Minecraft Java 26 Mods
Browse 32 free mods for Minecraft Java 26 — popular picks include BlazeandCave's Advancement Pack Enhanced Discoveries, Toms Server Additions: Stone!, Fahare.
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BlazeandCave's Advancement Pack Enhanced Discoveries
"Enhanced discoveries" is an unofficial add-on for Blazeandcave's Advancements Pack that adds over 300 new advancements. Now with Hardcore Support!

Toms Server Additions: Stone!
TSA: Stone! adds a small collection of new stone blocks like Granite Bricks, Diorite Bricks, Polished Dripstone and more!
Fahare
Automatically resets your hardcore world when all online players die
Half Heart Hardcore
Half Heart Hardcore (or 1HP Challenge, alternatively) is a multiplayer challenge datapack, aimed at making the game almost impossible.

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
Better, Faster Happy Ghasts
Configurable speeds for the Happy Ghast, perfect for survival servers!
FNAF VIRUS MOD
FNAF VIRUS turns Minecraft into a horror experience, because once night falls, survival becomes a nightmare where animatronics start hunting the player!
Tales of Silta
A survival, multiplayer friendly datapack all about magic spells, wands, wizardry, fantasy races, lore, fighting evil bosses and exploration of ancient structures.
Cauldron Concrete
Powder into a cauldron gets you concrete! Vanilla friendly and perfect for servers wanting a survival experience of the cauldron concrete functionality from Vanilla tweaks.
Progression Overhaul
Makes Minecraft's progression system a bit harder so a normal survival world cant be beaten in like 5 minutes. (Mostly the early game is effected)
Moar Spears
16 new spear types with unique, powerful, wacky, and OP abilities, all while fitting nicely into vanilla survival.
Hardcore Bypass
Adds a simple command to respawn yourself from spectator in hardcore mode.
TeamLifeBind
TeamLifeBind is a Minecraft team survival PvP mode built around shared lives: when one teammate dies, the whole team is wiped.
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.
Sloths Display Entity Editor
Create, modify, and delete Block and Item displays, even in survival!
Creepers Eat You
Adds a fun twist to the game in which creepers eat you! Good luck beating the game in Hardcore ;D
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)
tally
Survival completion advancement pack — 10,000+ advancements, XP and item rewards, live policy toggles.
Damage=Random Item Skyblock Challenge
This custom world spawns you on a small platform over the void. The only way to get items is by damaging each other. (Multiplayer, inspired by BastiGHG)
Nonsense Hardcore
A plugin that resets the world and downloads random Modrinth datapacks every time you die.
Blocked In Hardcore
A challenging version of the Blocked In datapack
GhostBulb
Mod that provides survival friendly invisible alternatives to items.
Disaster SMP
DMSP (Disaster Management System Plugin)Cinematic Natural Disasters for PaperMC 1.21+DMSP is not just a plugin; it's an environmental overhaul designed to challenge even the most seasoned survivalists.
Chaos-loot
Every block drops a completely random item — pure chaos loot for survival worlds. (1.26.1-1.26.2)

No Totem Drops
No more Totem drops from Evoker. Feel the true Hardcore.
MaxTools
Perfect for a survival game with progression.
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!
NotOnlyHardcore
A Paper plugin that sends players to prison on death, adds cursed player heads, protects new players, and includes a configurable duel system.
VoxPopuli
VoxPopuli is the ultimate safeguard for your survival world. Tired of friends sneaking in commands? Every restricted command now triggers a democratic vote: the people decide its fate!
Relay Challenge
A multiplayer relay survival datapack where one player plays while everyone else spectates. After a configurable timer expires, another player takes over.
Squid Improvements
Squids and Glow Squids will give effects when you try to attack them! Survival friendly addition to vanilla worlds
MeteorShowers
Survival-friendly random meteor shower events with warnings, craters, and loot