Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 150 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Beware The Dark, ZenXArch's Skyblock, Wasteland Wanderer | Fallout.
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Beware The Dark
A mod that rehauls survival to be like Don't Starve.
ZenXArch's Skyblock
An expanded skyblock challenge
Wasteland Wanderer | Fallout
Turns Minecraft into a Survival Fallout Experience!
Deepcraft
A hardcore Minecraft mod with new ore, weapons, bosses, mobs, a unique dimension, haunting music, and forgotten secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Preserved: Inferno
Enhances the "survival" aspect of Minecraft's gameplay. Core mod for the Preserved mod set.
NigloSkyblock
“NigloSkyblock is a Minecraft Skyblock mod where players survive and expand their island using custom mechanics and progression.”
CarpetSkyAdditions-Reborn-2
CarpetSkyAdditions Reborn for Minecraft 26.1+. This is a classic skyblock module that has been ported and modified to version 26.1
Server Hardcore
A simple mod that makes a new world every time a player dies in hardcore.
MobPVP // CANCELLED
MobPVP transforms your Minecraft survival experience by assigning levels to every living creature in the game. Based on these levels, mobs gain different abilities, attributes, and loot chances, creating a more challenging and rewarding combat system.
VirtualPump
Survival in a submerged world
Dead Sun - Zombie Apocalypse
Hardcore zombie apocalypse mod for Minecraft. Only zombies spawn in all dimensions. Sunlight doesn't protect you. Zombies got smarter.
Minecraft Sigma MCS
Improving b1.7.3 while preserving its charm! Monolith generation, updated existing blocks, survival balance, client side upgrades and more...

Hardcore Enforcer
Forces hardcore world generation and disables cheats - Completly configurable.
Help Me Hardcore
Help Me Hardcore Adds All Kinds of Extra Challenges from Community Ideas to Full-Themed Updates for Your Hardcore Worlds or Even Hardcore SMP Servers!
RyDaCol's Star Wars Mod [NO LONGER UPDATING]
A mod aiming to bring the world of Star Wars into Minecraft in a Survival friendly manner
Noches Muertas
A progressive zombie survival mod where every night becomes more dangerous, with evolving infected, hordes, blood moon events, weapons, research, defenses, survivors, structures, and infected Nether progression.

BloodInfection999
Delve into a world ravaged by a terrifying blood infection, where once-peaceful creatures are corrupted and your own survival is constantly under threat.
Hardcore Horizons
A all new survival experience that will add new Bosses Biomes Blocks Dimensions Updated versions of all the current dimensions Mobs Structures Tools music And Lots More
Bladebound
Bladebound adds named swords with unique effects, lore, and world-generated shrines designed for natural survival progression.
Ultra Hardcore Gamemode
Adds an easy-to-use 'Ultra Hardcore' gamemode button. For the tryharders.
MoreRealisticSurvival999
MoreRealisticSurvival999 brings immersive realism to Minecraft survival by dynamically managing temperature, thirst, crop rot, torch burnout, and natural plant growth for a truly challenging and engaging experience.
Galaxblix
A small mod to bring more life, and expandability to a modded Skyblock Experience.
Hardcore winter
A survival mod set in an endless blizzard. Warmth, light, and shelter actually matter. Farming still works, but different No tutorial — find your way by trial and error, and by reading what the survivors before you left behind.
Poseidon - Underwater Survival
Shipwrecked and stranded underwater. Breathe, build, and survive in a fully aquatic island world.
SurvivalReborn
Survival Reborn enhances Minecraft survival with dynamic terrain, new biomes, and unique mobs, offering fresh challenges and gameplay mechanics. Explore, craft, and survive in a world full of adventure, ancient secrets, and powerful items!
FreshArmor ! Hardcore mod
Angry mobs and new weapons. (Recommended using JEI)
MeowFurniture
Create survival-friendly custom blocks, ores, multiblocks, crafting, and commands, with a web block generator.
LogicGates
Forget about giant Redstone logic gates. All logic gates in one block!
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
TenLives
TenLives is a Minecraft plugin designed to add an extra layer of challenge and excitement to your survival gameplay
Soulbound SMP
Soulbound Hardcore SMP with Souls & Hearts
UnderBeacon
A Survival War datapack, have fun in this close-to-vanilla PvP!
Still Alive !
Re-balance of the health system, better early game, making survival harder but not absurdly hardcore.
Rasterpiece Theater
A mod that adds the FNaF franchise to Minecraft. This mod is more survival-based than creative.
Survival Resurrected
A mod that I envisioned would make the survival gameplay experience entertaining in its own fashion.
Half Heart Only?
Survival challenge where players only have half a heart.