HealthDrain
Java mod listed for Minecraft 26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Gradually reduces your maximum hearts over time. Configurable timer, countdown HUD, sounds, and manhunt target mode.
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Fabric mod that lowers your maximum hearts on a timer — for challenge runs, speedrun variants, and manhunt-style multiplayer.
Compatible with Minecraft 26.2 / Fabric Loader 0.19.3 (same stack as recent SpeedRunIGT).
Features
- Reduces max health over time (not just current HP)
- Configurable interval, starting hearts, minimum hearts, and hearts lost per interval
- Half-heart support (e.g. floor at 0.5)
- On-screen countdown:
Next heart: M:SS - Optional chat message + loss sound (Off / Hurt / Anvil / Totem)
- Progress saved per player and kept on death
- Paused singleplayer does not drain
- Target mode for manhunt — only one named player is affected
- In-game config via Mod Menu (Cloth Config is bundled)
Defaults
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Starting hearts | 10 |
| Interval | 90 seconds |
| Hearts lost each interval | 1 |
| Minimum hearts | 0.5 |
| Loss sound | Player Hurt |
| Target mode | Off |
Dependencies
Required
- Fabric API
- Fabric Loader 0.19.3+
- Java 25+
Optional
- Mod Menu — in-game settings
- SpeedRunIGT — compatible, not required
Singleplayer
- Install Fabric Loader + Fabric API + this mod (Mod Menu recommended).
- Open Mods → Health Drain (or edit
config/healthdrain.json). - Tune interval / hearts / sound as you like.
- Leave Target mode off for a normal solo challenge.
Multiplayer / manhunt
Drain is decided by the server/host config.
- Enable Target mode.
- Set Target player name to the runner’s username.
- Only that player loses max hearts; everyone else is unaffected.
- LAN / Open to LAN: configure on the host via Mod Menu.
- Dedicated server: edit the server’s
config/healthdrain.json(client Mod Menu won’t change the server).
If target mode is on but the name is empty, nobody is drained.
Config
config/healthdrain.json — or Mod Menu tabs: General, Multiplayer, Display, Audio.
Source & releases: GitHub
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 healthdrain-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1009 KB
- Download link checked 29 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.