1. Evolving Mobs
2. Gravestone
3. Hydra Bosses
4. More Ores and Tools
5. Food Expansion
6. Armor++
7. Dragonfire
8. Mutants!
9. More TNT!
10. Computers
11. Spark Portals
12. Naturalist
• What are add-ons?
For a long time, players of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition were deprived of the ability to modify and change their preferred version of Minecraft with third-party mods and add-ons as intuitively as the Java Edition of Minecraft or even on all platforms. That all changed on February 20, 2024, when Mojang Studios at long last implemented mod support for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on all platforms.
"Add-ons" are fan-made mods that have the power to add new gameplay content to Minecraft or alter the base game's content. These mods include quality-of-life improvements, adding new enemies, implementing new gameplay mechanics, changing the visuals of the biomes, giving players new cosmetic costumes, and more.
There are hundreds of add-ons to download, with more being added almost every day to the Minecraft Marketplace. As there are so many to choose from, we have rounded up some of the most popular and best add-ons & mods we highly recommend you download first. With these add-ons, you will be able to enjoy one of the best Xbox games in fresh and exciting ways you may have never experienced before.
Bear in mind that while some of these add-ons are free to download, others will require purchasing them using Minecraft's premium Minecoin currency.
1. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
2. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
3. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
4. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
5. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
6. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
7. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
8. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
9. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
10. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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.
11. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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
12. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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
13. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons — 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 Miners Helmet designed to help illuminate dark areas and spelunking much easier. It's also multiplayer friendly.
Download the Realight Reimagined Add-on for 490 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
And thus we have come to the end of our best Minecraft: Bedrock Edition add-ons and mods list. Now while the add-ons highlighted here aren't the only ones you will find on the Minecraft Marketplace, we believe these examples are great mods for beginners who have never modded Minecraft before as they are easy to install and provide a ton of awesome content that will make a powerful first impression.
If you think there are some add-ons we haven't mentioned that deserve to be showcased on this list, leave a comment and we'll get right on it. Also, we will update this list with more add-ons and mods from the Minecraft Marketplace as Minecraft itself continually updates itself with more content like the recently released 1.21 'Tricky Trials' update.
So if these mods and add-ons interest you, head to the Minecraft Marketplace and install them for your Xbox Series X|S, PC, and mobile copies of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. Don't forgot that Minecraft is also available to download via Xbox Game Pass.
