
Hardcore Totem Nerf
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Hardcore Totem Nerf is a mod for Fabric and NeoForge that aims to make Totems of Undying more suitable for hardcore worlds. It does so by applying several hardcore-inspired nerfs and debuffs to totems. Every modification is configurable, and includes:
- Enforce a cooldown on totem usage
- Enforce a total usage limit (disabled by default)
- Reduce the player's total hearts whenever a totem is popped
- By default, a player can die from losing hearts
- Restore player hearts when they consume an enchanted golden apple
- Limited to 10 total hearts by default
- Disable vanilla totem buffs, including:
- Absorption
- Fire Resistance
- Regeneration
- Apply debuffs fitting of someone barely brought back from the brink of death:
- Blindness
- Slowness
- Weakness
- Mining Fatigue
- Limit instant health regeneration (default half of max health)
- Enable or disable player warnings for cooldowns and limits
- Enable or disable player insights
- If enabled, players can view limit/cooldown settings, remaining usages, and applied cooldowns using the
/htn insightscommand.
- If enabled, players can view limit/cooldown settings, remaining usages, and applied cooldowns using the
All of these options (and more) can be fine-tuned in config/hardcoretotemnerf.json. Additionally, thanks to MidnightLib, this can be configured in realtime using the config screen (bound to '-' by default), Mod Menu, or the /midnightconfig hardcoretotem command.
Compatible with:
- Inventory Totem
- Charm of Undying
- Netherite Extras
- Void Totem
While this was built with the hardcore game mode in mind, this would certainly fit well in non-hardcore worlds and servers as well with some configuration tweaks. When using this mod outside of hardcore difficulty in some 1.20.x versions, it may be worth including a mod that preserves player attributes on respawn.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.9, 1.21.10
- 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.
- Ships as hardcoretotemnerf-3.1.0+1.21.10-neoforge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 102 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.