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derad-bros Ultimate Survival

by derad-bros studio

derad-bros Ultimate Survival reworks early and mid-game progression on Fabric, making the vanilla survival path slower and closer to bushcraft.

FabricClient and serverMIT License1.21.4

What it does

Base mining speed for tools is reduced considerably, rocks appear around the world, and recipes for the crafting table, workbench, furnace, stone tools and lantern are changed. Torches, campfires and furnaces start unlit and must be ignited with a fire plow, bow drill, flint and steel, and fire can be put out by weather over time. Crafting a workbench now requires a new recipe made from whittled string, flint and sticks in the 3x3 grid.

The mod is aimed at players who want vanilla survival with more resource gathering and more protection to worry about, and it adds rope for moving up and down vertically. The server and every player need the mod installed. It requires Fabric and is published for 1.21.4 only, under the MIT License, but it is not open source. Version 0.2 is the latest file, marked as an alpha release.

Key features

  1. Slower tool progress

    Base mining speed is reduced, so early tools take longer and resource gathering becomes a larger part of play.

  2. Ignition and weather

    Fire sources start unlit and need a fire-starting item, and a lit fire can be extinguished by weather after a period.

  3. Revised crafting

    The crafting table keeps its original name, while the furnace, stone tools and lantern use new ingredients such as coal, stone and glowstone dust.

  4. Music discs

    Four new tracks by Nate DeRado and drdog111 are added, along with the Frequency, Become, Energy Motion and Meta discs.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.21.40.2
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

HardenedCore is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and is published for 1.21.1, while derad-bros Ultimate Survival is not open source and targets 1.21.4. Random's Early Progression is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.2, and ThrowATNT is open source under CC0 1.0 Universal for 1.21.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
derad-bros Ultimate SurvivalFabric1.21.4Client and server2025-08-17
HardenedCoreFabric1.21.1Client and server2026-04-05
Random's Early ProgressionFabric1.20.1 – 1.20.2Client and server2023-09-23
ThrowATNTFabric1.21Client and server2024-07-23

Questions

Does derad-bros Ultimate Survival need Fabric API?

No required dependency is listed for Fabric.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

Which game versions are supported?

Files exist only for 1.21.4, and the latest Fabric file is 0.2.

In the catalog

derad-bros Ultimate Survival is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 1.21.417,979

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What the author says

Welcome, bros. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In derad-bros Ultimate Survival, Minecraft's early/mid-game survival-mode progression is altered to be more challenging. You will need to gather resources and protect yourself from the elements. Choosing to go about survival mode the…
derad-bros studio, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
derad-bros studio
Published
2025-08-17
Updated on Modrinth
2025-08-17
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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