For many years Minecraft has captured the hearts and imaginations of gamers of every age across the world for its charm retro-inspired graphics, relaxing and cosy atmosphere, and addicting crafting and survival gameplay. However, there many Minecraft fans out there who believe the gameplay of Minecraft has the potential to be even better and have taken it upon themselves to realise it by crafting “Add-ons”.
Add-ons are fan-made mods approved Mojang and Xbox Game Studios that adds brand new content to Minecraft or alter its core gameplay. These third-party Add-ons can range from quality-of-life improvements, creating new enemies, forging new equipment, exploring new biomes, obtaining new cosmetic outfits, wielding new powers and gameplay mechanics, and much more.
There are hundreds upon of add-ons available to download for the Java Edition and Bedrock Edition (which finally got add-on/mod support in early 2024) of Minecraft, with more being added to the Minecraft Marketplace even as we speak. With so many options to choose from, it can get overwhelming to decide which add-ons are the right ones to choose. So, we have gone through the Minecraft Marketplace and rounded up a selection of the most popular and best add-ons for you to check out so you can experience one of the best Xbox games in entirely new ways and fall in love with Minecraft all over again.
Do note that that some of these add-ons are free to download while others will need to be bought via Minecraft’s premium currency called Minecoin.
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — Gameplay and quality-of-life add-ons
These add-ons focus on altering the gameplay of Minecraft in subtle or drastic ways. Some of these add-ons include provide new and more efficient ways to craft gear, quality-of-live improvement mods to make your life easier while exploring, inventing entirely new gameplay mechanics, or alter existing gameplay mechanics from the vanilla version of Minecraft to make it more challenging.
Gravestone
This add-on installs a new gameplay mechanic where upon death, all your gear and items will be stored in a gravestone that will spawn at the location where you died until you come retrieve your stuff.
With the Gravestone add-on, you won’t have to worry about losing your items while out in the wilderness again as they will protected from enemies and lava while stored inside the gravestone. In addition, your items will not despawn while inside the gravestone so you don’t have to rush back to retrieve them immediately.
Download the Gravestone Add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
More Ores and Tools
Enrich your mining experience with the More Ores and Tools add-on. This mod includes over 29 new ores to discover, over 29 new hammers to mine them with, and over 23 new armor sets and tools to craft using the new ores. In addition, this add-on also implements ore merchants, a craftable tutorial book, and enhanced ore generation to speed up the pacing while mining ore.
Download the More Ores and Tools Add-on for 990 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Food Expansion
Never fear going hungry ever again with the Food Expansion add-on. This mod adds over 250 food items to cook for you and your friends, including fruits, veggies, meat, and even Ender and Nether cakes. In addition, this add-on includes 58 new seeds & crops, 4 pieces of cooking furniture, and golden food.
Download the Food Expansion Add-on for 660 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Armor++
Need better protection against Zombies, Creepers, Ender Dragons? Then equip your game with the Armor++ add-on. This mod includes over 90 armor sets to collect, each with custom crafting recipes and unique special abilities to help you survive in battle.
Download the Food Expansion Add-on for 830 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
More TNT!
Cause explosive mayhem with the More TNT! Add-on. This add-on features over 15 new types of TNT explosives that you can spawn into your world. These new types of TNT include Lava TNT, Polar TNT, Shockwave TNT, Toxic TNT, Disco TNT, Nether TNT, and more.
Download the More TNT! Add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Computers
The Computers Add-On is a useful utility mod that allows players to craft a computer inside their home base and send in-game emails with messages and items attached to their friends while they’re offline. The computer also includes mini-games to play with and apps to detect the location of hostiles or read their stats.
Download the Computers Add-on for 660 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Spark Portals
Travel across the world in the blink of an eye with the Spark Portals Add-on. This add-on allows players to build and link up multiple portals so they and their friends can get to places faster. Players can build portals in a large variety of colors and link pathways between 160 portals at once.
Download the Spark Portals Add-on for 660 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace
Realight Reimagined
Never get lost while exploring caves anymore with the Realight Reimagined add-on. This add-on includes new light items including offhand items like torches and a Miner's Helmet designed to help illuminate dark areas and make spelunking much easier. It's also multiplayer friendly.
Download the Realight Reimagined Add-on for 490 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
One Block
Do you want to challenge your survival skills in Minecraft? Then take on the classic 1 Block Challenge. The rules are simple - you spawn on a small sky block map with only one block and every time you mine it, you will obtain a random type of block you must use to expand your territory with limited resources.
