Forge Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 48 free Forge mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Engineers Workshop, PrimalCore, Modernxl 2 furniture mod: In Survival ! (Discontinued).
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Engineers Workshop
A Modular Workshop - All In One Block!
PrimalCore
Early Game Survival, Expanded Nether, Monsters and Mystery
Modernxl 2 furniture mod: In Survival ! (Discontinued)
A modern decoration/furtniture mod that allows you to create pleasant interiors in Minecraft!
Netherstar Shard
Ultra Rare Wither Skeleton drop, split down Netherstars into x4 pieces
Lock & Key
A mod that takes advantage of the vanilla tile entity locking system, making it accessible to survival players.
Slabs Expanded (Discontinued)
Stack different slabs into one block, adds slab variants for every block, and craft blocks from slabs
Useful Structures
Imagine if with just one click you could create some structures to help you in your survival. Now it is possible!
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.
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.
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.
Magic Construction
A powerful building mod that adds magical wands to place multiple blocks at once, with integrated pouches for material storage and repair runes for maintenance.
Better Revive
A death & revive system with graves, revive potions, grave compass, revive scroll teleport, Hardcore Support and more!
LootRun
LootRun is a loot–extract gameplay mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge, inspired by hardcore extraction shooters like Delta Force: Hawk Ops and Escape from Tarkov.
StockBridge(RefinedStrotage+Create)
Connect Create automation to Refined Storage 2. One block exposes your entire RS network as an inventory for depots, funnels, and mechanical arms.
FoxxBoyy's Military Blocks
This mod adds camo blocks, carbon fiber and steel, all survival friendly.
D3 FanMod
This fan mod for Minecraft recreates some hardcore survival mechanics of Dedsafio 3. It adds unique commands, activatable mechanics, and progression elements from the series, giving players an experience that captures a bit of the essence of Dedsafio 3.
Immersion in Traffic Context 2
Adds customizable barriers & asphalt roads (+30% speed!). Design unique streets, works with/without Ultimate Car Mod. Survival recipes included. Build realistic traffic systems!
Re-Forgematica
Re-Forgematica improves Forgematica for Forge 1.18.2 survival builders with backpack-aware Easy Place, Quark rotation support, safer server transfers, and multi-server schematic storage.
Not Just Spoiled
A modern food spoilage mod that enhances food management for a more immersive survival experience
Kindling Age
Kindling Age enhances early survival with lightweight, vanilla-friendly mechanics that make the first days more deliberate without adding grind or hard gates.
MrFEG's Placeable Foods & Drinks
Place your food. Share the feast.Shift+right-click any food or potion to set it down in the world — stack up to 4 items on one block, eat when ready, pick it back up anytime
Niglo One Chunk
Survive in a single 16x16 chunk surrounded by the void. Gather resources, trade with a custom villager, and defeat the Ender Dragon to expand your world. A complete One Chunk experience with built-in QoL features.

Duck Bills, craftable money
Money that you make in survival
waterupgrade
A Sophisticated Backpacks addon that adds a Drinking Upgrade to automatically hydrate the player from backpack inventory, compatible with Tough As Nails, Legendary Survival Overhaul, and Homeostatic.
End Portal Frame Now Accessible
A simple mod that lets you craft End Portal Frames in survival mode. Build your portal anywhere, activate it with Eyes of Ender, and enter the End without searching for strongholds. Great for builders, adventurers, and players who enjoy freedom!
Builders Bundles
A survival friendly fix to minecraft's inventory problem - designed for builders.
SteelHold
Steelhold is a Forge mod for Minecraft that adds heavy-duty, lockable safes designed for survival, multiplayer, and roleplay servers.
ExplorerKit
A modular adventure toolkit with backpacks, waypoints, minimap, mob health HUD, and survival info.
SlotZero
SlotZero is a survival-focused gameplay overhaul that transforms how inventory works in Minecraft. Players begin with extremely limited carrying capacity and must unlock additional slots using progression items like pouches, toolbelts, and backpacks.
Cozy Server Kit
Lightweight server utilities for small survival servers: land claims, death chests, homes/TPA, starter kits, and more.
Advanced Lock
With Advanced Lock, chests cannot be opened or broken unless the correct code is entered, making it perfect for survival servers, SMPs, a
Item/Block Convert+
A converter for items and blocks to create more items from Glanz. It's well-suited for SkyBlock or OneBlock to obtain more resources.
Pocket Tools ALZ
Pocket Tools is a Vanilla+ Quality of Life (QoL) utility mod designed to make survival adventures smoother and inventory management
Corail Backpack Mod (1.21.11, 1.20.1) – The Adventurer Backpack
Corail Backpack Mod is an adventurer backpack with balancing capabilities oriented on survival mode. Features: Variety of inventory geometries to craft. Made of armor materials. Damages each opening (if normal difficulty, hard – twice faster), could be repaired on anvil. Could be enchanted for better durability and self repairing. Could be dyed similarly to leather […]
Create Refined Storage Recipes Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Create Based Recipes For Refined Storage
The Create mod introduces a lot of different mechanisms and machines that allow you to automate a lot of things in your survival world. On the other hand, the Refined Storage mod allows you to create network based storage systems that allows you to store items and fluids at large scale. Create Refined Storage Recipes […]