Minecraft Java 26 Mods
Browse 390 free mods for Minecraft Java 26 — popular picks include HyskExpFly, NPC Mannequins in Survival, Pumps & Pistons.
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HyskExpFly
A Minecraft Fabric mod that allows players to fly using experience points in survival mode
NPC Mannequins in Survival
A Paper plugin allowing for vanilla mannequin mobs to be used in survival
Pumps & Pistons
Survey, extract and refine finite oil into petrol and diesel, then build working service stations for survival worlds.
Rotten Flesh Can Be Smelted To Leather
This datapack lets you smelt rotten flesh into leather using any furnace or blast furnace. A simple, survival-friendly way to recycle mob drops, reduce clutter, and create useful leather resources.
Ultra Blood Moon
Blood Moon turns ordinary nights into survival events with stronger mob variants and unique lunar events, pushing players toward inevitable, high-stakes encounters.
Balanced Villager Trades
Adds 295 balanced, vanilla-style villager trades for bulk building materials, useful items, and survival progression. Server-side; no mods required.
Invincible Pets
A survival friendly option to adding invulnerability to pets and other animals.
SkyBack
Client-side mod that reverts Hypixel SkyBlock's resource-pack update: blocks the forced resource pack and restores vanilla item models, skulls, and paper-item appearance.
QCloudy Addition - Hypixel Skyblock
A client-only Fabric utility mod for Hypixel SkyBlock on Minecraft 26.1.2 & 26.2.
lighter Golden Apples 26.2
this mod adds an easy recipe for golden apples for survival and competetive servers and for easier healing
PermaEfe Extreme Survival
PermaEfe is a Minecraft datapack that increases the difficulty progressively for 30 days, with mechanics such as permanent death, boosted mobs and unique craftables. Ideal to play with friends and test your survival.
tally
Survival completion advancement pack — 10,000+ advancements, XP and item rewards, live policy toggles.
Advanced Mining
A plugin that adds a powerful and customizable Mining System. Similar to the one on Hypixel Skyblock.
Death Counter 💀✅
A simple death counter display above your hotbar that will tell you the current world death, useful for Survival world and 100 days challenges
CasualSkyblockZAddons [CSZA]
A small QOL mod, mainly filling the gaps from not having Skyblocker
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
ChatTweaks for Hypixel Skyblock
Peek and scroll chat without opening it, with configurable extended history.
Totem Guardian
Tired of dying in Hardcore? Better Totem upgrades the Totem of Undying to save you in critical moments. Cansado de morir en Hardcore? Better Totem mejora el Totem de la Inmortalidad para salvarte en los momentos mas criticos.
ExoScanner
Hypixel Skyblock Mod intended for use with Exotic/Fairy/Crystal armor collectors. Has various features to facilitate this hobby
ExtraEnderchest
A plugin that adds the Large Enderchest (one block double inventory size) with customizable crafting recepie and extensive config
Let There Be Light
This pack adds a crafting recipe for light blocks, allowing illumination in your survival world.
Cinnabar Crafting Recipe
Vanilla/survival friendly ways of obtaining cinnabar by crafting with sulfur block. Makes it a renewable block.
Gamemode Hardcore
Adds hardcore to the /gamemode command, also letting you set individual players to hardcore.
SoftHardcore by GamingFervor
On death enter spectator for a configurable amount of time.
Fancy DamageIndicator
Plugin displaying damage for survival experience. Support rainbow and MiniMessage!
Path Generator Datapack
Automatically generate path block trails over frequently travelled areas! Over time, your walking routes will grow into connected trails as an immersive survival feature.
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.
Force Survival Mode
A datapack that forces players every tick into survival mode.
FFCropEvaporation
A mod that makes crops/trees require water, and has a chance to replace nearby water with a block when growing. Useful for survival type modpacks.
custom_maces
Adds four overpowered, ability-packed Super Maces to survival Minecraft as unique, non-duplicating chest loot

Replenish++
Auto-replant crops on Paper/Purpur servers, inspired by Hypixel SkyBlock's Replenish enchantment. Break a crop and it replants itself. Supports wheat, carrots, potatoes, nether wart, cocoa and beetroot, with direct pickup and lag-friendly replanting.
HardcoreDeathBan
Hardcore Death Ban (HCDB) is a tiny Paper plugin that bans players on death, with configurable lives, messages and PAPI support. Built for Hardcore servers.
Unmount
Automatically break your Minecart on dismount! Quality of life addition for survival servers to clean up railways. Available as plugin / mod
Sleep Anywhere (/trigger liedown)
/trigger liedown With a simple survival-command, you can lie down (sleep) anywhere!
The Dark Forest
This datapack replaces vanilla minecrafts adventure based survival with a more difficult base-building based survival
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