Forge Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 1,588 free Forge mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Creative in Survival, Changed: Survive Protocol, Backrooms Eternal.
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Creative in Survival
This mod allows you to switch to creative mode while remaining in survival thanks to a single key (C)!
Changed: Survive Protocol
Survival expansion for the Changed-Minecraft Mod.
Backrooms Eternal
A backrooms mod for survival and creative!
SCP ESCAPE
This mod adds SCPs from all branches! There it is also compatible with Survival mode with custom crafting recipes!
Nightfall
A challenging and immersive overhaul of Minecraft survival
Super Faces
This horror mod plunges you into an unrelenting nightmare, with grotesque creatures, unpredictable jump scares, and a constant atmosphere of dread. Every shadow hides a terrifying threat, and every moment is a battle for survival.
Cosmos Unbound
A mod that makes it possible for Cosmic Horizons to be playable in Survival.
Create: Skyblock Simplified
This mod adds a few new recipes and items to allow for more fun Create Skyblock experiences. It also changes the world generation to generate skyblock worlds.
Pumped Desert
This mod will pump up the desert a bit. Now you can come across new cacti and skulls. To break the skull, you need a pickaxe. You can also create a skull using a bone block and two bones.
Creatures In The Dark
Creatures that blend into the darkness, these creatures come in varying sizes to 7 block tall ones to a measly one block tall one. But Beware all creatures are dangerous and can and will kill you if given the chance.
Easy Spawners
Make spawners in your survival world!
More Craftable Items
A simple mod that allows you to craft items that are otherwise impossible to create in regular survival.
HammerMultipart
Library to place multiple things in one block space.
Vim! (A Nukacraft mod)
A QOL mod for nukacraft. It lets the mod be able to be finished in survival mode.
Dynamic Crawling
Adds a Keybind, that allows you move into a position that you can crawl through one block. To do this, press X.
Survival Wings Rebrushed
Adds wearable wings that grant creative flight in survival mode
Survival Instinct Skills
Open the skill tree tab by pressing the K key to unlock skills that empower the player.
End Aspected
Introduces the item Aspect of the End (Inspired by Hypixel Skyblock's Aspect of the End) with my own personal twist. Includes upgrades to the sword, an Ender Slayer enchantment and a new effect that damages teleporting entities!
More Heads
Adds survival-friendly access to mob heads and player heads, using intentional hoe-based drops to avoid farm pollution and preserve vanilla progression.
Zombie Hardcore
Get ready to face thirsty zombies, they will break all blocks to get to you! Literally.
Bamboo Jungle Survival House
Adds a small bamboo jungle house, ideal for early game survival
Rispwind's Survival Spawn Eggs (FABRIC/FORGE/NEOFORGE)
Wandering Traders will occasionally sell spawn eggs.
Armor Stand's Custom Poses
Change Properties and Pose of your Armor Stands. Even in survival!
Leather Crafting Recipe
A survival-friendly utility that allows players to refine rotten flesh into high-quality leather through a simple smelting or curing process.
Expanded Weather2 Dynamics
Expanded Weather2 Dynamics is a NeoForge 1.21.1 addon for Weather2 that adds deeper tornado dynamics, radar tools, SPC-style outlooks, fictional TOR/SVR alerts, damage surveys, and survival-friendly storm damage.
Infinitely Regenerating Blocks
A block that infinitely regenerates itself when broken, also drops random items every time.
Player Totems
A mod meant for multiplayer hardcore! If you die your totem will spawn if it is broken in time you will be given another chance
Better Tech Weapons
In a dark future, survival depends on the right arsenal. This mod introduces unique weapons, from a repurposed pistol to a tech crossbow. Ammo is scarce, but deadly.
XP Crystals
Store your XP in craftable crystals. Survival-friendly and tier-based: store 3, 10, 30, 50 levels—or infinite XP. Customizable
BlockZ
BlockZ is a mod dedicated to bringing a hardcore survival experience to Minecraft, paying deep homage to the classic DayZ and DayM gameplay.
Theatrical Workbench
Play with Theatrical and Theatrical: Extra Lights in survival mode!
Money OneBlock
A unique OneBlock experience where mining blocks earns you money to upgrade your island and buy resources!
VoidBlock Dimension
VoidBlock! is an opened world survival map with unique mobs where you start on a tiny island in the sky.
Haven Kitchen Sink Helper
A mod that adds a lot of Quality of Life features for Kitchen Sink Modpacks.
Tiny Players Fabric/[Neo]Forge
This mod makes every player extremely small! Fun for a survival challenge.

Peak Stamina
A balanced hardcore stamina overhaul featuring many mechanics inspired by the PEAK system. Insanely customizable