Smooth healing
A simple mod that reworks how health regeneration works.
Features
Now, you heal by waiting after having taken some damage. By default, you start healing back up 10 seconds after having last taken at least 1 point of damage, and you gain 1 health every 4 seconds. This is intentionally harsh to force you into fleeing combat or using healing items instead of eating a steak mid-combat, which makes no sense.
However, gaining hearts will still deplete your hunger, at the same rate as vanilla (you will still heal even if your hunger is not full).
Saturation now gives bonus armour. By default, you gain 2 points when saturation is above 6, and 1 point when it is between 0 and 6. For reference, eating a beef steak almost max hunger gives 12 points of saturation.
Configuration
You can configure all numeric values in the config file or in Mod Menu.
It's also possible to disable the saturation mechanic.
Dependencies
May require Cloth Config.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Ships as smooth-healing-1.1.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.0 MB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.