Red's Survival Overhaul
Red's Survival Overhaul makes survival harder by adding temperature, hypothermia and heat stroke, and by slowing crops, breeding and egg laying.
What it does
Temperature in the mod changes with surrounding blocks, biome, time of day, elevation and armor. Temperature that is too low or too high can cause hypothermia or heat stroke. The Nether is made much harder, the End is harder still, and some areas are extremely cold. A gauge on the hotbar shows the current temperature.
Several vanilla systems are adjusted for a harder game. Crop growth speed, animal breeding cooldown, baby growth speed and chicken egg laying cooldown are all configurable and can scale with the chosen difficulty. Bone meal is weakened depending on difficulty. The mod is meant to make the game considerably harder across the board.
It is published for Forge only, across six game versions, with 1.0.1-1.20.1 for 1.20.6 as the latest file. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Temperature system
Temperature responds to nearby blocks, biome, time of day, elevation and the armor a player wears.
Hypothermia and heat stroke
Temperature that drops too low or rises too high can inflict hypothermia or heat stroke on the player.
Temperature gauge
A gauge on the hotbar displays the player's current temperature at all times.
Adjustable vanilla systems
Crop growth, animal breeding, baby growth, egg laying and bone meal effects can be scaled with difficulty.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players looking for a harder survival experience, and server owners who want to tune how demanding a world is. Both the server and each player need the mod installed.
How it compares
Create: Thermantics is a Forge addon for 1.20.1 that is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server. Temperatures is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 that is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and also runs on client and server. Hunger Overhaul Reborn covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge under the MIT License, focusing on hunger rather than temperature.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red's Survival Overhaul | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-02-21 |
| Create: Thermantics | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-04 |
| Temperatures | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-07-14 |
| Hunger Overhaul Reborn | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-10-10 |
Questions
Does Red's Survival Overhaul require other mods?
Does the server need the mod installed?
Can the difficulty of farming and breeding be changed?
In the catalog
Red's Survival Overhaul is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/reds-survival-overhaul
- Owner
- redfoxgaming67
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15