Do note that this challenge can be tackled solo or with friends in co-operative multiplayer
Download the 1 Block Challenge Add-on for 490 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Tinkers' Construct Lite
Tinkers' Construct Lite is the ultimate Add-on for players looking to enhance the crafting system of Minecraft. This Add-on includes over 250 unique weapons, armor, and tools to craft, tons of new blocks and items to make, new crafting benches and tables to operate on, and new Smelting and forging mechanics to craft items in ways not possible in vanilla Minecraft.
Download the 1 Block Challenge Add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
RPG Skills
Have you ever wondered what Minecraft would play like if did action-RPG mechanics? Well, wonder no more, for we present to you, the RPG Skills Add-on. With this Add-on, you will gain access to a leveling system that will grant you special abilities such as being able to walk on magma without getting hurt or dispatching several enemies at once with unique super moves to name a few.
Download the Stonehill Castle Add-on for 660 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
LUSH Bath Bombs add-on
Make the world a cleaner place to live in with LUSH Bath Bombs Add-on. By installing this Add-on, you will gain access to new recipes and ingredients to create special bath bombs that can clean you up, pacify hostile mobs, or even grant you superpowers like being able to run at super speeds or ignore gravity so you can jump really high and stay in midair as if you're on the moon.
Download the LUSH Bath Bombs Add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Ocean Expansion
Elevate deep-sea exploration to new depths of complexity and excitement with the Ocean Expansion Add-On. This Add-on includes new sea creatures, a new underwater vehicle to make traveling underwater easier, new crafting tools, and a dangerous new boss lurking at the bottom of the ocean awaiting its next meal.
Download the Ocean Expansion Add-on for 160 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Redstone add-on
Build dozens of advanced contraptions with the Redstone Add-on. This add-on grants players 26 new Redstone-powered blocks they can use to craft all kinds of new machines capable of teleporting anything, breaking blocks, sorting items, farming mobs, and more.
Download the Redstone Add-on for 830 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — Biome add-ons
These add-ons focus on enhancing the game with new biomes to explore, providing new cosmetics and gameplay mechanics to match the theming of the fan-made biomes, and even improve the presentation of the existing biomes of the vanilla version of Minecraft with immersive special effects.
Stonehill Castle
Want to add medieval immersion to your Minecraft Maps? Then we recommend the Stonehill Castle Add-on. With this add-on, you will be able to craft a fully furnished castle ripped straight out of the Middle Ages, along with little houses to compliment the high fantasy setting. In addition, this Add-on includes ten custom cosmetic skins for your avatar.
Download the Stonehill Castle Add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Realistic Biomes
Realistic Biomes is an add-on that enriches the world of Minecraft with all kinds of new immersive weather effects like thunderstorms, sandstorms, and blizzards. This add-on also includes realistic lens flares, color correction, an Aurora Borealis effect, Shooting Stars effects, and more.
Download the Realistic Biomes Add-on for 990 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Planet Earth III
Planet Earth III is an add-on that lets you explore an immersive biome inspired by the hit documentary TV show, Planet Earth III. Assume the role of a series of animals and explore fascinating Minecraft-like interpretations of famous locales like the Arctic tundra or Okavango Delta to learn about their rich ecosystems and earn cool rewards in the process.
Download the Planet Earth III Add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Mount Olympus
Travel to the lands of Ancient Greece and immerse yourself in Greek mythology with the Mount Olympus add-on. This add-on will let you explore a fully-furnished, ancient Greek city with over 50 buildings and the iconic Mount Olympus looming over it. In addition, this add-on will let you explore a dungeon set in the Underworld and obtain nine free cosmetic skins based on Greek gods like Zeus.
Download the Mount Olympus add-on for free at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — Monster and Creature Add-ons
This collection of add-ons is all about adding new imposing, gigantic fan-made monsters or animals to Minecraft or reinventing classic mobs like Creepers, Zombies, and Endermen to be more challenging and exciting to battle.
There are even some add-ons that will allow you to control the mobs of Minecraft and sic them on your enemies
Evolving Mobs
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to control the monsters of Minecraft? Then feast your eyes on the Evolving Mobs Add-on. This add-on essentially turns Minecraft into Pokémon by allowing players to capture monsters with Capture Orb and command them in battle.
In addition, the mobs you capture will be able to evolve into new, cool-looking, and powerful monstrosities as you level them up.
