Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 136 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Chaos X, Hollow Snow, Basically Implosion.
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Chaos X
A mod bringing 100+ random events to Minecraft. Every 60s, a new chaos affects all players at once. Features 4 languages, rare Omega Chaos, and custom timers for an unpredictable, epic survival challenge!
Hollow Snow
A winter survival horror: cold you have to outlast, warmth you have to build, and something in the fog that gets closer the better you live.
Basically Implosion
Adds a sword that has the implosion scroll from Hypixel Skyblock

BIG Challenges
BIGChallenges: The Ultimate Survival Test 💀

Hurry Up!
Kills you like its hardcore mode if you dont beat the dragon fast enough.
Scary Survival
Scary Survival is a Fabric mod that recreates the world, progression, mechanics, and atmosphere of Eystreem's Scary Survival series, allowing players to experience that style of survival themselves instead of just watching it.
Hardcore Death
A paper plugin which deletes a player inventory upon death
Disaster SMP
DMSP (Disaster Management System Plugin)Cinematic Natural Disasters for PaperMC 1.21+DMSP is not just a plugin; it's an environmental overhaul designed to challenge even the most seasoned survivalists.
Glassification
Glassification transforms the entire world into fragile glass, removing structural safety and leaving survival to pure mechanical mastery.
mutationcraft-plus
Adds 24 random world mutations that completely change Minecraft every 5 minutes, making every survival adventure unique.
GhostBulb
Mod that provides survival friendly invisible alternatives to items.
Nonsense Hardcore
A plugin that resets the world and downloads random Modrinth datapacks every time you die.
[DISCONTINUED] Travis Takeover
Its corruption messes with your survival.
RealityShift
Make every day a new adventure! RealityShift activates a random anomaly daily from a pool of 50+ unique events, completely changing the rules of survival.
Random Eventy
When creating a new world you have a new button, there you can configure the randomness of your survival world!
STOP NUKING JIMWORLD
Cancels/disables ALL explosions from occurring. (Made for modded creative, is not survival friendly.)
Red-Light Green-Light Challenge
A high-intensity Red Light Green Light game inspired by Squid Game, where movement detection and timed phases create a thrilling survival challenge.
Broken Nightmares
ever needed a mod that made dying/respawning have consenquences without making you lose your world like hardcore mode or have your health reduced unless you get some totem or sumthing? see no further
STIKS_Mod - magic RPG postapocalypse
survival in postapocalypse with RPG leveling and magic
Wither Survival
Every mob turns into Withers. Try to beat the game
FrediFrets-Challenges
Add exciting Minecraft challenges like random drops, chunk effects, expanding borders, and hardcore modes – all controllable with simple commands.
Hardcore Slots
In this mode, every time you take damage, one slot in your inventory becomes locked and can no longer be used.
Kill Switch
Super hardcore! When a single player dies, your entire server will shut down! Developed in collaboration with Potatoes_Duck
DayNightFaction
A tactical survival plugin that forces players to choose between the light and the dark. Depending on their faction.
GlobalHealth
All players share one global health bar. Damage one, damage all. Heal one, heal all. If one player dies, everyone dies. Perfect for challenges, hardcore modes, and teamwork-focused gameplay as well as creating content and events.
Survival Petrified Oak Slab
Adds a petrified oak slab to survival
Happy Ghast Platforms
Place blocks directly on your Happy Ghast so you can build mid-air from anywhere! No more sky pillars needed! No more ugly bridges in skyblock!
[BS] Basement Siberia
Fun content and features for roleplay servers. Survival-friendly!
Enchanted Edge
High-tier utility and "Anarchy-style" enchantments to revolutionize your survival experience.
NotQuiteDead
Become a zombie, husk, and drowned in survival!
Rule Breaker's Guide
Breaking open Minecraft for those who seek more in survival.
Distorted Darkness
Official story DLC: Explore a world consumed by primordial darkness, features new survival mechanics and cursed items.
❤️Hardcore Co-op Respawn ❤️
HardcoreCoOpRespawn (HCR) is a Spigot/Paper plugin allowing Hardcore players to revive dead teammates using a custom Resurrection Totem. Right-clicking the totem opens a GUI to select a player and start a 5-second respawn sequence with effects and buffs.
SurvivalChallengesPlugin
The Survival Challenges Plugin is a Minecraft Spigot plugin for servers that adds 23 unique gameplay challenges to your survival adventure. Each challenge changes the way you play Minecraft Survival, making the game either easier or more difficult.
Xtra Weapons
This mod adds 10+ weapons, and they are all obtainable in survival minecraft!
simulator infection epidemic crisis
apocalyptic zombie infection simulator that transforms servers into a pandemic survival experience. Features progressive infection spread, contaminated players, quarantined villages, multiple zombie variants, vaccine crafting, and crisis events.