Alternative Punishments
Alternative Punishments replaces the usual death penalty on Fabric with a loss of maximum health, which players can recover by eating apples of the gilded kind.
What it does
On death, a player loses one heart of maximum health, up to a maximum of five hearts lost. Eating a Golden Apple restores a heart, and an Enchanted Golden Apple restores health to its full amount. A dedicated antidote item is also added, and its heal amount can be set in the config. Players therefore have a route back from the penalty without relying on items alone.
The mod can force the world's keep inventory rule on, so items are not dropped when a player dies, and the death penalty stays limited to health. Several settings are exposed in the config file: force keep inventory, the antidote heal amount, and whether death removes health at all. The author notes that the project is set in a loose plan, with further options listed as planned features rather than shipped ones.
The server must run the mod, while players may leave it out, so the mod works on the server alone and clients need nothing extra. It is published for Fabric only, with one file for 1.20.4, version 1.0, dated 2024-03-31. The code is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which places no rights reservation on it, and the mod is not open source.
Key features
Health loss on death
Each death removes one heart of maximum health, to a cap of five lost hearts.
Golden Apple recovery
Eating a Golden Apple regains one heart, and an Enchanted Golden Apple restores health fully.
Dedicated antidote item
A separate antidote item restores health, and its amount is set through the config.
Keep inventory option
The world's keep inventory rule can be forced on, so items stay with the player after death.
Configurable penalty
The config file controls the keep inventory setting, the antidote heal amount and whether death removes health.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Keep XP on Death is a server-side only Fabric mod for 1.19.4 – 1.20.4, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and open source, so it covers experience rather than health. Candy Golden Hearts is a Fabric mod for 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 with a client and server environment under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it is not open source. Keep Inventory Nerf is a Fabric mod for 1.21.9 – 26.3, client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternative Punishments | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-03-31 |
| Keep XP on Death | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-02-08 |
| Candy Golden Hearts | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-12-16 |
| Keep Inventory Nerf | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-04 |
Questions
Which Minecraft versions does Alternative Punishments support?
Can players restore lost hearts?
In the catalog
Alternative Punishments is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Do you heavily dislike needing to retrieve your items and EXP after every death, but you feel that using keep inventory is cheaty? Alternative Punishments is a mod that adds a different punishment for death- losing your max health. This may sound bad, however, it really isn't. Each death, you lose 1 heart, up to a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/alternative-punishments
- Owner
- trashoflevillage
- Published
- 2024-03-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15