Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 96 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Gardener's Dream, Totally Lit, Real Life Mod.
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Gardener's Dream
Allows you to place any plant in flower pots, decorated pots, player heads and half-pots (NEW). Survival friendly! No resource pack required!

Totally Lit
Brings realistic/hardcore mechanics to torches, candles, lanterns, campfires, and jack o' lanterns in a configurable way.
Real Life Mod
Taken from reality directly into Minecraft| Realistic Survival, Vehicles, Robots, Furniture and more-Early Alpha (5 Viewing)
Horror Element Mod
This mod adds gore and horror themed blocks for your horror maps as well as horror themed structures spawning naturally for your survival worlds
SCP: Overtime
SCP: Overtime is a Java Survival mod for version 1.20.1, with the goal of adding SCPs to Minecraft as a tribute to the SCP Community as a whole. The mod is a rebrand of the SCP:XK Unity Addon.
item placer
Place any item on any block side (supports multiple item in one block)
Better Than Wolves: CE
BTW: The most infamous hardcore survival and tech mod in the history of the game
Slabs Expanded (Discontinued)
Stack different slabs into one block, adds slab variants for every block, and craft blocks from slabs
Survival Debug Stick
This mod provides players the ability to craft and use Debug Stick in Survival Mode. You also can easily customize its abilities and restrictions!

Toms Server Additions: Stone!
TSA: Stone! adds a small collection of new stone blocks like Granite Bricks, Diorite Bricks, Polished Dripstone and more!
Craftable Invisible frames
This plugin enables the use of invisible item frames for survival players.
Animated Inventory
Adds cute animations to your survival inventory!
Worldly
Worldly adds a collection of configurable Minecraft world types, from classic Skyblock and OneBlock to Chunklock, Backrooms, Random Drops, Mountaineering, Fishing Border, and more.
VeinPulse
Ores briefly pulse with light when you mine adjacent stone blocks, revealing hidden mineral deposits nearby. The pulse intensity varies based on ore rarity.
Flight Potion
A Minecraft mod, that adds some features related to survival flight.
Cheap Lanterns
Cheaper lantern recipes for Fabric. Craft lanterns with fewer nuggets so survival builds look better without the stupid iron tax.
Pacific's Specifics
This is a addon to "Cosmic Horizons" that adds some crafting recipes for the steel, titanium, and nickel and makes it possible to play in survival!
ShieldStatus Mod
This mod adds a simple color indicator — green when your shield is active, red when it’s disabled or recharging. Perfect for PvP and survival players who want better combat awareness without clutter.
Improper's 3D Minimap
Minimap but with 3D terrain. Enhance your survival caving experience with this radar!
Classic Combined
This mod creates a Classic Minecraft/Modern Minecraft hybrid experience. Recreates modern features in a Classic Minecraft/Alpha Minecraft style. Fully Survival compatible
YVtils SMP
SMP - Survival Multi-Player - YVtils-SMP adds many new features to your Survival Server
End Fire
Serverside mod that adds purple fire for end stone blocks! Using polymer + resourcepack
Backrooms: The Complex
A survival friendly, lore accurate backrooms mod with high quality visuals.
SCP: Modern
Enter a modern world inspired by the SCP universe where exploration, survival, and mysterious encounters change the way you play Minecraft.
Draventh Ores
⚒ Advanced Tier Ores & Equipment This mod expands Minecraft’s survival progression by introducing 15 new late-game materials, each with full armor and tool sets. The goal of this mod is simple: Extend progression beyond Diamond and Netherite with a struc
FoxxBoyy's Military Blocks
This mod adds camo blocks, carbon fiber and steel, all survival friendly.
Craft End Portal
This mod allows you to craft the end portal block, which is normally inaccessible in survival mode. Perfect for creative maps, tech packs, or unique builds.
Deepcraft
A hardcore Minecraft mod with new ore, weapons, bosses, mobs, a unique dimension, haunting music, and forgotten secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Zombie Plague III
Transforms vanilla Minecraft into a brutal survival experience in a zombie-overrun world.
SimpleCrown
Adds a simple, but cool looking crown. Not obtainable in Survival.
Minecraft Sigma MCS
Improving b1.7.3 while preserving its charm! Monolith generation, updated existing blocks, survival balance, client side upgrades and more...
Readable Gravestones
A lightweight Forge 1.20.1 mod that lets players write, edit, and read custom epitaphs on supported gravestone blocks.
Block On Head
A small plugin that allows players in survival mode to put blocks and objects on their heads as a decorative element. This allows players to diversify their style and add a touch of humor to the game.
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!
Cauldron Concrete
Powder into a cauldron gets you concrete! Vanilla friendly and perfect for servers wanting a survival experience of the cauldron concrete functionality from Vanilla tweaks.
RyDaCol's Star Wars Mod [NO LONGER UPDATING]
A mod aiming to bring the world of Star Wars into Minecraft in a Survival friendly manner