Brutal Respawn
by vlad0-0
Brutal Respawn changes what a player has after dying: the respawn restores only 1 health point, and the hunger level returns to its value before death.
What it does
On respawn the player comes back with 1 health point and the hunger level held at the moment of death, minus a penalty. This keeps a player who dies at zero hunger from starving right away, and it blocks a respawn used to reset health and food. The effect is added as a Respawned status. Installation on the server side only is enough; players join without installing it. Released for NeoForge, 1.21 – 1.21.11 game versions, under the MIT License.
Key features
Single health point on respawn
A player returns with 1 health point instead of full health, making death a real setback.
Hunger restored before death
The hunger level is set back to its pre-death value with a penalty, so a player dying at zero food is not starved at once.
Configurable values
Health, hunger points and effect duration can be changed through YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL).
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Brutal Hunger is server-side only and works on NeoForge for 1.21.1 under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license, so it is not open source. Hardcore Spawn is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1, also server-side only and not open source. Hardcore Tweaks runs on client and server for NeoForge and Fabric across 1.21.6 – 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brutal Respawn | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-30 |
| Brutal Hunger | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-07-28 |
| Hardcore Spawn | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-01 |
| Hardcore Tweaks | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.6 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-27 |
Questions
Does Brutal Respawn need to be installed on the client?
In the catalog
Brutal Respawn is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 12,140 Game mechanics mods for NeoForge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
The purpose of this mod is to prevent players from abusing the respawn mechanic to reset hunger and health. Now, players revive with 1 HP and their previous hunger level (starting from version 1.1, a 3-point penalty is applied). To prevent immediate starvation upon respawning (especially if you die with 0 hunger), a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/brutal-respawn
- Owner
- vlad0-0
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15