Survival Instinct Skills
by OMURAISU06
Survival Instinct Skills adds a skill tree screen, opened with the K key, where players spend points on abilities that shape combat, mining and exploration.
What it does
The mod extends the skill tree of Pufferfish's Skills and draws its attribute bonuses from Pufferfish's Attributes, so both are required and must be installed beside it. The skill tree is opened in-game with the K key and sorts its options into main category pages, each with a clean layout. A utility page handles resetting allocated skill points, which makes respecialization possible without rebuilding a character.
The skills cover three tiers, beginner, intermediate and advanced, and add offensive and defensive abilities, faster healing, movement speed and luck, along with other stats meant to make daily survival and long exploration easier. Experience is also gained from mining ores in other mods. The mod is built from vanilla elements and is described by its author as suited to single-player play and custom modpacks, where potion and alchemy mods can be paired with it.
Survival Instinct Skills is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with builds for 1.20 – 26.3 on 23 release versions. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.
Key features
Skill tree screen
Points are spent on abilities in a tree opened with the K key, with category pages arranged for clear navigation.
Skill point reset
A utility page lets players reset allocated skill points and choose a different build.
Tiered skills
Beginner, intermediate and advanced skills give a progression path from early game to late game.
Mining experience
Ores mined in other mods also grant experience, so underground work adds to progress.
Multi-language support
Translations are provided through a blank.json file that can be edited for any language.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a larger skill system on top of Pufferfish's Skills, and modpack creators who need a clean, vanilla-based progression layer.
How it compares
Default Skill Trees is server required with client optional, under CC0 1.0 Universal, and covers 1.18.2 – 26.2. Adventurer Skills [Pufferfish's Skills] runs on client and server under the MIT License for 1.18.2 – 26.3. Skill Tree (RPG Series) is also client and server, but it is under All rights reserved and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survival Instinct Skills | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| Default Skill Trees | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-11 |
| Adventurer Skills [Pufferfish's Skills] | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-04-29 |
| Skill Tree (RPG Series) | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-29 |
Questions
Which mods does Survival Instinct Skills require?
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In the catalog
Survival Instinct Skills is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Description Welcome to Survival Instinct Skills (SIS) This mod is a skill tree extension mod designed for Pufferfish's Skills. Based on the official template, it covers all the skills for each version, adds custom beginner, intermediate, and advanced skills, and arranges them in a clean layout.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/survival-instinct-skills
- Owner
- OMURAISU06
- Published
- 2026-05-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15