Bad Respawn
by arndew
Bad Respawn makes a respawning bed or respawn anchor leave the player weakened, with low health and low hunger when they come back.
What it does
Bad Respawn changes what happens after a player uses a bed or a respawn anchor to set a spawn point. Respawning at that point leaves the player with low health and low hunger, so the spawn is less convenient than it is in vanilla. The mod adds a set of status effects to handle these penalties, including a Fragility effect that makes the player take 50% more damage while it lasts.
The mod also adds a Ghost entity that can appear while a player is under the hallucination effect. The ghost spawns near the player and can hunt them through walls once it has found them, which keeps the threat active after the respawn. Bad Respawn runs on Fabric for 1.20.6 and 1.21, so the server and every player need the mod, and it is released under the MIT License as open source.
Key features
Weakened respawns
Respawning at a bed or respawn anchor leaves the player with low health and low hunger.
Fragility status effect
A custom effect that makes the affected player take 50% more damage.
Ghost entity
A ghost spawns for players under the hallucination effect and can track them through walls.
Status effect set
The mod registers its own status effects, which the penalties after respawning are built from.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Hardcore survival
Players who want death to carry a cost after the respawn point is set can rely on the low health and hunger penalty.
Horror-themed packs
The Ghost entity and hallucination effect suit packs that aim for a tense, unsettling tone.
Who it’s for: Players who want a harder respawn in survival or horror-themed packs, and server owners who run a modpack with a higher difficulty setting.
How it compares
Villagers Respawn is server-side only, licensed under the MIT License, and not open source, with files for Fabric and Forge across 1.20 – 1.21.1. Randomized Respawn is also server-side only and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, with a Fabric file for 1.20.1. Save State runs on client and server for 1.21.1 – 26.3 and is open source under the MIT License, so it covers a different function from Bad Respawn.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Respawn | Fabric | 1.20.6 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-08-03 |
| Villagers Respawn | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-08-28 |
| Randomized Respawn | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-09-11 |
| Save State | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-03-25 |
Questions
Does Bad Respawn need Fabric API?
Does Bad Respawn have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Bad Respawn support?
In the catalog
Bad Respawn is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bad-respawn
- Owner
- arndew
- Published
- 2024-06-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-08-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15