Heartcore (Hardcore Alternative)
(Made for the Heartcore modpack.) Is hardcore too annoying, and survival too easy? Than this mod is for you! Lose hearts after death, regain them by…
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Made for the Heartcore modpack! Is hardcore too annoying, and survival too easy? With this mod, you start with 6 hearts instead of 10, and every time you die, you lose a heart. Fear not, though, as crafting a Heart with a golden apple can add hearts back, up to the vanilla 10!
Simple Heart System
- You start with 6 hearts instead of the vanilla 10 hearts.
- Every time you die, you lose a heart.
- If you lose all your hearts, you are put into Spectator mode, unable to play, just observe.
- You can regain hearts by crafting and consuming a Homunculus Heart, up to vanilla 10 hearts.
Homunculus Heart
A heart made out of rotten flesh and alchemy. Craft it by surrounding an enchanted golden apple with rotten flesh in a crafting table. Once eaten, grants the user +1 heart. It won't work if you already have 10 hearts, though!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 heartcore-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 18 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.