



Heartcore
Heartcore is a twist on Minecraft's Hardcore mode. Instead of a single death ending your world, every death costs you a maximum heart. Run out of hearts, and you die forever.
Features
- Lose Max Hearts on Death: Each time you die, you permanently lose a configurable number of hearts.
- Regain Hearts with Items: By default, enchanted golden apples restore a heart—but you can customize or disable healing items entirely.
- Healing via NBT: Any food item can restore hearts if it includes the
heartcore:heart_modifierCustomData NBT tag. This tag accepts integers, allowing precise control over how many hearts are gained or lost. - Random Respawn Option: Players can respawn at a random location after death, with configurable min/max radius. Caves are now excluded to improve safety.
- Configurable and Dynamic: Change values like
heartsPerHealingItem,minHearts, andmaxHearts, and enforce max health limits for returning players withenforceMaxHealth. - Server Commands:
/heartcore config– Adjust settings live as a server operator./heartcore giftheart <player>– Let players share their max hearts with others.
Multiplayer Friendly
- Only the server host or world owner needs to install Heartcore.
- The only client side feature is changing the spectator button to say respawn on servers
Requirements
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.5
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as heartcore-1.0.2+1.21.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 44 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.