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Mortal Burden
Mortal Burden is a highly configurable Minecraft Fabric mod that adds meaningful consequences to death without being punishing.
⬇ Download on Modrinth"MortalBurden is a highly configurable Minecraft Fabric mod that adds meaningful consequences to death without being punishing. Perfect for survival servers that want to keep keepInventory enabled while maintaining challenge. All 8 features are fully toggleable via gamerules."
Core Features (5)
- Inventory Penalty - Difficulty-scaled item deletion (0% to 80%)
- Burden Debuffs - Weakness + Mining Fatigue (10s to 60s)
- Fragile Hearts - Half health respawn + Hunger
- Grief Weight - Inventory-based Slowness (0 to III)
- Memory Grace - Night Vision + Resistance buffs
Advanced Features (2)
- Death Echo - Item recovery via
/reclaimcommand - Burden Score - Death counter with thresholds via
/burdencommand
Configuration
- 20+ gamerules for full customization
- 3 custom commands for player interaction
- Difficulty scaling (Peaceful → Hardcore)
- Zero config files required
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as mortalburden-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 30 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.