{"id":150748,"date":"2026-06-09T05:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/survival-unlocked\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:01:44","slug":"survival-unlocked","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/survival-unlocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Unlocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># Survival Unlocked<\/p>\n<p>**Survival Unlocked** is a lightweight plugin that introduces small, balanced tweaks and quality-of-life<br \/>\nimprovements to the survival game mode. It is designed to feel like it could belong in the base game,<br \/>\nkeeping the classic vanilla atmosphere intact.<\/p>\n<p>## Features<\/p>\n<p>| Feature                   | Description                                                                                                                  |<br \/>\n|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;|<br \/>\n| Smooth Sleep Transition   | Smoothly skips the night with an animation when enough players are sleeping, using the `playersSleepingPercentage` gamerule. |<br \/>\n| Custom Shaped Portals     | Build nether portals in any shape, including with crying obsidian.                                                           |<br \/>\n| Throwable Fireballs       | Players can throw fireballs from their hand.                                                                                 |<br \/>\n| Zombie Horse              | A zombie riding a zombie horse can spawn when a lightning strikes during a thunderstorm.                                     |<br \/>\n| Better Armor Stands       | Armor stands have arms and can change poses when shift-clicked.                                                              |<br \/>\n| Better Tridents           | Tridents enchanted with loyalty will return when thrown into the void.                                                       |<br \/>\n| Invisible Item Frames     | Make item frames invisible by right-clicking them with shears.                                                               |<br \/>\n| Silk Touch Paintings      | Destroy paintings with a silk touch tool to collect the exact painting variant, preserving its artwork.                      |<br \/>\n| Silk Touch Spawners       | Mine mob spawners with a silk touch tool to collect and place them for decoration.                                           |<br \/>\n| Lock Chests               | Lock chests by shift-right-clicking them with a trial key.                                                                   |<br \/>\n| Villagers Follow Emeralds | Villagers are attracted to players holding emerald blocks.                                                                   |<br \/>\n| Call Your Pets            | Call your pets to you by using a goat horn.                                                                                  |<br \/>\n| Transfer Your Pets        | Transfer pets between players by shift-right-clicking them with a leashed pet.                                               |<br \/>\n| Keep Baby Animals         | Keep animals in their baby form by feeding them a poisonous potato.                                                          |<br \/>\n| Silence Mobs              | Use a name tag named `silence` to mute mobs, or `unsilence` to restore their sounds.                                         |<br \/>\n| More Mob Heads            | Mobs have a chance to drop their heads on death. Chances are configurable.                                                   |<br \/>\n| Player Head Drops         | Players drop their heads when killed by another player.                                                                      |<br \/>\n| Shear Name Tags           | Remove nametags from mobs by right-clicking them with shears.                                                                |<br \/>\n| Coordinate Hud            | Shows coordinates and direction on the action bar.                                                                           |<\/p>\n<p>## Commands<\/p>\n<p>| Command                     | Description                                                | Permission                       |<br \/>\n|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-|<br \/>\n| `\/survivalunlocked version` | Displays the current plugin version and checks for updates | `survivalunlocked.admin`         |<br \/>\n| `\/survivalunlocked reload`  | Reloads the plugin\u2019s configuration files                   | `survivalunlocked.admin`         |<br \/>\n| `\/survivalunlocked toggle`  | Opens an in-game menu to toggle features on or off         | `survivalunlocked.admin`         |<br \/>\n| `\/coordinatehud`            | Shows coordinates and direction on the action bar          | `survivalunlocked.coordinatehud` |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vanilla-friendly tweaks that expand survival gameplay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150749,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"survival-unlocked","_minecraft_project_id":"Rll0xDRZ","_minecraft_author":"UrAvgCode","_minecraft_license":"LGPL-3.0-only","_minecraft_downloads":623,"_minecraft_follows":14,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"survival-unlocked.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":831046,"_minecraft_version_count":12,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T10:06:49.558314Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-09-16T23:58:15.267246Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-12-09T22:49:21.505619Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/survival-unlocked","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":150749,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-09T02:01:44+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"239eb57b3a92c274ca62a680639afce8","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[125,89,137,127,128,92],"mod_loader":[131,132,133],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82,83,167],"class_list":["post-150748","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-folia","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-folia","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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