Prawn's Hardcore - semi hardcore datapack
A simple hardcore datapack where each death removes one heart. Eat an Enchanted Golden Apple to restore it, with a maximum of 10 hearts and a minimum of 1
⬇ Download on Modrinth❤️ Prawn Hardcore – Limited Hearts
Prawn Hardcore adds a simple and balanced limited-heart system to your Minecraft world.
Every player starts with 10 permanent hearts. Each time they die, they permanently lose 1 heart. To recover a lost heart, they must eat an Enchanted Golden Apple.
Features
- Every death removes exactly 1 permanent heart
- Eating an Enchanted Golden Apple restores exactly 1 heart
- Maximum health: 10 hearts
- Minimum health: 1 heart
- Players are never banned, kicked, or forced into spectator mode
- Deaths that occurred before installing the datapack are not counted
- Works in both single-player and multiplayer
Installation
- Download the
.zipfile. - Place it inside:
.minecraft/saves/YOUR_WORLD/datapacks
For a server, place it inside:
world/datapacks
- Start the world or run:
/reload
You can check that the datapack is enabled with:
/datapack list
Important
This datapack changes each player’s permanent maximum health value. Before permanently removing the datapack, it is recommended to reset every player’s maximum health using:
/attribute @a minecraft:generic.max_health base set 20
A challenging hardcore experience without permanent player elimination: lose your hearts, explore the world, and search for valuable Enchanted Golden Apples to recover them! All of this projet is generated by an ai btw :)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.4
- 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.
- Downloads as Prawn_hardcore.zip
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.