A datapack that forces players every tick into survival mode.
CraftableBoats
Conquer the Nether's molten seas. Craft boats from hellish wood that defy fire and lava. A seamless addition to your vanilla survival.
Blissful Origin Layer
An Origins datapack which adds per-player difficulty options, such as making mobs passive to players, disabling hunger, loosely inspired by the modpack Bliss. Also adds a per-player "Ultra Hardcore" mode that disables natural health regeneration.
Health Indicator Display
Shows a live health bar under every player's name using easy scoreboard visuals. Works in survival, creative, and multiplayer. Lightweight and fully automatic.
Skyblock Recipes
This datapack aims to allow most blocks in the game to be accessible in a classic skyblock setting.
Netherrack Is OP
Turn Netherrack into an OP loot source with this fun, survival-enhancing datapack.
DS Peaceful
I noticed that Dragon Survival drop rates for Elder Dragon stuff gets nerfed if you play in Peaceful mode, so this aims to make things a bit easier to craft.
Expand the border
Expand The Border (ETB) is a unique Minecraft survival datapack that introduces a dynamic world border mechanic. Instead of a fixed world border, players must complete various objectives to expand the playable area.
The Dark Forest
This datapack replaces vanilla minecrafts adventure based survival with a more difficult base-building based survival
UsefulRecipes
A datapack that adds some useful recipes for Minecraft Survival Server/Single player game play
Smooth Survival: Early Game Overhaul
Enhanced Recipes, A better way to fly and so much more
Celestial Elites
Celestial Elites is a datapack that spawns in elite mobs with randomized abilities in your survival world.
CraftStands
A Crafting Focused Armor Stand Datapack focused on Survival, Limited, but unique Armor Stands. Unique functionality with special item based animations & commands!
SRay
a singleplayer-focused survival-friendly debuffed x-ray datapack for boosting your long hours of mining
Spider Drops OP Loot
Turn spiders into an overpowered loot source for intense and rewarding survival combat.