
Hardcore Questing Mode
Hardcore Questing Mode introduces a possibility to play a life based hardcore mode, but with more than only 1 life before your world gets deleted or you…
⬇ Download on ModrinthThanks to shedaniel for porting the HQM 5.4 Version to 1.16.2 for both Minecraft Forge and Fabric! Without his work this maybe would have never be done. The same goes to Kirderf for additional work, bug fixing 1.16.x and porting to 1.17.1!
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Overview:
Hardcore Questing Mode introduces a possibility to play a life based hardcore mode, but with more than only 1 life before your world gets deleted or you get banned from a server. Furthermore, you can complete quests to gain rewards, the rewards might be cool items or even extra lives.
The quests aren't however included in the mod, it's up to you or a map maker to create them. To create them you will have to use the in-game editor. You can then export the quests to a file to share with your friends or the players of your map.
Features:
Unique questing system Tiered reward system (loot bags) In game Editor Death Counter/ Tracker
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.6
- 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 HQM-1.20.6-5.19.0-fabric.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.5 MB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.