HeartBalance: Health Pickups & player starting health
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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First, this mod makes enemies drop 'health pickup' hearts, which heal the player on contact if needed. If you touch them at full health, they become an item for healing later, and can be crafted into stronger ersions. Drops can be changed in the config file
Second, this mod allows you to customize the players initial starting health, so you can start at 3, 5, or even 20 hearts to begin with
By default you still get 10 hearts, but in your single player world or modpack you can set this to something low for a challenge, or much more to soak up damage
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.19.4
- 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 CurseForge — 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 heartbalance-1.20.1-1.0.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 24 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
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