Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 5,375 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include MCHelden, Nether Fortress Compass, Fool's Barrel.
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MCHelden
A limited-run survival game mode. Three hearts each, a combat timer that counts fleeing or logging out as a death, graves that split your inventory 50/50, and a mutual bounty duel for a fourth heart. Three phases, from a dividing wall to the Final War.
Nether Fortress Compass
A survival-friendly compass earned from Ruined Portal chests that points to the nearest Nether Fortress. 从废弃传送门箱子获得指南针,直达最近的下界要塞。
Fool's Barrel
Port the barrel-on-head feature from 22w13oneBlockAtATime snapshot. Wear a barrel, hide in plain sight!
SXD's Random Blocks
Experience the thrill of surprise in Minecraft! This mod adds five tiers of random blocks that drop completely random loot when broken. Blocks are blast-proof, easy to mine, and feature a dedicated creative tab - perfect for survival, building, and servers
EonIceAge
EonIceAge plugin Cold, winter & survival mechanics

Hostage Run
A survival hunt where a Hostage must outlast the timer while Captors battle each other for the killing blow.
More Easy Stuff
Finally, Gold is useful! This mod adds Hardened Gold tools (Efficiency XII speed + Netherite durability) and over 20+ types of Golden Food that grant Haste & Regeneration buffs. Essential for a fun survival experience. Requires NeoForge.
DucksTempFly
DucksTempFly is a lightweight, feature-rich flight plugin designed for Survival and SMP servers
Avicci Random Teleport
Lightweight, Teleportation, Factions, Survival
Chronicle: World Calendar
A fully customizable handheld calendar featuring configurable days, months, years, eras, and scheduled world events, all displayed through an immersive interface. Perfect for adding structure, organization, and immersion to survival worlds, RPGs, and multi
Skyblock Chat Notifier
Adds a simple way to get a title triggered on your screen triggered by a chat message!
CraftelHardcore Lives – Real Hardcore Experience with Extra Features!
3 Lives. No Mercy. Real Hardcore
Hardcore Essentials
Semi-Perma Death add-on for EssentialsX. Erases player progression. Player data files, set homes, economy/balance etc.
SurvivalAIO - ALL IN ONE SURVIVAL SOLUTION! [TASK EARNING] [TAXES]
The best All in One Survival plugin out there!
JumpDuplicator
Jump Duplicator is a server-side Fabric mod for Minecraft Java Edition 26.2. When a survival or adventure player starts a valid jump, nearby non-player entities are copied around the player.
OneTap Harvester
Break entire ore veins and trees with one block while keeping Fortune, Silk Touch, durability and balanced gameplay.
BloodyPunch
Bare-fisted survival brutality — punch hard blocks or mobs and you bleed. Hard materials require the right tool, or nothing at all.
Special Potions
Adds new powerful potions with unique abilities like Fire, Ocean, Wind, Warden, Ender, Speed, and Strength effects for survival and PvP gameplay.
Nonsense Hardcore
A plugin that resets the world and downloads random Modrinth datapacks every time you die.
Epidemic
Bringing real survival to your server
Stamina and Weight
A configurable survival mod with two main mechanics: stamina and weight. Stamina affects movement and combat, while weight changes how equipment and items impact gameplay. Most features can be balanced through config files.
Ritter
A medieval hardcore Fabric mod featuring a permanent vitality system, synchronized PvP combat, and real consequences. Every hit matters, every death counts, and every decision shapes your fate. (Formerly a plugin — now a full Fabric mod.)

Cats and Cats
This mod aims to add a meowy challenge to Minecraft survival and allow you to do things like have a personal friend or fight off the evil corruptions.
just the amulet
Adds the iconic Order of the Stone Amulet from Minecraft: Story Mode to Fabric 26.1.2 with a survival crafting recipe. Created because there weren't any Minecraft: Story Mode mods available for Fabric 26.1.2 at the time of release.
Basically Gyrokinetic Wand
Adds the Gyrokinetic Wand from Hypixel Skyblock into an item
Bone Bone Block
Adds a new decorative block - the Bone Bone Block! Craftable using Bone Blocks, and can be converted back to Bone Blocks.
The Reverie - Your First Dreams
The Reverie gives survival players a dedicated creative dreamscape for imagining, planning, and testing their builds.
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.
Smart Survival HUD
An all-in-one survival HUD that shows hunger, thirst, temperature, and danger — everything you need to survive, in one clean UI.
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.
Survival Expanded
This mod adds lots of new vanilla-style features. Made using MCreator
hunterkill
In HunterKill’s survival chase, hunters track with strength sticks and compasses; runners evade with knockback sticks, winning by slaying the Ender Dragon, while hunters triumph by eliminating all runners (respawning infinitely but losing gear).
[DISCONTINUED] Travis Takeover
Its corruption messes with your survival.
Ghost Sky
A vanilla-respecting skyblock where structures generate as ghosts — invisible, but their spawning rules live on. Progression is restored through mechanics built from vanilla behavior.
Stagehand
A mod for build artists playing in survival multiplayer settings!
Ultra
Best Minions like hypixel skyblock for free