Download the Evolving Mobs Add-on for 990 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Hydra Bosses Add-on
Want to hunt mighty beasts and craft powerful gear from their hides like in Monster Hunter? Then install the Hydra Bosses Add-on and take on six summonable Hydra bosses in customizable boss arenas.
Defeating these slippery serpents will yield you materials to forge awesome weapons and armor, and even create hydra-themed blocks and boss head decorations. In addition, you can also acquire Hydras as battle pets with this add-on.
Download the Hydra Bosses Add-on for 1,170 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Dragonfire
The Dragonfire add-on introduces 21 dragons to the world of Minecraft that players can befriend and train. These dragons come in a variety of appearances and ages ranging from Eggs, Hatchlings, and Adults. Players can collect the scales of dragons and use them to craft powerful weapons and armor sets with unique properties.
In addition, this mod introduces new merchants who sell dragon eggs and special fruit that can enhance the power, speed, and health of your pet dragons if you feed it them.
Download the Dragonfire Add-on for 830 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Mutants!
Take on terrifying new foes by installing the Mutants! Add-on. This add-on introduces new bosses, custom crafting, and mutant variants of classic Minecraft monsters. If you’re an experienced Minecraft player who is looking for challenging enemies to fight than the ones found in the vanilla version of Minecraft, then this add-on is for you.
Download the Mutants! Add-on for 830 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Naturalist
Have you ever wished to add more wild animals to your world so it would increase the immersive atmosphere of the biomes? Look no further than the Naturalist Add-on mod.
This add-on includes over 100 new animal species to Minecraft, which will naturally spawn in every biome. In addition, this add-on will allow players to interact, tame, and even ride the new animals.
Download the Naturalist Add-on for 1,340 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace
More Creatures Add-On
Are you seeking more challenging mobs to battle after conquering the likes of the Ender Dragon and the Warden in the base version of Minecraft? Then download the More Creatures Add-on and put your hunting skills to the limit. This add-on includes over 30 new creatures, new tools to fight them with, and a dangerous new Monster Lord Boss.
Download the More Creatures Add-on for 490 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Dwellers
Face off against unimaginable horrors that would frighten even the Enderman with the Dwellers add-on. This add-on includes a large variety of original, nightmarish monsters to fight (or run away from) such as the Goatman, the Watchtower, the All-Seeing One, Cavern Dwellers, Mimic Dwellers, the Undeen Death, and more.
Download the Dwellers add-on for 990 Minecoins at the Minecraft Marketplace.
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — What are add-ons?
If you're new to Minecraft add-ons and how they function, allow us to give you a summary. Add-ons are special types of mods created by the Minecraft community and approved by Mojang themselves with the express purpose of changing huge chunks of the entire game.
These mods can range from introducing entirely new gameplay mechanics or revamping old ones, changing the cosmetic appearances of character models, creating new enemies and NPCs, fixing issues or bugs that have slipped Mojang's notice, and much more.
While mods have existed in the Bedrock Edition in the past, the number of mods was limited in scope and were much more difficult to install and control compared to the Java Edition's mods.
Thankfully, add-ons are much easier to install than regular mods. All you have to do is head over to the Minecraft Marketplace, search its library for add-ons that interest you, purchase them using Minecoins (a premium currency that requires real-life money), and then download and sync to your Microsoft Account.
What makes add-ons unique compared to regular mods is that add-ons are cross-platform compatible. This means that once an add-on is synced to your Microsoft Account, it will be useable across your world servers and function on any platform whether you play Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Windows PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, or mobile devices.
What's also cool about that add-ons is that they work in multiplayer worlds and Minecraft Realms. In addition, only the host or Realm owner is required to install the add-ons, meaning players who don't have the add-ons themselves can still use them so long as they're in the host/Realm owner's modded world.
Mine for more fun with these Minecraft add-ons
Now you have seen some of the best Minecraft add-ons the Minecraft Marketplace has to offer. Now while there are tons of more add-ons than what we have showcased here, we picked these specific add-ons because we believe they are easy-to-install for beginners to modding Minecraft and some cool, awe-inspiring content that leave them with an amazing first impression to encourage to find more add-ons for themselves.
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We will continue to update this list with more add-ons that will be added to the Minecraft Marketplace just as the vanilla version Minecraft continues to receive updates like the recently added Hardcore Mode for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. So if any of these add-ons/mods intrigue you and want some to kill time before the upcoming Minecraft movie release, head on over to the Minecraft Marketplace and install them to experience Minecraft: Bedrock Edition like you never have before.
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is available to purchase on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming. It is also available to download for free for those who subscribe to Xbox Game Pass.
