Creative in hardcore
Creative in hardcore lets the recorded owner of a world grant or revoke creative mode for selected players, and it is a Fabric and Forge mod that runs on the client alone.
What it does
Creative access is limited to the world owner. Singleplayer and LAN worlds record the player who created them as owner, and on dedicated servers the first player to initialize the world becomes the recorded owner. Once administration is locked, that UUID stays fixed. Operators do not automatically become administrators, so server permissions alone do not grant creative access.
Only the recorded owner can enable, disable, grant or revoke creative access. Authorized players can use creative mode but cannot pass access on to other players unless the owner allows it. In survival, creative, adventure and hardcore worlds alike, the mod keeps working, and authorized players can switch modes with the vanilla F3+F4 switcher. Each world keeps its own owner record in a config file that is created on first run.
The mod is client-side only, so a server that runs vanilla clients does not need it installed for players to join. It is released under the MIT License as open source, and the same jar works across the supported environments: singleplayer, LAN, and dedicated Fabric servers. Files are published for Fabric and Forge on 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, with the latest Fabric file at 4.9.1 for 26.3 and the latest Forge file at 1.0.0 for 26.1.1.
Key features
Owner-controlled creative access
The recorded world owner decides which players may use creative mode, and can revoke that access at any time.
Per-world owner record
Each world stores the UUID of its owner, so the permission follows the world rather than the operator list.
Authorized player switching
Authorized players can switch game mode with the vanilla F3+F4 switcher without any extra command.
Chat command
The hccreative command is used to manage access, and the config file controls the initial setup.
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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.
How it compares
Hardcore LAN Commands is client-side only with All rights reserved, for 26.2 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge. Open to LAN Fix is also client-side only with All rights reserved, and covers 26.2 on Fabric only. Server Restart Command is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and works on Fabric for 26.1 – 26.2. Creative in hardcore is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, and covers the Fabric and Forge files listed above.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative in hardcore | Fabric and Forge | 26.1.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-23 |
| Hardcore LAN Commands | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| Open to LAN Fix | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-11 |
| Server Restart Command | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-08 |
Questions
Does Creative in hardcore need to be installed on a dedicated server?
Which loaders are supported?
Can an authorized player give creative access to someone else?
In the catalog
Creative in hardcore is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Hardcore Creative is a Fabric server-side mod that gives the recorded world owner controlled creative access without making every operator, LAN guest, command block, console source, or server player a mod administrator. It is designed for singleplayer worlds, LAN worlds, and dedicated Fabric servers. The same jar…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/creative-in-hardcore
- Owner
- zihan.wang20122020
- Published
- 2026-04-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15