Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 146 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include SCP: Overtime, Realistic Survival, Amethyst Gravity: Reattracted.
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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.
Realistic Survival
A unique plugin inspired by RLCraft that aims to enhance pure survival, adventuring and RPG, and immersion of vanilla Minecraft.

Amethyst Gravity: Reattracted
Provides survival-friendly options for changing the direction of gravity.
ArmorTweaks
Different armor and damage mechanics that make make survival more suitable for PvP.

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.
End Aspected
Introduces the item Aspect of the End (Inspired by Hypixel Skyblock's Aspect of the End) with my own personal twist. Includes upgrades to the sword, an Ender Slayer enchantment and a new effect that damages teleporting entities!
Expanded Weather2 Dynamics
Expanded Weather2 Dynamics is a NeoForge 1.21.1 addon for Weather2 that adds deeper tornado dynamics, radar tools, SPC-style outlooks, fictional TOR/SVR alerts, damage surveys, and survival-friendly storm damage.
skylper
Utility mod for Hypixel Skyblock focusing on mining
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.
ChainVeinFabric
Automatically mines all connected blocks of the same type when one block is broken.
Flight Potion
A Minecraft mod, that adds some features related to survival flight.
Naturalis - Realistic Remorphed
RP Survival morph progression for ReMorphed: Knowledge XP, instincts, Resonance bonding, Humanity, and body-specific mechanics.
Excavating Enchant: 3x3 Mining!
New enchant for pickaxes and shovels that lets you mine 3x3x3 areas! Perfect for survival servers and very vanilla friendly.

Create Aeronautics: Survival Physics Staff
This mod adds a new survival physics staff which has a survival recipe and uses backtank pressure as fuel.
Health-Sync
Health-Sync -- Link hearts, hunger, and effects with your entire squad! Damage is shared instantly—if one takes damage, everyone feels it. The ultimate Health Share plugin for cooperative survival and hardcore challenges.
Aeternum Seasons
A dynamic and realistic station system for Minecraft Survival. Eng & Esp | Plug & Play
ScytheMod
Scythe Mod adds powerful endgame scythes with unique combat mechanics, active abilities, special right-click skills, HUD timers, custom progression, and dark fantasy-style gameplay for both survival and PvP.
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.
Sheepish's Fragments
Allow players to craft Mob Spawners in Survival. Harvest souls of every vanilla mob to make any spawner.
Electro's PowerCraft
Survival Addon/ Partial Realistic and Element Survival Mod
LivesPlugin
LivesPlugin: Hardcore Minecraft plugin with limited lives, revives, and Life Stars. Made with ❤️ by Kai.
Backrooms: The Complex
A survival friendly, lore accurate backrooms mod with high quality visuals.
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
ModernMITE
ModernMITE is a fork of MITE Equilibrium — a 1.21.1 port of the classic hardcore survival mod Minecraft Is Too Easy (MITE).
FlyInTheSky
Using the /fly command you can now fly in survival mode, and all without taking any fall damage.
Theosis
Plugin-ready RPG survival with loot, gems, bosses & biomes. Thesis-style modularity. Multilanguage Apotheosis-inspired
Weightless
A highly configurable, semi survival-friendly flight mod
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.
Food and Utilities Mod
adds more food, survival items and game mechanics into vanilla minecraft
Reviver Mod
This mod adds utilites that you can use to revive your friends in Hardcore Minecraft.
Sanity System
A subtle psychological horror mod that adds a hidden sanity system, immersive hallucinations, and fear-based survival mechanics to Minecraft 1.21.4 Fabric.
MobPVP // CANCELLED
MobPVP transforms your Minecraft survival experience by assigning levels to every living creature in the game. Based on these levels, mobs gain different abilities, attributes, and loot chances, creating a more challenging and rewarding combat system.
I do what mojang does not
It will add a BrainInAJar, DispenserColorApplier, VillagerOnALeash, FlowerColorApplier, and EveryBlockDealsFallDamage to your Survival Gameplay :
BLACKSOULS II
A hardcore dark-fantasy RPG mod with custom stats, skills, bosses, souls, weapons, accessories, and brutal combat mechanics.