
Soft Worldborder
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on Modrinth
Prevents healing outside of the worldborder instead of preventing exploration outside of it. Players who leave the worldborder will recieve the status effect "Desolation" and not be able to heal in any capacity.
Features
Desolation prevents recieving healing from sources like:
- Eating
- Totem of Undying
- Potions (Regeneration, Instant Healing, etc)
- Absorption (configurable)
- etc..
Usage
In a new world (as op) you might run:
/swb set minecraft:overworld enabled true
/swb set minecraft:overworld halfWidth 500
Images
As you get close to the border:

When you pass through the border you will be given the status effect:

Configuration
Operator's level >=2 are able to call the commands:
# enables/disables the border in the specified dimension
/swb set modid:dimension_name enabled <true|false>
# determines the number of blocks out from the origin in which the walls are placed
/swb set modid:dimension_name halfWidth <number>
# determines the center
/swb set modid:dimension_name origin <x, z>
# returns current configuration for a dimension
/swb get modid:dimension_name
# returns the current configuration for all dimensions
/swb list
# reloads currently set configuration file into server, only necessary if commands were not used
/swb reload
Credits:
Inspired by, but didn't have the version I wanted this mod to be used in: https://modrinth.com/mod/no-heal-border
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 softworldborder-1.1.2+mc1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 45 KB
- Download link checked 24 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.