Heartcore (Hardcore Alternative)
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
(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 22 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.