Top 20 Mods that Make Minecraft Survival Even Better! [1.16.5][Forge]

Hey guys in this video we’re going to take a look at some mods which improve on the survival aspect of minecraft these mods will mostly add some new mechanics mobs and exploration features without staying too far from the vanilla game all these mods work for minecraft 1.16.5 and i tested them with forge

Survive adds a few mechanics which you’re likely used to from traditional survival games you’ll now have a thirst meter which you need to keep replenished by drinking water and other fluids it’s also a good idea to purify your water so that you aren’t hit with a thirst debuff

Which can make things even worse there’s also temperature which is determined by not only the biome you’re currently in but the clothes on your back you can also receive both hypothermia or hyperthermia depending on your temperature from now on you’ll also need to regularly sleep otherwise your body will begin to shut down

And you’ll be hit with negative movement effects as well as vision impairment although there are items such as sugar water which can help reverse tiredness finally there’s stamina which will decrease when performing actions like running if you get most of these new mechanics too low then you’ll likely die in your world

There’s a lot of new items included with the mod which can help you survive such as wool armor enchantments and water canteens spice alive aims to encourage you to eat a more varied diet in minecraft rewarding you if you do so the mod will monitor the foods you eat and when you

Hit certain milestones you’ll be rewarded with extra hearts which will increase your maximum health overall so you can survive for longer better animals plus will add more life to your world adding over 35 new animals they come with different behaviors with their being different passive neutral and hostile mobs you’ll find the

Likes of bears deers crabs badgers wolves and even whales alongside these new creatures there are some new items some mobs will drop their heads which can be displayed in your home like trophies whereas in general there’s a lot of new food items which mostly consist of meat and eggs

Some of my favorite additions are the new capes which can be created from pelts overall all these mobs look great and make a great addition to your world better weather will add a few new weather events which definitely add a new layer to survival firstly you can now expect to see the

Four seasons in your game with each of them having a start middle and end each season will affect the temperature of biomes the color of foliage and how quickly crops grow it’ll also determine whether animals are able to breed there’s some new weather events with the first of them being acid rain

Which can injure both players and mobs as well as destroy your crops blizzards are strong snowstorms which can rapidly freeze water and give you impaired vision you’ll also find cloudy weather and light rain but these won’t affect your gameplay too much there’s more weather events planned in

Future updates too with heat waves and hail storms all a future possibility pitch darkness is a resource pack which makes blocks that have no light level render as black instead of being slightly illuminated it’s similar to the hardcore darkness mod which i covered in my horror themed video with this mod

Installed you can expect to find exploring during the night not only more dangerous but scary too and remastered adds more of a challenge forcing you to really do some exploration and hunting before being able to enter the end dimension now there are 11 types of ender eyes

Which can all be found in different locations you’ll have to search temples and search for buried chests to find each eye as the ones you will need will no longer be dropped by the enderman once you have all the eyes you’ll need to head towards either the end gate or the end castle

The castle is a large structure containing hostile mobs like illiters loot and a portal room which you’ll need to look for at the end gate you’ll find a complex dungeon which will spawn random puzzles that you’ll need to beat to reach the portal room at the frame

You’ll need to place all 11 eyes as well as a powdered core in order to reach the end again this mod will force you to explore and kill bosses making reaching the end a not so easy task subterranean wilderness completely transforms below the surface adding a lot of different biomes and

Designs to the cave system they really take away from how boring caves currently are as you’ll now find caves which are bursting with life from plants to more dead variants which are completely frozen over in some you might want to take some potions of water breathing as there are

Caves which are completely flooded and filled with coral when combining this mod with the likes of better caves and better mine shafts you’ll never get bored when mining underground improved mobs will make some highly needed changes to hostile enemies in minecraft from now on mobs will be able to spawn wearing protective equipment

With lower tier armor being more common they’ll also be able to break blocks and have better path finding to reach you your chest will no longer be safe either as mobs will search them and take out some of your supplies with a new difficulty setting as time

Goes on mobs will have increased health damage and speed so that you won’t quickly overpower them one of the craziest features is that mobs can now also use items like the player would you’ll find them throwing ender pearls splash potions and tnt as well as trying to set you on fire

When dungeons arise is another mod that will add some new challenges when exploring you’ll come across all sorts of new structures most of which contain multiple floors filled with hostile mobs and chests of loot it’s a really impressive mod and you’ll find new locations such as illidar campsites

Palaces ships and more combined with the likes of improved mobs they’re going to be very difficult to clear but also worth it if you can get out with some supplies if you’re a bit of a completionist then take a look at the traveler’s index in the menu you’ll find a new button

Which opens up the index which is a book it simply shows every item and block in your world including modern ones and shows you which ones you’ve collected and which ones you have it I like to install a world generation mod and you guys might already know that my two favorites are oh the biomes you’ll go and biomes are plenty in this case i’m using oh the biomes you’ll go which adds over 80 new biomes which all look great there’s new terrain trees and blocks

Which all make your world feel new and interesting to explore repurpose structures takes a lot of minecraft’s existing vanilla structures and creates new variants and modifications for example instead of all outposts looking the same you’ll find over 10 different styles which are all dependent on the biomes they spawn in

Alongside making changes to existing structures there are some new ones too you’ll now find jungle fortresses new types of mine shafts and a lot of new additions to the nether which includes strongholds ruins and cities the tool belt makes a great addition to survival with it not feeling too broken

When you craft a tool belt it will have enough space to store two tools as you begin to craft pouches you can upgrade the tool belt so that it can hold up to nine items freeing up more of your hot bar and allowing you to quickly switch between items

The antique atlas is a craftable item which shows you a map of the area around you in my opinion it’s a lot more immersive than just having a mini map mod it doesn’t show too much information either so it’s not really game breaking you can export the map to an image add

Your own custom markers and easily scroll through the atlas archer’s paradox will add a lot of new arrows which some have unique effects some of which i can see being very useful in this pack some of my favorites are glowstone arrows which will light up an area being a great addition alongside pitch

Darkness choker arrows which can home in our targets and frost arrows which can chill and freeze targets artifacts are new items which can mostly be found inside vanilla structures which should give you more of an incentive to explore again i’m going to list off a few of my favorite items there’s the umbrella

Which can be used as both a glider and as a shield to block attacks the snorkel allows you to breathe underwater which could go great with the previously mentioned subterranean wilderness mod night vision goggles will make exploring with pitch darkness a little easier too making these a highly sought after item

And bunny hoppers can be worn to increase jump height and prevent fall damage it would be a good idea to also install a backpack mod if you want to be able to carry more items i’ve mentioned the traveler’s backpack a few times already in other videos

So this time i’m going to talk about sophisticated backpacks they’re 3d backpacks which can be dyed a load of colors and are visible on the player’s back there are four different tiers which determine the amount of items they can hold and the number of upgrades they can receive some of the included upgrades

Allow you to apply filters to send items to the backpack automatically feed you food from its contents and allow you to smell items from the backpack i’d also recommend installing a death mod some of the best options are corpse and gravestone that way when you die you won’t lose all

Your items i’m using corpse which spawns your body when you die giving you coordinates after a long period of time the corpse will turn to a skeleton which i think is a small but funny feature that’s it for this list hopefully you enjoyed the video leave a like and subscribe if you did

There are quite a few interesting mods in this video and i found some new ones to try out myself