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Browse 186 free Forge mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include SnowPED, Basically Wither Cloak, Tera-surf-mod.

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SnowPED
1.20.1forge

SnowPED

Is a survival-focused mod that turns the world into a frozen

184downloads
Basically Wither Cloak
1.20.1forge

Basically Wither Cloak

Adds an item close to the wither cloak from hypixel skyblock

184downloads
Tera-surf-mod
1.20.1forge

Tera-surf-mod

A simple lightweight exploration minecraft mod made for all surface travel that entails the survival adventure feel with balances in its core mechanics.

180downloads
(ST) Explorer
26.3fabric

(ST) Explorer

This datapack enhances your exploration experience as part of Survival Tweaks.

167downloads
Bottled Biomes
1.20.1forge

Bottled Biomes

Bring the world to you: Capture, store, and transplant biomes anywhere in your survival world.

157downloads
Cats and Cats
1.20.1forge

Cats and Cats

This mod aims to add a meowy challenge to Minecraft survival and allow you to do things like have a personal friend or fight off the evil corruptions.

153downloads
Voxelium
1.20.1forge

Voxelium

Voxelium expands survival with new materials, recipes, and the /fly command — adding creative freedom while staying in Survival mode.

153downloads
Universal Adaptive Backporter UAB Mod (1.7.10) – Hunt Netherite Gear
forge

Universal Adaptive Backporter UAB Mod (1.7.10) – Hunt Netherite Gear

Universal Adaptive Backporter UAB Mod brings content from modern Minecraft updates into version 1.7.10. It adds modern blocks, items, mobs, and biomes directly into the classic game world. Players can hunt for Netherite gear, fight modern monsters, and explore new structures in survival mode. The mod keeps old chunks safe and works alongside classic mods. […]

RLCraft Fanmade Artifact Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Brutal Battles with Magical Orbs
1.20.1forge

RLCraft Fanmade Artifact Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Brutal Battles with Magical Orbs

RLCraft Fanmade Artifact Mod introduces a collection of artifact orbs designed for challenging survival gameplay. Each orb grants distinct powers and status effects to help you stay alive during combat and exploration. This mod works directly with Potion API and Legendary Survival Overhaul to bring these special tools to your world. Features: Adds collectible artifact […]

Scafandr Mod (1.20.1) – Survive in Ruined Cities and Build Underground Bunkers
1.20.1forge

Scafandr Mod (1.20.1) – Survive in Ruined Cities and Build Underground Bunkers

Scafandr Mod places you inside a survival bunker surrounded by a vast abandoned city. You must equip a functional orange spacesuit, search empty city blocks for supplies, and upgrade your base station. The mod brings a full story campaign with unique NPCs, world-traveling mechanics, and pocket dimensions to explore. Features: Spawns an endless abandoned city […]

Mystcraft Data Pack Open New Dimensions Mod (1.21.4)
1.21.4fabric

Mystcraft Data Pack Open New Dimensions Mod (1.21.4)

Mystcraft Data Pack Open New Dimensions Mod brings mysterious new dimensions and book-based teleportation mechanics to Minecraft. It lets you craft special books that transport you to untouched realms, saved waypoints, your last death location, or directly to other players. Each realm contains fresh biomes and resources to collect during survival play. The mod works […]

Vibrant Sundries Mod (26.3, 1.21.11) – Automate Daily Survival Tasks
1.21.11fabric

Vibrant Sundries Mod (26.3, 1.21.11) – Automate Daily Survival Tasks

Vibrant Sundries Mod brings a collection of handy items, decorative blocks, new structures, and useful vanilla tweaks to your world. It expands everyday survival gameplay with simple automation blocks like conveyors and fans, along with mass storage units and custom display stands. The mod also refreshes crafting by adding recipes for rare vanilla items, useful […]

Refined Survival Structures Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Radioactive Fallout
1.20.1forge

Refined Survival Structures Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Radioactive Fallout

Refined Survival Structures Mod extends NukaCraft with extra wasteland content, blocks, and survival systems. It brings Fallout-themed biomes, ores, and custom mobs straight into the standard Overworld generation. You can tear down old weapons and armor into useful crafting parts using practical workstations. The mod also rebalances radiation hazards to keep survival challenging. Features: Spawns […]

Vile Genesis Mod (1.20.1) – Unsettling Psychological Terror That Breaks the Game
1.20.1forge

Vile Genesis Mod (1.20.1) – Unsettling Psychological Terror That Breaks the Game

Vile Genesis Mod turns regular survival worlds into a slow psychological nightmare. The mod builds tension across many in-game days before horror events begin to happen. It introduces uncanny phenomena, surreal extra dimensions, and unsettling simulations. It can minimize your game window, trigger fake crash screens, and disconnect you from your world safely without harming […]

Cursed Horizon Menace Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Brutal Horror Monsters
1.20.1forge

Cursed Horizon Menace Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Brutal Horror Monsters

Cursed Horizon Menace Mod introduces over 30 dangerous hostile mobs and five tough bosses to your world. It focuses on a horror survival theme without altering standard base game rules. Most threats spawn in the Overworld, while specific enemies appear in the Nether and the End dimensions. You can also craft new weapons, tools, and […]

