Primal: Survival
by PufferTeam
Primal: Survival adds early-game survival mechanics to 1.7.10, starting with flint tools, fire starting, pit kilns and campfires that a player works through before reaching ordinary crafting.
What it does
Players make their first tools by knapping: a flint, straw, clay or mold item is used in a 5x5 knapping interface. Flint tools come out of this step, and a fire starter is made the same way. Striking fire with flint and steel is described as much harder early on, so the fire starter is the more practical route. A knife used on grass yields plant material for early crafting.
Wood is gathered by chopping logs, which yields firewood and log piles. Smelting underground in a pit kiln uses a hole filled with 8 straw and 3 firewood to turn items into charcoal, and a pile exposed to oxygen burns to ash instead. Straw and firewood can also be placed on a campfire to cook food slowly, and barrels and other storage blocks are added to the same progression.
Primal: Survival requires UniMixins. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. It is published for Forge 1.7.10 only, with the latest file 0.20.0 dated 2026-03-27 on the beta channel, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is not open source. Its first published file dates from 2025-12-11.
Key features
Knapping interface
A 5x5 grid turns flint, straw, clay or a mold into the first tools.
Pit kiln smelting
A hole lined with straw and firewood smelts items underground and produces charcoal.
Fire starter
A starter is knapped early and lights fires when flint and steel would be harder to use.
Log piles and campfires
Chopping logs produces firewood, which feeds log piles and campfires for slow cooking.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Questions
Which dependency does Primal: Survival need?
Does the server need Primal: Survival?
Does Primal: Survival have a version for newer Minecraft releases?
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What the author says
This mod aims to be a compatible and polished survival mod for 1.7.10, adding many survival mechanics to change how you play the game early on in your playthrough! Unlike many "survival" mod I'm also trying to make the mod accessible and not too hard on waiting times and artificial difficulty.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/primal-survival
- Owner
- PufferTeam
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15