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GrowHealth
GrowHealth is a dynamic health scaling mod for Paper and Fabric that starts players with a single heart. It automatically rewards player progression by…
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GrowHealth
A dynamic health scaling mod/plugin, supporting both Paper and Fabric.
Features
- Hardcore Start: Every player begins their journey with configurable starting hearts (Default: 1 Heart).
- Progressive Growth: Earn extra hearts for every level interval gained (Default: +1 Heart every 5 levels).
- Infinite Scaling: There is no hard limit to how many hearts you can obtain.
- Decimal Support: Configure health with half-heart precision (e.g., start with 0.5 hearts).
- Multi-Platform: Native support for Paper (Bukkit) servers and Fabric modded environments.
Installation
Paper / Spigot
- Download
GrowHealth-1.0.0-Paper.jar. - Place the JAR in your server's
plugins/directory. - Restart your server.
Fabric
- Download
GrowHealth-1.0.0-Fabric.jar. - Ensure you have the Fabric Loader and Fabric API installed.
- Place the JAR in your
mods/directory. - Restart your Minecraft client or server.
Configuration
Paper (plugins/GrowHealth/config.yml)
starting-hearts: 1.0
levels-per-interval: 5
hearts-per-interval: 1.0
Fabric (config/growhealth.properties)
starting-hearts=1.0
levels-per-interval=5
hearts-per-interval=1.0
- starting-hearts: Initial health (2.0 = 1 full heart).
- levels-per-interval: Number of levels required for a health boost.
- hearts-per-interval: Amount of health gained at each interval.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as GrowHealth-1.0.0-Paper.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.