Forge Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 82 free Forge mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Born in Chaos, Tough As Nails, Cold Sweat.
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Born in Chaos
Adds a lot of aggressive mobs, with their unique properties that can diversify and complicate your survival. Also adds new structures, equipment, blocks and achievements.
Tough As Nails
A difficult, survival-based mod that adds body temperature and thirst!
Cold Sweat
Adds a survival-focused temperature system to Minecraft, with lots of customization!
PrimalCore
Early Game Survival, Expanded Nether, Monsters and Mystery
TerraFirmaCraft
TerraFirmaCraft (TFC) is a total conversion mod that overhauls and reinvents survival mode.
Just Enough Guns
A gun mod focused on survival progression, gameplay and gun customization!
Insane's Survival Overhaul (aka IguanaTweaks Reborn)
Overhaul survival with many changes to existing mechanics. Weapon rebalance, enchanting rework, and much more
Zombie Survival Kit
A series of tools to survive in the zombie apocalypse.
Tinkers Survival
An early game survival concept for Tinkers' Construct and Constructs' Armory.
Vestiges of the Present
Hardcore challenges awarded with powerful and unique Vestiges from unknown God-like creature. Has worldwide leaderboards, lore progression and a lot of cool stuff like anti heal, heal debt, shields, over heal and shields, etc.
GUNS RPG
Hardcore Minecraft mod with heavy focus on player progression and skill management
Star Wars ACW Survival
A survival centric mod, focusing on the incorporation of Star Wars tech, materials, droids and the many species of the galaxy to Minecraft survival. The galaxy is your sandbox!
ARKCraft Mod
[WIP] The game "ARK: Survival Evolved" in Minecraft!
Insane's Survival Extra (aka IguanaTweaks Expanded)
Expand Insane's Survival Overhaul with materials, enchantments, forging and more!
Survival Tools
Adds a number of useful thirst and temperature tools and machines to use with Tough As Nails or SimpleDifficulty for both lightly and heavily modded environments.
Orpheus
A way of KeepInventory in survival!
Dragons And Dark
adds several hostile mobs, with their own aspects that can make your survival very difficult.
Realism Mod Reborn
A Vanilla+ survival expansion featuring crops, food production, gemstones, and immersive resources.
MCA Descendants
Addon for MCA:Reborn. Adds the ability to respawn as your descendants while playing hardcore mode.
Siren Head Southpoint (Survival Horror)
Horror mod. Based on the game sirenhead: southpoint
Simple Sophisticated Backpacks Kit
Lightweight starter backpack addon that gives every new player a backpack and useful survival items on first join. Perfect for RPG modpacks, multiplayer servers, exploration, inventory expansion, adventure, progression, and quality-of-life gameplay.
Stoneage Survival
Progression overhaul and harder survival mode
Bum Survival in Russia
Blocks, items and dungeons for survival in Russia homeless!
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.
Unruffled
Revamped Survival mode from the ground up.
Azurium : Tools - Armor
Add New Simple Material [ Azurium Tools And Armors ] [ Not OP Mod ] [ Hardcore ]
Question Duck's Craftable Totems
Allows you to craft totems of undying! Don't lose your hardcore worlds by running out of lives.
GSG's New Ores
Adds unique custom ores, powerful tools, armor, and new mining adventures with balanced survival gameplay and high-quality textures.
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[Grakel's] Upgrade Armors & items +
A mod who add Epic Armors and Items for Dungeons and Hardcore gameplay
ZKQ – Zombie King Quest (Boss Fight + Structures + Progression)
Adds a powerful Zombie King boss, custom structures, Frux ore progression, and epic weapons for adventure-focused survival gameplay.
KumoDesu: Ascension
KumoDesu: Ascension adds a system-driven progression where skills grow through actions, perception is earned, and evolution depends on survival. No fixed classes—your behavior shapes your path and defines your strength.
Artifacts and souls
Get souls and create items useful for survival items
Dragon Warfare
A great endgame mod that is best used in a survival series
Survival Delight
Changes Minecrafts tool progression to be more realistic with Farmer's Delight integration
Piglet RPG - Ridiculous Weapons
Adds a few fancy weapons balanced for survival
Vecturnn's Survival Mod
This Mod is created for a better survival mod experience! This mod adds more ores, tools, blocks, biomes and more. This mod changes your survival story! Why don't you try now?