
Simple Difficulty Mod is a mod that adds temperature and thirst mechanics intended as a replacement to the mod Tough As Nails.

Features:
While a player is in survival/adventure mode, the following mechanics will take effect:
Temperature
- The player will notice a temperature globe denoting both their internal and the environmental temperature, with occasional arrows indicating temperature changes. The player will receive damage should their Body Temperature rise or fall outside a predetermined threshold.
Thirst
The player receives a bar for Thirst, a water dependent counterpart to the vanilla hunger bar.
Blocks
- Campfire – A block that can be fueled by sticks and keeps players warm
- Rain Collector – Collects the rain and turn it into drinkable water
- Heating Coil – A machine that heats up its surrounding space (indoors are best)
- Cooling Coil – A machine that cools players up if they stand near it (indoors are best)
Items
- Thermometer – Measures your temperature
- Canteen – A portable water bottle, have multiple uses
- Charcoal Filter – Filters water from dirty water to clean water
- Ice Chunk- obtained by breaking Ice with a pickaxe and can be used to create cooling coils
- Magma Shard – obtained by mob drops or breaking magma, can be used to create heating coils
- Purified Water Bottle – Bottle of purified water
- Purified Water Bucket – Bucket of purified water
- Juices
- Pumpkin Juice
- Apple Juice
- Carrot Juice
- Melon Juice
- Cactus Juice
- Beetroot Juice
- Chorus Fruit Juice
- Golden Carrot Juice
- Glistering Melon Juice
- Golden Apple Juice
- Potions
- Heat Resistance
- Cold Resistance
Armor
- Wool Armor – keeps you warm
- Ice Armor – keeps you cool
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Simple Difficulty Mod Download Links
For Minecraft 1.12.2
Forge version: Download from Server 1 – Download from Server 2
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- 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: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
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
- Downloads as 203013.mcaddon
- Download size: 491 KB
- Download link checked 29 Jul 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.