Minecraft Java 26 Mods
Browse 390 free mods for Minecraft Java 26 — popular picks include Survival-Friend, MC Unbalanced World, HardModeMod.
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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.
MC Unbalanced World
A great overhaul to survival progression, adds 30+ hours of content, to enjoy alone or with friends
HardModeMod
A hardcore difficulty mod for Minecraft. After killing the Ender Dragon, the game becomes significantly harder permanently.
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
Life Steal by Asafusa553
Inspired by the Life Steal series, this datapack adds a high-stake survival mechanic to multiplayer. When you kill another player, you permanently steal one of their hearts to increase your own health. If you are killed, you lose a heart.

RedBandna's Fixed
Features that enhance the survival experience of the game.
Skyblock Multi
Configurable multiplayer Skyblock for Fabric with a protected shared HUB, circular player islands, selectable difficulty, optional party integration, and global End progression.
Hardcore Corpses
Corpse Mod for RedLife Online
Minecarts with Blocks
put a block in a cart! survival friendly!
Proclamations
Proclamations is a Minecraft datapack that lets you add in-game announcements (using the /title command) to your Survival Mode builds.

Safari King
Hypixel SkyBlock Safari stats, missing-critter HUD, party queries and location-aware visual helpers. Includes Safari Critter Stats on MC 26.2 and 26.3.
Happy Ghast Platforms
Place blocks directly on your Happy Ghast so you can build mid-air from anywhere! No more sky pillars needed! No more ugly bridges in skyblock!
Infernal Forge
Adds an exclusive infernal blast furnace with custom fuel and speed for survival servers.
Survival, Exploration & Tactical Combat
A Fabric 1.21.6 modpack focused on quality-of-life features, enhanced visuals, building tools, and survival gameplay, with added weapons, animations, and immersive mechanics.
DayNightFaction
A tactical survival plugin that forces players to choose between the light and the dark. Depending on their faction.
No Inventory Crafting
Completely removes the invintory crafting grid in survival mode.
QOLDP
QOLDP (Quality of Life Datapack) adds vanilla-friendly crafting recipes and gameplay tweaks to make survival more convenient, including bone-mealable sugar cane and renewable Phantom Membranes from bats.
ReplaceIT
ReplaceIT is a lightweight mod that enhances building in Minecraft Survival, allowing you to replace blocks directly without having to break them first.

Jellow's Extra Hearts
Survival friendly way to increase your maximum health!
Defi Shulker
Shulker Challenge: A unique nomadic survival data pack! Move 150 blocks every 5 days or face severe penalties!
Life Based Permadeath
Life Based Permadeath is a Minecraft mod that adds limited respawning to hardcore Minecraft to bridge the gap between hardcore and survival.
❤️Hardcore Co-op Respawn ❤️
HardcoreCoOpRespawn (HCR) is a Spigot/Paper plugin allowing Hardcore players to revive dead teammates using a custom Resurrection Totem. Right-clicking the totem opens a GUI to select a player and start a 5-second respawn sequence with effects and buffs.
SBFixes
Fixes some annoying issues in Hypixel Skyblock
Zippy Portals
Makes traveling through nether portals instant in survival mode.
LightCatcher
The feasibility of using light source blocks in survival mode, with support for protection plugins.
Betrayal SMP — Hardcore PvP Progression
Turn any server into a hardcore PvP arena: crafting tables kill you, enchanting is banned, and every player kill drops scaled enchanted books.
More than blocks
Expands your dimensional survival by adding fireproof Nether wood tools, high-tier End Stone pickaxes with End Rod handles, custom sticks.
Champion Companions
Discover, challenge, recruit, and build League-inspired Champion companions in survival Minecraft.

No Totem Drops
No more Totem drops from Evoker. Feel the true Hardcore.
MyHardcore
A lightweight hardcore companion mod with a custom HUD, themes, statistics, milestones, day celebrations, and persistent progress.
hardfood
A Fabric mod for Minecraft that makes survival more challenging by reducing crop growth speed and increasing hunger depletion.
PYLA (Polishing Your Life Away)
Have you ever thought that plain ol' Stone block would look really neat if it were polished with Oak? Well, this mod adds a nifty way to turn plain ol' Stone, Diorite, and Basalt into Polished versions with wood textures!
GensCore
High-performance Paper & Folia core plugin for survival servers (Minecraft 26.1+, Java 25).
CostumeEnchant
Custom enchantments for Minecraft servers with configurable effects, gameplay mechanics, and support for custom server setups. Designed for Survival, SMP, and other gameplay-focused servers.
TimeHardcore
Adds Punishment Ban to Dead Players.