Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 323 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Survival Needs, Realistic Needs (Thirst), Simple Candy Mod.
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Survival Needs
A survival needs mod that adds thirst, hygiene, energy, bladder, fun, and social motives to Minecraft.

Realistic Needs (Thirst)
Adds a realistic thirst system, a new hydration bar, and giant water bottles to your survival experience.
Simple Candy Mod
A general mod with many new items, mobs, which all create a truly hardcore experience
pemmican
Mod focused on travel/survival foods for tfc
Minecraft Sigma MCS
Improving b1.7.3 while preserving its charm! Monolith generation, updated existing blocks, survival balance, client side upgrades and more...
Hardcore Bread
Adds 4 New Vanilla Freindly Foods to The Game, Makes Bread Require a Few Extra Steps, And Cake!
DDF Energy
In short, this mod adds energy drinks that make survival easier. In the future, you will be able to add your own.
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!
Niflheim's Random Additions
This mod contains many useful things to use in your survival playthrough.
Vaniadd
Add Ores, Structure, Armor, Weapon and Food . The perfect survival mod
Burn My Bread
Adds burnt bread from persona 3 (with bread -> charcoal)
Da Idiot Mod
Adds stuff meant for a skyblock modpack im working on. Made with MCreator
Not Just Spoiled
A modern food spoilage mod that enhances food management for a more immersive survival experience
Immersive Nation: UNDEAD
A hardcore zombie apocalypse overhaul inspired by The Walking Dead. Operation Cobalt failed. Survive the aftermath.
Hardcore Horizons
A all new survival experience that will add new Bosses Biomes Blocks Dimensions Updated versions of all the current dimensions Mobs Structures Tools music And Lots More
MRE Mod
It adds a Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) to Minecraft, providing 20 saturation units and fully replenishing hunger. Perfect for survival situations.
Worldguard Auto Replant
A WorldGuard extension plugin that adds two powerful farming flags to make survival and Skyblock servers more fun and user-friendly
Companion-Friend
Your new companion is built to be reliable, customizable, and fun—enhancing exploration, combat, and survival with a genuinely useful in-game partner.
Project - New Wind
A complete rework of certain survival aspects of the game. Mob changes and a few immersive things.
Cookcraft
Cookcraft adds a variety of survival-friendly food items like sandwiches, soups, and grilled meats. Only 1.20.1
SpecialFoods
food with effects to help survival
MrFEG's Placeable Foods & Drinks
Place your food. Share the feast.Shift+right-click any food or potion to set it down in the world — stack up to 4 items on one block, eat when ready, pick it back up anytime
Paleolithic Era
Adds paleolithic era crafting, survival tools, and tech to early Minecraft gameplay. Expands the early game tiers a bit more.
One Block Random Challenges
This Plugin Gives You Many Exciting Random Challenges Specially Made For ONE BLOCK However This Also Works On Normal World Just Install it And Enjoy I've also made a Separate Survival Challenges Plugin Check out my profile to find That Thanx for download
SurvivalReborn
Survival Reborn enhances Minecraft survival with dynamic terrain, new biomes, and unique mobs, offering fresh challenges and gameplay mechanics. Explore, craft, and survive in a world full of adventure, ancient secrets, and powerful items!
The OP Cheese
The OP Cheese introduces cheese-themed ores, armor, weapons, tools, Gun and a new rat mob and is survival Friendly.
Hungerbound
FoodHearts is a hardcore survival mod where you start with just 1 heart, and the only way to gain more health is by eating unique food items. Each new food grants you half a heart no repeats, no freebies, just pure survival.
GSG
GSG is a lightweight gameplay enhancement mod that expands Minecraft with new equipment and progression-focused content. It adds balanced tools, weapons, and armor designed to fit naturally into vanilla survival without affecting performance.
lighter Golden Apples 26.2
this mod adds an easy recipe for golden apples for survival and competetive servers and for easier healing
Block Foods
Food Block lets you turn everyday blocks like dirt, stone, and wood into edible food. Experiment with different blocks to create quick snacks or full meals, adding a fun twist to survival gameplay.
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
Zombie Potion
Zombie transformation potion with unique survival mechanics
Easy Survival Mod
Configurable QoL survival tweaks: keep XP on death, auto-smelt ores, tree chopper, item magnet, auto-feed, and more. Press Y to open settings.
Theyab Skyblock: Ramadan
A Ramadan-themed Skyblock mod with a custom trader, currency system, and themed food items.
Expanded Potions
Adds 15 new potions with vanilla effects for survival mode: haste, levitation, luck, blindness, saturation, and more!
Impossiblecore: Hardcore Ascended
A mod aimed at improving the survival/hardcore experience.