Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 163 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include I do what mojang does not, BasicFlight, BLACKSOULS II.
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I do what mojang does not
It will add a BrainInAJar, DispenserColorApplier, VillagerOnALeash, FlowerColorApplier, and EveryBlockDealsFallDamage to your Survival Gameplay :
BasicFlight
A simple mod that adds an item that gives creative flight in survival
BLACKSOULS II
A hardcore dark-fantasy RPG mod with custom stats, skills, bosses, souls, weapons, accessories, and brutal combat mechanics.
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!
Kamen Rider EX-AID
Bring the thrilling world of Kamen Rider Ex‑Aid into your Minecraft survival world! This mod packs tons of iconic items straight from the series, including Gashats, transformation drivers, signature weapons and lots of classic props.

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.
Bladebound
Bladebound adds named swords with unique effects, lore, and world-generated shrines designed for natural survival progression.
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
Re:Mine - Return By Death
Return by Death is a hardcore, Re:Zero-inspired mod that transforms the game's standard death mechanic into a brutal time loop, featuring complete world rollbacks, psychological pressure systems, and over a hundred random divine abilities
Oculus of Silence
Oculus of Silence is a magical survival artifact that repels nearby hostile mobs for 30 seconds
Mushoku Craft
A hardcore RPG mod inspired by the Mushoku Tensei universe. Master intense sword styles, level up magical schools from scratch, and forge powerful modular artifact weapons using custom mini-games.
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.
SkyBack
Client-side mod that reverts Hypixel SkyBlock's resource-pack update: blocks the forced resource pack and restores vanilla item models, skulls, and paper-item appearance.
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.
Paleolithic Era
Adds paleolithic era crafting, survival tools, and tech to early Minecraft gameplay. Expands the early game tiers a bit more.
Times smp
Time SMP is a hardcore survival & PvP plugin where time is the player’s life. Time decreases in real-time, controls health, and powerful time-based weapons let players steal or destroy each other’s time.
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
Revive Star
The plugin provides a custom crafting recipe for a revive star. It allows you to revive dead players in hardcore mode!
ExtraEnderchest
A plugin that adds the Large Enderchest (one block double inventory size) with customizable crafting recepie and extensive config

Resurrections
This is a Minecraft mod I made for my hardcore multiplayer server. After a player dies, they drop their soul which can be placed in the reviving station and revived.
Kamilskis Additions
Its a mod that adds everything I ever thought of and that would make sense in minecraft, and makes it balanced for the survival experience.
Fancy DamageIndicator
Plugin displaying damage for survival experience. Support rainbow and MiniMessage!
Burning Daylight
Adds a survival twist to your gameplay with a plugin that causes players to take damage when exposed to sunlight.
Soulbound SMP
Soulbound Hardcore SMP with Souls & Hearts
Nether Improvements
Configurable, survival friendly tweaks to make the Nether more interesting on Vanilla servers!
LogicGates
Forget about giant Redstone logic gates. All logic gates in one block!
WeHaveOneLife
WeHaveOneLife — a shared-health plugin. Damage taken by one player is distributed to everyone. The death of one means the death of the entire group. A minimalist hardcore experience for Minecraft Servers.
Dragon Survival: Alternate Altar Recipes
An Addon for Dragon Survival. This mod adds a new crafting recipes for Dragon Altars in the Dragon Survival Mod
简易生存 Simple Survival
I added over 100 recipes! 【Breaking the balance】

Elomod
An expensive survival & tech mod adding cameras, monitors, thermal vision, new ores, and more !
Balanced Minecraft Hardcore
Balanced Minecraft Hardcore (BMH) gives you flexibility in difficulty by replacing death by distant respawn based on your difficulty and Eternal Items possessed. BMH is the perfect middle ground between normal Minecraft and hardcore Minecraft.
DisasterSurvival
Survive over 20 unique natural disasters in singleplayer or multiplayer. Random disasters, generated maps, loot, and intense survival gameplay.
Against the Wild: Realistic Survival
Against the Wild is an immersive realism mod that transforms Minecraft survival into something that actually feels like fighting to stay alive. No magic shortcuts, no easy starts. The world is harsh, unforgiving, and beautiful just like the real wilderness
UnderBeacon
A Survival War datapack, have fun in this close-to-vanilla PvP!
Enchanted Loom
A plugin for 1.21.11 that adds an Enchanted Loom to Minecraft. This can be configured for survival but allows easier banner creation.