Data Packs for Minecraft Java
Browse 323 free data packs for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Defi Shulker, Day One Pack, Befuddled: Alternated.
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Defi Shulker
Shulker Challenge: A unique nomadic survival data pack! Move 150 blocks every 5 days or face severe penalties!
Day One Pack
A simple datapack that gives you a starter kit when you begin your survival world. Perfect for players who want a smoother early game experience.
Befuddled: Alternated
Adjusts Origins and other gameplay mechanics to better fit the survival experience of the Befuddled Modpack
Challenge Blitz
Challenge Blitz throws random survival challenges at you with tight time limits. Craft items, gather resources, and complete objectives before the clock runs out. Each success builds your streak and unlocks harder challenges.
Unobtainable - An Addon for Completionist
An addon for Completionist for blocks / items you cannot obtain in Survival but can interact with in the world.
HMWBTE's Cosmetics
A datapack that brings custom text displays (and more) into survival!

Craftable Mob Eggs
With this project you can simply craft mob eggs. Perfect for survival worlds!

No Totem Drops
No more Totem drops from Evoker. Feel the true Hardcore.
ManaFont
ManaFont is simple mana system inspired by Hypixel Skyblock.
Ultra Hardcore by DWizard
A feature-rich datapack that aims to increase Minecraft's difficulty and turn the game into a true survival experience, by expanding it's progression and all of it's survival aspects.
No repeat death
The first time each type of death occurs, a positive buff is granted. On the second death, the buff is reduced or a debuff is applied. Certain items can remove debuffs, enhancing the vanilla survival experience.
Common-Light
Small tools for light blocks usage in survival
DeathMock
A purely command-based datapack that adds fun and mockery to the original survival (1.20.3+). A unique sound effect is triggered every time the player dies 5 times.
Hardcore meat
Meat from cows and pigs drops much less
Vanilla With Sugar
A close-to-vanilla datapack that slows Minecraft's early game pacing and makes survival a bigger focus
Better Hardcore Datapack
Completely overhauls Hardcore mode to be true danger.
Re:Path
This datapack rebalances progression, resources, and crafting by shifting smelting mechanics, tool tiers, and potion accessibility to encourage a more survival-focused gameplay
Eating Ability
Eating Ability transforms Minecraft survival by giving players unique powers and abilities when consuming different items.
Material Counter
Count all materials needed to build any selected area. Fast, simple, and survival-friendly.
Coming Darkness
Survival data pack with my ideas to rebalance gameplay. It makes game passing a bit harder and longer.
Craftable Creakings
This simple data pack allows one to craft a creaking egg in survival! Now you can build redstone machines that activate simply by looking at a creaking that doesn't despawn! (The creaking will not despawn if named)
The Infinytes
The Infinytes is a Minecraft datapack that adds new powerful armors, items, and crafting mechanics using custom entities. All content is survival-friendly and designed to enhance the late-game experience. ---
bed nerf
Nerfing beds for keeping the survival aspect a bit longer.
Monster Rework
A datapack which reworks monsters and their spawning while also while also adding survival elements. All to make the game a more interesting experience.
QOLDP
QOLDP (Quality of Life Datapack) adds vanilla-friendly crafting recipes and gameplay tweaks to make survival more convenient, including bone-mealable sugar cane and renewable Phantom Membranes from bats.
custom world barrier
This datapack will make your survival experience much more interesting; it causes the barrier to expand every day, up to day 100!
crafting recipe Elytra
Survival‑friendly datapack: Elytra can be crafted with Blaze Powder, ,Dried Ghast,Fireworks, and Netherite Upgrade.
CC: Turtle Hardcore
Datapack simply, but significantly changes the game, now you only operate a turtle, you can't break or place blocks, only your turtle can. Try to beat the game.
KyuTweaks
"Slight" Tweaks and Additions for vanilla survival.
Above The Leaves: Survival
You can only walk on leaves! Touch the ground and you will die through it.
Lightning Countdown
Stay still for 15s? Get struck by lightning! Survive 5 strikes to summon a Charged Creeper. Keep moving to avoid the electrifying loop in this thrilling survival challenge for Minecraft!
Survival+
Survival+ is a datapack that adds difficulty and suprise to Minecraft again. By adding tougher enemies and cool unique items. Along with a bunch of new mechanics and reworks of some old ones, causing you to relearn Minecraft in a whole new way!
MC: Clumped
This datapack adds nice quality of life features for builders playing survival mode. Currently these are crafting recipes for items that are often used in building or for other purposes but don't have crafting recipes.
Creepers and Tridents
This Datapack reworks the Impaling and Channeling enchantments and allows Creeper spawn eggs of various tiers to be crafted in survival!

DynamicBadLuck Challenge
This Minecraft datapack introduces a brutal survival challenge by drastically reducing item drop rates from blocks, mobs, and chests. Players must rely on luck for resources, turning basic progression into a test of patience.
Better Trade Rebalance
This project adds a datapack that overhauls villager trades on top of vanilla, with rebalanced ordering, new functionalities, and biome‑dependent options for improved survival gameplay.