Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 163 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include MoonBorne, Replenish++, Creepers Eat You.
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MoonBorne
MoonBorne is a highly configurable Minecraft survival experience centered around dangerous special moons, each bringing unique mechanics, events, mobs, hordes, and challenges to your world.

Replenish++
Auto-replant crops on Paper/Purpur servers, inspired by Hypixel SkyBlock's Replenish enchantment. Break a crop and it replants itself. Supports wheat, carrots, potatoes, nether wart, cocoa and beetroot, with direct pickup and lag-friendly replanting.
Creepers Eat You
Adds a fun twist to the game in which creepers eat you! Good luck beating the game in Hardcore ;D
Mobs Drop Their Abilities
Defeat mobs and steal their powers! Unlock unique passive abilities like flight and teleportation, or use active items like the explosive Detonator. Transform your survival experience by using the monsters' own strengths against them.
Bountiful Amethyst
A mod that gives amethyst more uses. Tries to be vanilla and survival-friendly.
LodestoneTP Plugin
LodestoneTP is a survival-friendly teleporter network plugin that lets players and admins create, manage, and use teleporters by building simple multiblock structures (Lodestone + Blackstone Bricks). Everything is done through in-game Dialog GUIs.
custom_maces
Adds four overpowered, ability-packed Super Maces to survival Minecraft as unique, non-duplicating chest loot
Relic Of Nowruz
Relic Of Nowruz for Better Survival
Tithe
A Hardcore multiplayer mod in which death is a debt. The living can pay a tribute to bring back the fallen.
The Krptonians
A mod made in 3 hours that aims to add Kryptonian superpowers and supermans costume! fully obtainable in survival! (part of my 3 hour challenge series)

Hammer-On
Anvils can now take damage from falling one block. Made for balancing carpet extra's renewableSand.
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
Forbidden recipes By Anoosh
Forbidden Recipes is a mod that adds crafting recipes for some of Minecraft's most elusive items, including the dragon egg, barrier block, elytra, and more. This mod lets you craft powerful or rare items that were previously unobtainable in survival mode.
Lethal – Legendary Survival Overhaul Addon
Addon for Legendary Survival Overhaul that makes head or chest damage lethal when they reach 0.
RPGSouls
A hardcore RPG mod: collect souls from slain enemies, upgrade active skills, craft the Devourer set, and try not to lose everything upon death. / Хардкорный RPG-мод: собирай души, прокачивай навыки и крафть сет Пожирателя.
Basically Implosion
Adds a sword that has the implosion scroll from Hypixel Skyblock
Safe Trample
No more trampeled crops if you are wearing feather falling enchanted armor! Survival friendly, perfect for smps. Plugin/mod
Custom Hyperion
This project adds a Hyperion concept, just very different and survival friendly (not OP)...

Cristalline
This mod add an all new mechanic to ametyst by giving the opportunity to grow electricity powered crystals and make new items for survival.
Speakeasy Enchantments
Enchantments heavily inspired by Hypixel Skyblock
Defense of the Craft
Survival-oriented combat enhancement Dota 2 mod for Fabric Minecraft
Mirohodec Mod
Forget about the familiar Nether and the End — this mod radically expands the boundaries of the familiar game world, turning your survival into an epic journey through an infinite multiverse.
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.
Ancestral Enchantments
A mod that reimagines survival progression by introducing re-usable honing enchants and craftable gadgets as discoverable treasure.
Ghastling
Ghastling is a survival-friendly plugin for Paper 1.21.6+ that lets players keep Baby Happy Ghasts (Ghastlings) as permanent pets. Prevent them from growing up, improve their AI, and build a bond through snowball interactions!
NecroCore
Transform your hardcore experience with a second chance system - concussion mechanics instead of instant death!
GreatCompactors
Plugin for Personal Compactors from Hypixel Skyblock
TheConstant
A Fabric mod that channels Don’t Starve–style hardcore survival into Minecraft: manage health, hunger, and sanity; survive seasons, temperature, darkness, and food spoilage with crock-pot cooking and recipe planning.

Descent into the Realm, Forsaken
A Java neoforge survival mod, intergrating custom weapons, a seasonal system, different boss progression, culinary aspects, new creatures, and much more.
The Classes Mod: Reborn
The Classes Mod: Reborn(TCM: Reborn) is a reimagined version of my mod TCM. It adds custom abilities that are geared toward PVP and survival PVP using a system called classes which you pick at the start of the game.
SnowPED
Is a survival-focused mod that turns the world into a frozen
Spawner Panic Survivors
Rogue-lite wave survival on Fabric & NeoForge! Collect XP gems, draft magic wands, blades & auras, and become the ultimate survivor.
mutationcraft-plus
Adds 24 random world mutations that completely change Minecraft every 5 minutes, making every survival adventure unique.
Even More Totems
Totem Plus adds 16 special Totems and one Creative-only infinite Totem to Minecraft. Each Totem has its own unique survival effect.
Basically Gyrokinetic Wand
Adds the Gyrokinetic Wand from Hypixel Skyblock into an item
Numenology
Numenology is a techno-magical mod for Fabric 1.20.1 that will transform your survival into a detailed scientific exploration of the world's hidden forces.