This datapack introduces a new survival mechanic:
- Your maximum health gradually decreases based on total playtime.
- When a player dies, they are placed into a rotation queue, allowing others to take their place.
- Only a limited number of players can be "alive".
Why?
- It is mainly made to reduce the "2-week Minecraft cycle" that you have likely experienced when playing with friends by reducing burnout.
- The reducing HP is used to even out the scales a little between players of different skill levels and to encourage queue rotation so that people aren't left out.
- And it is a new twist for a semi-hardcore playstyle that works dynamically on servers.
⚠️Important Information:
- In server.properties you need to give the functions permission level 3 in order for the queue to be functional.
- Built compatible with Minecraft 1.20+, but I have only tested it on 1.21.5.
- Players who die will be rotated out and must wait for another to die before returning.
- Configurable values (health decay rate, queue size, etc.) are tweakable in the datapack files if you know what you are doing, but the default is half a heart max hp loss per Minecraft day and a 3-person queue size.
P.S. Also one Easter egg if you find it :P don't read the files if you want to make it a surprise >:)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.7
- 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.
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- Downloads as minutes_till_midnight-1.21.7.zip
- Download size: 10 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
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