Illusion Onslaught Mod (1.20.1) – Master Elemental Magic Against Dark Illagers
1.20.1forge

Illusion Onslaught Mod (1.20.1) – Master Elemental Magic Against Dark Illagers

Illusion Onslaught Mod introduces elemental magic, a mana system, and dangerous illager foes to your survival world. It brings the unused Illusioner into village raids alongside fresh attacks and minion summons. Players can craft spellbooks, collect ancient scrolls, and battle dark cultists across new structures. A flying boss encounter also awaits those who dare to […]

JOJO Stone Block Crusaders Mod (1.21.11) – Awaken Stand Powers to Battle Rivals
1.21.11fabric

JOJO Stone Block Crusaders Mod (1.21.11) – Awaken Stand Powers to Battle Rivals

JOJO Stone Block Crusaders Mod brings the spirit powers of Stardust Crusaders into your survival world. This mod introduces thirteen battle spirits with unique powers, special items, and new structures to find. Players can craft an arrow to awaken their own spirit companion, but dangerous enemy fighters will also hunt you across the land. Features: […]

Stormward Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Deadly Highstorms and Wield Legendary
1.20.1forge

Stormward Mod (1.20.1) – Survive Deadly Highstorms and Wield Legendary

Stormward Mod brings the magical world of Roshar into your game. This mod adds dangerous new biomes like the Shattered Plains and fills them with unique creatures and powerful weapons. You can fight enemy warriors to win legendary armor, harvest magical stormlight during deadly weather, and craft special machines using gems. It changes survival mode […]

Improved More Biomes Mod (26.2, 1.21.11) – Wander Through Gorgeous Custom
1.21.11fabric

Improved More Biomes Mod (26.2, 1.21.11) – Wander Through Gorgeous Custom

Improved More Biomes Mod changes your world generation by adding fresh landscapes and updating normal vanilla areas. It gives older biomes better trees, different ground blocks, and custom sky colors. This mod makes your survival journey much more colorful and varied without changing how the core game plays. Features: Brings custom light colors to specific […]

Configurable Furnace Burn Time Mod (26.2, 1.20.1)
1.20.1fabric

Configurable Furnace Burn Time Mod (26.2, 1.20.1)

You just spent hours exploring caves, digging through stone blocks deep down in your world, searching for ores. And once you return back home, you have to smelt all of these ores to actually use them. Does that feel tiring? While mining is a time consuming process, there is an element of exploration which makes […]

Campfire Resting Mod (1.21.11, 1.20.1) – Change The Time Of Day
1.21.11forge

Campfire Resting Mod (1.21.11, 1.20.1) – Change The Time Of Day

Campfire Resting Mod is a Minecraft mod that brings a new camping mechanic to the game by allowing players to rest by campfires. When resting near a campfire, players can recover health gradually, making it an excellent mod for immersive gameplay and survival scenarios. It’s particularly useful during long explorations, where players can stop to […]

Red's More Structures Mod (1.21.11, 1.20.1) – Best for Adventure & Survival
1.21.11fabric

Red's More Structures Mod (1.21.11, 1.20.1) – Best for Adventure & Survival

Red's More Structures Mod adds a few structures to the game. Red's More Structures Mod is made for you if you like to find new things. This mod adds new structures throughout the game world that contain loot as well as enemies which will attack sight (and might be guarding something special). The structures are […]

Animights Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Loyal Squire
1.20.1forge

Animights Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Loyal Squire

Animights Mod adds loyal squire pets inspired by the creator’s childhood dog doll Canito. Features: Introduces Animights, a loyal squire companion. Functions as a pet/ally during exploration and survival. Screenshots: Animights Mod Download Links

Wonderous Sea Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Endless Ocean
1.20.1forge

Wonderous Sea Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Endless Ocean

Wonderous Sea Mod adds over 30 new aquatic animals, items, and mechanics to Minecraft, aiming to make survival oceans lively and immersive. Features: Adds 31+ new aquatic animals with spawn eggs. Expands oceans, rivers, and mangroves with diverse wildlife. Includes new items tied to aquatic survival. Focused on livelier oceans for exploration and immersion. Screenshots: […]

Moder Mod (1.20.1, 1.19.2) – The God Of The Forests
1.20.1forge

Moder Mod (1.20.1, 1.19.2) – The God Of The Forests

Moder Mod mod brings the terrifying forest creature from The Ritual movie into your Minecraft world. Features: Adds The Moder, inspired by The Ritual film. Great for horror-themed gameplay or custom maps. Adds suspense and dread to survival exploration. Screenshots: Moder Mod Download Links For Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20 Forge Version: Download from Server 1 – […]

Friday The 13th Jason Voorhees Mod (1.20.1, 1.19.2) – Forest Slasher Stalker Horror
1.20.1forge

Friday The 13th Jason Voorhees Mod (1.20.1, 1.19.2) – Forest Slasher Stalker Horror

Friday The 13th Jason Voorhees Mod is a horror Minecraft mod that adds a stalking slasher-style enemy, themed biome, structures, items, and a new wood type. It is designed to create tense survival gameplay, especially in forest areas. Features: New horror boss entity that hunts players New biome: Fir Forest New structures: cabins and campsites […]

