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Browse 136 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Chaos X, Hollow Snow, Basically Implosion.

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Chaos X
1.21neoforge

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!

227downloads
Hollow Snow
1.21.8fabric

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.

216downloads
Basically Implosion
1.20.1forge

Basically Implosion

Adds a sword that has the implosion scroll from Hypixel Skyblock

213downloads
BIG Challenges
1.21.1neoforge

BIG Challenges

BIGChallenges: The Ultimate Survival Test 💀

211downloads
Hurry Up!
1.20quilt

Hurry Up!

Kills you like its hardcore mode if you dont beat the dragon fast enough.

195downloads
Scary Survival
1.20.1fabric

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.

176downloads
Hardcore Death
1.21

Hardcore Death

A paper plugin which deletes a player inventory upon death

173downloads
Disaster SMP
1.21

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.

166downloads
Glassification
1.21.1fabric

Glassification

Glassification transforms the entire world into fragile glass, removing structural safety and leaving survival to pure mechanical mastery.

160downloads
mutationcraft-plus
1.21.1fabric

mutationcraft-plus

Adds 24 random world mutations that completely change Minecraft every 5 minutes, making every survival adventure unique.

153downloads
GhostBulb
26.2fabric

GhostBulb

Mod that provides survival friendly invisible alternatives to items.

148downloads
Nonsense Hardcore
26.1.2

Nonsense Hardcore

A plugin that resets the world and downloads random Modrinth datapacks every time you die.

140downloads
[DISCONTINUED] Travis Takeover
1.21.1neoforge

[DISCONTINUED] Travis Takeover

Its corruption messes with your survival.

139downloads
RealityShift
1.20

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.

138downloads
Random Eventy
1.21.11fabric

Random Eventy

When creating a new world you have a new button, there you can configure the randomness of your survival world!

128downloads
STOP NUKING JIMWORLD
1.20.1forge

STOP NUKING JIMWORLD

Cancels/disables ALL explosions from occurring. (Made for modded creative, is not survival friendly.)

116downloads
Red-Light Green-Light Challenge
1.21

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.

110downloads
Broken Nightmares
1.20.1forge

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

107downloads
STIKS_Mod - magic RPG postapocalypse
1.20.6fabric

STIKS_Mod - magic RPG postapocalypse

survival in postapocalypse with RPG leveling and magic

103downloads
Wither Survival
1.21

Wither Survival

Every mob turns into Withers. Try to beat the game

103downloads
FrediFrets-Challenges
1.21

FrediFrets-Challenges

Add exciting Minecraft challenges like random drops, chunk effects, expanding borders, and hardcore modes – all controllable with simple commands.

99downloads
Hardcore Slots
1.21.1fabric

Hardcore Slots

In this mode, every time you take damage, one slot in your inventory becomes locked and can no longer be used.

94downloads
Kill Switch
1.19fabric

Kill Switch

Super hardcore! When a single player dies, your entire server will shut down! Developed in collaboration with Potatoes_Duck

92downloads
DayNightFaction
1.19

DayNightFaction

A tactical survival plugin that forces players to choose between the light and the dark. Depending on their faction.

91downloads
GlobalHealth
1.21

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.

89downloads
Survival Petrified Oak Slab
1.20.1fabric

Survival Petrified Oak Slab

Adds a petrified oak slab to survival

87downloads
Happy Ghast Platforms
1.21.6

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!

86downloads
[BS] Basement Siberia
1.21.1neoforge

[BS] Basement Siberia

Fun content and features for roleplay servers. Survival-friendly!

85downloads
Enchanted Edge
1.20.1forge

Enchanted Edge

High-tier utility and "Anarchy-style" enchantments to revolutionize your survival experience.

74downloads
NotQuiteDead
1.21

NotQuiteDead

Become a zombie, husk, and drowned in survival!

71downloads
Rule Breaker's Guide
1.21.8neoforge

Rule Breaker's Guide

Breaking open Minecraft for those who seek more in survival.

71downloads
Distorted Darkness
1.20.1forge

Distorted Darkness

Official story DLC: Explore a world consumed by primordial darkness, features new survival mechanics and cursed items.

70downloads
❤️Hardcore Co-op Respawn ❤️
1.21.5

❤️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.

67downloads
SurvivalChallengesPlugin
1.21

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.

67downloads
Xtra Weapons
1.21.8neoforge

Xtra Weapons

This mod adds 10+ weapons, and they are all obtainable in survival minecraft!

57downloads
simulator infection  epidemic crisis
1.21

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.

57downloads