Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 124 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Horror Element Mod, SCP: Overtime, item placer.
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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

Granular Hunger
A mod that reworks the hunger system to be more granular, and ports some systems from BTW's Hardcore Hunger.
Slabs Expanded (Discontinued)
Stack different slabs into one block, adds slab variants for every block, and craft blocks from slabs

Toms Server Additions: Stone!
TSA: Stone! adds a small collection of new stone blocks like Granite Bricks, Diorite Bricks, Polished Dripstone and more!
Warlery's Dark Blood | Survival Horror
all nights turns in to a nightmare, its kill and survive!, this mod adds monsters, weapons and more!
Corner Entity
is an atmospheric horror mod that turns your peaceful Minecraft survival into a nerve-wracking experience. You will never feel truly safe again, as something is watching you from the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
Fahare
Automatically resets your hardcore world when all online players die
MT Inventory Weight
Weight mechanics! Manage your load, balance inventory, and enhance survival or RPG-like gameplay.

Nine lifes
Nine lifes - is a mod which gives you only 9 lifes for entire your survival. Cool challenge for those who are tired of the vanilla hardcore
Aures - Dragon Survival
Global modification for Java Minecraft centered around playable dragons.
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.
Zombie Hardcore
Get ready to face thirsty zombies, they will break all blocks to get to you! Literally.
Vanilla But Wrong
Vanilla but wrong is a Fabric psychological horror mod for singleplayer and multiplayer. One shared sanity system, adaptive Director events, trauma progression, and UI/audio corruption turn normal survival into a tense mind game.
World_0
A psychological horror mod that turns normal survival into an unstable, paranoia-driven experience filled with anomalies, false presence, and staged events.
FNAF VIRUS MOD
FNAF VIRUS turns Minecraft into a horror experience, because once night falls, survival becomes a nightmare where animatronics start hunting the player!

Hardcore Totem Nerf
A hardcore-inspired collection of nerfs and debuffs applied to Totems of Undying.
7 DAYS TO LIVE
This mod transforms Minecraft into another game adding endings and a 7 day survival progression in your world.
ZombieApocalypseSSS
ZombieApocalypseSSS is a comprehensive Minecraft plugin that transforms your server into a thrilling zombie survival apocalypse. Featuring advanced zombie AI, evolving variants, player infection mechanics, psychological horror elements, and dynamic events
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
Stomp & Climb
An addon for pehkui which adds many features into the game, including items to change your height that are obtainable in survival mode.
BOMBard
this mod ads 2 bombs currently only available in creative mode (c4 and a nuke) soon to be added into survival via crafting table.
Backrooms: The Complex
A survival friendly, lore accurate backrooms mod with high quality visuals.
Breaking One Block Breaks All The Blocks
If you break a block... it breaks every block in a 50 block radius.
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

Randinium
Random item challenges usually have no progression. This mod changes that by introducing a custom resource, drop multiplication and endgame gear. (Intended for Skyblock)
player tick freezer
freezes survival players too when you do /tick freeze, not creative or spectators
Wasteland Wanderer | Fallout
Turns Minecraft into a Survival Fallout Experience!

Heartcore
A configurable Minecraft Hardcore mod that removes hearts when you die, with a few other added features.
Deepcraft
A hardcore Minecraft mod with new ore, weapons, bosses, mobs, a unique dimension, haunting music, and forgotten secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Bossmode
Bossmode is the difficulty above hardcore that turns every mob into a boss fight, including passive mobs. Can you survive?
FPS Drop When You Hurt
This mod links your framerate to your character's health. If injured or near death, your framerate drops and only recovers by eating food to heal. Adds a challenging survival twist to gameplay!
SharedSoul
Experience true cooperative survival where all players share health, hunger, inventory, XP, and death. When one player takes damage, everyone feels it. When one dies, all die together. Perfect for close-knit groups seeking the ultimate teamwork challenge.
OneHitTree
OneHitTree instantly breaks entire trees with one block hit. This lightweight plugin works across Minecraft 1.13-1.21, featuring configurable options and automatic leaf cleanup for efficient wood gathering.