Difficulty Origins
by Wonda
Difficulty Origins adds a set of difficulty origins that a player picks when joining a Fabric server, changing how the survival rules work.
What it does
Difficulty Origins is an add-on to Origins that lets players on a multiplayer or SMP world choose how hard they want the game to be. The new origins layer over the base Origins choices, so each player can pick a difficulty without changing the rules for everyone else on the server.
The options change familiar survival behaviour: most mobs ignore a player who keeps items on death, players cannot sleep to set a spawn point with a bed, and health does not regenerate passively. Two harder choices, Difficult and Impossible, are paired with a free Orb Origin for players who find the run frustrating. Localization languages are included.
Origins is required, and the mod is published for Fabric only, with builds for 1.20.1 and 1.20.2 and version 1.0.0 for 1.20.2 as the latest file. The environment is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and the code is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which places it in the public domain and is open source.
Key features
Difficulty origins
New origins sit alongside the base Origins choices, and each player selects the difficulty they want.
Harder survival rules
Options stop health from regenerating passively and block setting a spawn point by sleeping in a bed.
Item keeping on death
Most mobs ignore a player who keeps their items on death, changing how risky a death is.
Free Orb Origin
Difficult and Impossible come with a free Orb Origin meant for players who find those levels frustrating.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Remove Base Origins is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20 – 1.20.6 under the Apache License 2.0, and it is not open source, so it removes the base origins rather than adding difficulty options. Orb Of Origin Cooldown is server required with client optional, covers 1.20 – 1.20.6 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and is not open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Fabricated Difficulty is server-side only, open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, and supports 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difficulty Origins | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.2 | Server-side only | 2023-11-19 |
| Remove Base Origins | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-08 |
| Orb Of Origin Cooldown | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-12 |
| Fabricated Difficulty | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-02-09 |
Questions
Does Difficulty Origins need Origins installed?
Does every player need the mod installed?
Which game versions does Difficulty Origins support?
Does Difficulty Origins work on Forge?
In the catalog
Difficulty Origins is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
Difficulty Origins is a mod that adds in a new origins layer for difficulty options. This will allow players on an SMP world to pick and choose how difficult they want the game to be. (Both Difficult and Impossible provide a free Orb of Origin for frustrated players.)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/difficulty-origins
- Owner
- Wonda
- Published
- 2023-11-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-11-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15