Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 39 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include ArmorTweaks, ShieldStatus Mod, mc extremo 3 mod.
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ArmorTweaks
Different armor and damage mechanics that make make survival more suitable for PvP.
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.
mc extremo 3 mod
A mod that aims to faithfully recreate the Minecraft Extremo 3 experience from Eufonia and AuronPlay, including hardcore lives, danger levels, PvP, vengeance mechanics, custom HUD elements, and special events.
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.
kutils
A collection mod of client side qol features and tweaks from older pvp mods but for 1.21+, with unique skyblock and ui features.
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.
Blue's Sword-Bedwars
This mod recreates Blue's abilities from Alan Becker's Bed Wars stickman animation. It can be used for combat in Bed Wars and Survival.
Respawn Points
Set custom respawn points for your survival world or pvp-server!
HardcorePVP
Upgrade your PVP mechanic to a whole new level
Minecraft Helden Ultimate
Minecraft Helden Ultimate is a feature-packed PvP survival plugin with custom hearts, elimination mechanics, teams, bosses, events and much more. Unlock additional premium features with a valid premium license.
ArenaMaker
Create PvP arenas for 1v1 duels and wave survival with ELO ranking, wagers, kits, and leaderboards.
Times smp
Time SMP is a hardcore survival & PvP plugin where time is the player’s life. Time decreases in real-time, controls health, and powerful time-based weapons let players steal or destroy each other’s time.
Inventory Profiles Plus
Inventory Profiles Plus is a client-side Fabric mod for custom inventory layouts, including Crystal PvP, Mace PvP, Sword PvP, Axe PvP, building, mining, and survival setups. Quickly sort items, cycle profiles, and keep gear exactly where you want it.
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
Q Toggle
Q Toggle (Drop Lock) is a simple but essential client-side Fabric mod for Minecraft that prevents you from accidentally dropping items by pressing Q — perfect for PvP, survival, or anyone who has ever lost a valuable item at the worst possible moment.
FlexBorder
FlexBorder adds a fully configurable world border system designed for PvP, survival, and Battle Royale–style servers.

Combat-Hud Indicator
A lightweight multifunctional client-side mod that displays many HUDs necessary for both PVP and Survival gameplay.
UnderBeacon
A Survival War datapack, have fun in this close-to-vanilla PvP!
Hearts of Power
Battle for survival in a heart-based PvP world where death is permanent
Health Status Indicator
A simple Minecraft HUD addon showing classic-style health, and status effects with a clean and optimized design. Lightweight, responsive, and perfect for survival, PvP, and modded gameplay.
Wound & Bleeding
Wound & Bleeding adds a realistic injury system where players and mobs can bleed from combat, losing health over time unless treated with craftable bandages. It enhances tactical gameplay in PvP and survival by making every hit potentially deadly.
SoulLock
Trap player souls on death and revive them by placing their head. Perfect for survival, PvP, and co-op servers.
anvil command
Portable Anvil is a simple and lightweight Paper/Spigot plugin that lets players open an anvil anywhere with the `/anvil` command. Perfect for survival, hardcore, SMP, and PvP servers, this plugin gives players fast access to repairing,
Apex Plugin
Apex SMP is a Minecraft plugin that adds 9 unique classes, each with their own abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Players can craft and unlock powerful Apex Classes, creating new strategies for PvP and survival. Designed for SMP servers, Apex SMP makes
Another Hardcore Mod
This Forge mod introduces a heart-based life system for hardcore servers. Players have limited hearts, lose one on death, and are hardcore-banned at 0 hearts. PvP kills steal a heart, making every fight high-risk and meaningful. Perfect for ha
The Classes Mod: Reborn
The Classes Mod: Reborn(TCM: Reborn) is a reimagined version of my mod TCM. It adds custom abilities that are geared toward PVP and survival PVP using a system called classes which you pick at the start of the game.
Guilds Remastered
Guilds Remastered recreates the World of Warcraft guild system in Minecraft, fully server-side with ranks, diplomacy, guild banks, private chat, and more. Ideal for survival and PvP servers focused on teamwork and progression.
Breached
Breached is a competitive Minecraft survival mod inspired by Rust, built for players who enjoy looting, PvP, raiding, and base-building. It keeps much of Minecraft’s core survival identity, but adds unique systems that force raiding/basing/PVP.
Special Potions
Adds new powerful potions with unique abilities like Fire, Ocean, Wind, Warden, Ender, Speed, and Strength effects for survival and PvP gameplay.
ProgressionWaveArena
A solo wave-survival arena plugin for Paper servers — fight through endless, scaling mob waves across randomly selected schematic arenas, earn loot and coins, and compete on a persistent leaderboard.
Extremocore
A Forge 1.20.1 mod for hardcore event servers: 5-life system with permanent-loss on kill streaks, buffed vanilla mobs (fire damage, faster creeper explosions), live PvP toggle, and an instant visual/audio alert command for admins.
ArneLifesteal
Lifesteal+ is a competitive PvP plugin where players gain hearts by killing others and lose hearts on death. With crafting, revive mechanics, withdraw system, and GUI-based settings, it creates a high-stakes survival experience perfect for SMP servers.
DeathMeter
Adds a persistent per-player life meter with PvP rewards, death penalties, automatic bans at zero, and simple admin controls for high-stakes survival servers.
SIXsBoom
PvE creeper survival arena minigame with custom wave system
Armor Tweaks Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1) – Tweaks Armor & Damage Mechanics
Armor Tweaks Mod makes some adjustments to the protection provided by different armor types and also tweaks the damage dealt by players wearing specific gear. The goal of these is to make the survival game more optimal for a PvP scenario. The list of changes as noted by the developer are given below. Features: Players […]
CCooldowns
Cooldowns is a plugin that applies configurable item cooldowns globally or per WorldGuard region, perfect for balancing PvP and survival gameplay. Integrates seamlessly with DeluxeCombat for enhanced combat control.