Minecraft Java 26 Mods
Browse 69 free mods for Minecraft Java 26 — popular picks include SpaceFrog's Frog Variant Changer, Nether Improvements, Squid Improvements.
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SpaceFrog's Frog Variant Changer
Change a frog's variant type using a vanilla/survival-friendly method. Works with vanilla (cold, temperate, warm) and optionally 'More Frogs 2' variants: crimson, ender, infernal, poison dart, purpur, sculk, spirit, warped, and wood.
Nether Improvements
Configurable, survival friendly tweaks to make the Nether more interesting on Vanilla servers!
Squid Improvements
Squids and Glow Squids will give blindness and glowing effect when you try to attack them! Survival friendly addition to vanilla worlds. Available as plugin / mod
The Dark Forest
This datapack replaces vanilla minecrafts adventure based survival with a more difficult base-building based survival

Survival Sickness
Survival Sickness adds a deeper survival health system to Minecraft. Players can catch diseases from bad weather, mobs, unsafe food, desert heat, freezing, low sleep, wounds, and underwater strain.
blazeQOL
Minecraft mod for Hypixel Skyblock which features QOL for Blaze Slayer giving you a HUD with general information about the current boss.
STEVE MUST DIE difficulty
Focuses on a much harder Vanilla Survival experience. Not only by making mobs stronger or more resistant, but adding new mechanics and unique twists. Also letting you progress slightly faster (if you're skilled enough)
Creepers Eat You
Adds a fun twist to the game in which creepers eat you! Good luck beating the game in Hardcore ;D
CraftStands
A Crafting Focused Armor Stand Datapack focused on Survival, Limited, but unique Armor Stands. Unique functionality with special item based animations & commands!
Compostable
Survival friendly plugin that makes more things usable for the composter block, like rotten flesh and fish!
The Scorched
Explore a volcanic wasteland where the Overworld has been burned into ash and magma. The Scorched adds a dangerous new biome, custom mobs, unique blocks, structures, and progression elements built around survival in a hostile scorched landscape.
RB's Survival Tweaks
Overhauled enchanting compatibility, overeat, hotkey totem and much more.
Ardwick
A slower, balanced survival overhaul for players who miss Minecraft's Golden Age.
SmartSurvivalRPG
SmartSurvivalPlugin transforms Minecraft into a post-apocalyptic survival RPG with intelligent zombies, dynamic world events, immersive PvE systems, and advanced survival mechanics.
Piglins Trade Gold Ores
Lets piglins trade gold ores by discarding the stone block.
Hardcore Revival Ritual
Die and come back as a ghost. Your friends must build an altar and perform a resurrection ritual to bring you back, and every death makes the next ritual harder. Includes 197 advancements, craftable hearts and scaling difficulty.

Descent into the Realm, Forsaken
A Java neoforge survival mod, intergrating custom weapons, a seasonal system, different boss progression, culinary aspects, new creatures, and much more.
Blocked In Hardcore
A challenging version of the Blocked In datapack
Survival-Friend
prevents creeper block damage and crop trampling, enables portal based farms on SMP, offers /tpa features and global totem pop messages and the ability to make the ender dragon a bit harder.
SpaceFrog's Cat Variant Changer
Change a cat's breed (variant type) using a vanilla/survival-friendly method. Choose from all kitty varieties: black, calico, jellie, orange (red), persian, ragdoll, shorthair, siamese, tabby, tuxedo, white & a special random type.
MC Unbalanced World
A great overhaul to survival progression, adds 30+ hours of content, to enjoy alone or with friends
Survival Refightalized
A reworked survival experience with more varied mobs and new armor and shield mechanics.
Vanilla With Sugar
A close-to-vanilla datapack that slows Minecraft's early game pacing and makes survival a bigger focus

RedBandna's Fixed
Features that enhance the survival experience of the game.
Zippy Portals
Makes traveling through nether portals instant in survival mode.
Champion Companions
Discover, challenge, recruit, and build League-inspired Champion companions in survival Minecraft.
Cheater Hunt
A survival time-attack mod where you evade an AI-controlled cheater, collect leaked code, deploy decoys, and fight back.
ChaosCraft- Random Events
Turn Minecraft survival into a chaotic adventure with unpredictable random events, dangerous encounters, and unexpected rewards.
Modify Mobs
Modify the data of mobs using Name Tags in survival
SkyBuddy
The ultimate interactive and customizable island assistant plugin for Skyblock servers.
Creepers and Tridents
This Datapack reworks the Impaling and Channeling enchantments and allows Creeper spawn eggs of various tiers to be crafted in survival!
Retold
A total-conversion NeoForge mod reimagining Minecraft survival as an alternative evolution of the 1.0 era.
yawane-test_mod
A chaotic multiplayer survival challenge featuring a synchronized shared health bar, random player position swapping, buffed mobs, and deadly diamond ore traps.