Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 136 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Sanity System, FPS Drop When You Hurt, MobPVP // CANCELLED.
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Sanity System
A subtle psychological horror mod that adds a hidden sanity system, immersive hallucinations, and fear-based survival mechanics to Minecraft 1.21.4 Fabric.
FPS Drop When You Hurt
This mod links your framerate to your character's health. If injured or near death, your framerate drops and only recovers by eating food to heal. Adds a challenging survival twist to gameplay!
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.
OneHitTree
OneHitTree instantly breaks entire trees with one block hit. This lightweight plugin works across Minecraft 1.13-1.21, featuring configurable options and automatic leaf cleanup for efficient wood gathering.
Server Hardcore
A simple mod that makes a new world every time a player dies in hardcore.
Coalesce
Server-side configurable hardcore combat
Cauldron Concrete
Powder into a cauldron gets you concrete! Vanilla friendly and perfect for servers wanting a survival experience of the cauldron concrete functionality from Vanilla tweaks. Available as plugin / mod
JustARod
A mod that adds a lot of end rods,hardcore physiological mechanisms and useful items
Hardcore Bypass
Adds a simple command to respawn yourself from spectator in hardcore mode.
Hardcore-ban
Hardcore Ban Mod The Hardcore Ban Mod enhances the gameplay experience by automatically banning players for 24 hours upon their death.

Hardcore Enforcer
Forces hardcore world generation and disables cheats - Completly configurable.
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
Ultra Blood Moon
Blood Moon turns ordinary nights into survival events with stronger mob variants and unique lunar events, pushing players toward inevitable, high-stakes encounters.
BackPackSSS
Custom tiered backpacks with progression crafting, upgrade system and persistent storage — designed for survival servers.
Pickaxes+
a collection of cursed, enchanted, and hella beefed-up pickaxes designed to make your survival world weep and your friends ask 'what the hell is that.'
Sanity System – Psychological Survival
A subtle psychological horror mod that adds a hidden sanity system, immersive hallucinations, and fear-based survival mechanics to Minecraft 1.21.4 Fabric.

among us - Mongus
Brings the iconic crewmate Among Us character into Minecraft as a mob, with a survival-friendly spawn egg so you can unleash the sus anywhere.
FreshArmor ! Hardcore mod
Angry mobs and new weapons. (Recommended using JEI)
tally
Survival completion advancement pack — 10,000+ advancements, XP and item rewards, live policy toggles.
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
Relentless Mobs
Makes (almost) all mobs pursue players from any distance and through blocks, increasing difficulty and intensity in survival gameplay!
Burning Daylight
Adds a survival twist to your gameplay with a plugin that causes players to take damage when exposed to sunlight.
Generic FNAF Mod
This is a project that adds multiple Blocks and Decorative items from the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise in a Vanilla Style while also having Survival Elements
HardcoreDeathBan
Hardcore Death Ban (HCDB) is a tiny Paper plugin that bans players on death, with configurable lives, messages and PAPI support. Built for Hardcore servers.
TenLives
TenLives is a Minecraft plugin designed to add an extra layer of challenge and excitement to your survival gameplay
简易生存 Simple Survival
I added over 100 recipes! 【Breaking the balance】

WorldFall
Every time a player in survival mode moves to another block, the previous column disappears.
TODD: Technological Odyssey — Dawn of Development
A mod that makes initial survival much more difficult
Creepers Eat You
Adds a fun twist to the game in which creepers eat you! Good luck beating the game in Hardcore ;D
Survival to creative twist
Every 5 minuts you can choose one item , you'll get 1 of it
SoulLock
Trap player souls on death and revive them by placing their head. Perfect for survival, PvP, and co-op servers.
Cobblemon Nuzlocke & Soul Link
A Hardcore Nuzlocke ruleset for Cobblemon: one catch per zone, permadeath, nicknames, shiny clause, level caps — plus Soul Link co-op, where linked parties share fates.
Grass=Random Item
Break grass blocks to receive a random block every time! Perfect for chaotic survival, challenge runs, and randomizer gameplay.
Squid Improvements
Squids and Glow Squids will give blindness and glowing effect when you try to attack them! Survival friendly addition to vanilla worlds. Available as plugin / mod
mSilkBedrock
A plugin that allows you to mine bedrock in survival.
Hardcore Capitalism
Numismatic Overhaul: lose money on death, get banned from debt.