Gonebutnotforgotten.jar Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Phobia Themed Exploration
1.20.1forge

Gonebutnotforgotten.jar Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Phobia Themed Exploration

Gonebutnotforgotten.jar Mod inspired by wonderland.jar (but built with entirely original assets, lore, and dimensions). It introduces 8 eerie dimensions, each themed around a major phobia or horror concept. These dimensions bring unique entities, mechanics, and survival challenges, turning exploration into a psychological and atmospheric experience. Features: 8 custom dimensions, each themed around a phobia or […]

The Afterdark Mod (1.21.5, 1.20.1) – Gather Exclusive Resources And Face Challenges
1.21.5forge

The Afterdark Mod (1.21.5, 1.20.1) – Gather Exclusive Resources And Face Challenges

The Afterdark Mod introduces a challenging, resource-rich dimension that stretches 384 blocks tall and is shrouded in darkness. This hardcore dimension is filled with unique biomes, treacherous dungeons, and abundant resources. Features: Adds a 384-block tall dark dimension filled with exclusive resources Unique biomes and dungeons that reward exploration Complex world generation adds challenge and […]

Survival Islands Mod (1.21.10, 1.20.1) – Isolated Survival Challenges On Islands
1.21.10fabric

Survival Islands Mod (1.21.10, 1.20.1) – Isolated Survival Challenges On Islands

Survival Islands Mod is a world generation mod that crafts survival-focused worlds made of scattered islands. Replacing large landmasses, it uses custom function files to create island groups. Features: Replaces standard overworld terrain with a network of survival islands. Uses custom function files to define varied spacing and layouts for islands. Screenshots: Survival Islands Mod […]

Deadly World Mod (1.20.1, 1.12.2) – Your World Is Now a Dungeon
1.20.1forge

Deadly World Mod (1.20.1, 1.12.2) – Your World Is Now a Dungeon

Deadly World Mod makes mining and exploring in your world much more dangerous. This mod adds new world generation features designed to make survival harder, such as custom spawners, mimics, pitfalls, and hidden lava pockets. Many of these dangers can be adjusted in the configuration files to make the game as challenging as you want. […]

The Chuchoteur Mod (1.20.1) – A Stalking, Teleporting Monster
1.20.1forge

The Chuchoteur Mod (1.20.1) – A Stalking, Teleporting Monster

The Chuchoteur Mod adds a custom horror entity designed to stalk players with unpredictable and immersive mechanics. Unlike typical mobs, it uses psychological horror elements-appearing, vanishing, and striking when least expected-to transform exploration into a survival-horror experience. Features: Introduce a unique horror entity that stalks players, teleports unpredictably, and reacts to player movement and gaze. […]

Stone Disappearance Mod (1.21.8, 1.20.1) – Removes Stone Blocks From World Generation
1.21.8fabric

Stone Disappearance Mod (1.21.8, 1.20.1) – Removes Stone Blocks From World Generation

Stone Disappearance Mod is a world generation mod, and as the name suggests, the mod removes all of the stone blocks from your world. When you spawn into a new world with this mod installed, you will not notice anything unusual. But as you dig down, you will realize that all of the stone blocks […]

Survival Instinct Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Scavenge Ruined Cities for Military Gear
1.20.1forge

Survival Instinct Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Scavenge Ruined Cities for Military Gear

Survival Instinct Mod drops you into a world where society has fallen into chaos. This mod is built for apocalyptic-themed adventures, filling your world with new things to discover. You will find ruined structures, new resources deep underground, and military equipment to help you survive. Features: Explore new structures that are devastated over time, making […]

Cannibal Conundrum Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Survive The Savage Life
1.20.1forge

Cannibal Conundrum Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Survive The Savage Life

Cannibal Conundrum Mod introduces brutal cannibal villages, hostile human mobs, and grisly mechanics that push survival into dark territory. The mod throws players into tense encounters with flesh-craving villagers wielding crude bone weapons and a mini-boss that rewards a deadly saw-making wilderness exploration both thrilling and terrifying. Features: Added 5 New items, 2 Useful blocks, […]

Can't Touch Water Mod (1.21.8, 1.20.1) – Water Kills On Contact
1.21.8fabric

Can't Touch Water Mod (1.21.8, 1.20.1) – Water Kills On Contact

Can't Touch Water Mod is a fun challenge mod that tests your survival limits. The mod adds a simple new change – water will kill you instantly upon contact. Swimming and ocean exploration are key elements of the survival gameplay. And with this mod installed, those elements of the game are restricted. Features: Adds a […]

Thirty Days To Live Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Survive Before The Sun Devours the World
1.20.1forge

Thirty Days To Live Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Survive Before The Sun Devours the World

Thirty Days To Live Mod plunges players into a survival-horror scenario where the sun becomes a relentless threat. With exactly 30 in-game days until the world is consumed, it pushes players into a chaotic scramble for preparation, exploration, and refuge. Features: A ticking 30-day timer signals the shrinking window before the sun "engulfs" the overworld. […]