Hardcore compatability for Epic Death Screen
Hardcore Compatability for Epic Death Screen is a NeoForge patch that lets the Epic Death Screen animation play in hardcore mode, for a player who dies in a hardcore world.
What it does
When a player dies in hardcore mode, the patch shows the cinematic death animation from Epic Death Screen instead of skipping it. Epic Death Screen must be installed alongside the patch, because the patch extends that mod rather than replacing it. The patch is a technical extension for NeoForge 1.21.1 and is distributed as a derivative work under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
After the animation ends, the patch returns the player to spectator mode, so the player can watch the world without taking part until the respawn. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files exist for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with 0.0.1 as the single published build, marked as an alpha release.
Key features
Hardcore death animation
The cinematic death screen from Epic Death Screen plays after a death in a hardcore world, rather than being skipped.
Spectator transition
Once the animation finishes, the player is placed back into spectator mode, where the world can be watched without taking part.
Original mod patched
The patch changes only the hardcore behavior of Epic Death Screen and leaves its animations untouched.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Hardcore survival servers
Server owners running hardcore worlds can add the animation so deaths are shown with the full cinematic sequence.
Single-player hardcore
Players who run a hardcore world locally can see the death animation without a server.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who run hardcore worlds on NeoForge 1.21.1 and want the Epic Death Screen animation to appear when a character dies.
How it compares
Splat's Enhanced Hardcore is server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.8, so clients need nothing extra. Death Wisp is a client and server mod under the MIT License, published for 1.21.1 alone. Hardcore Tatoo is client-side only, released under All rights reserved, and targets 1.21.8.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcore compatability for Epic Death Screen | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-02 |
| Splat's Enhanced Hardcore | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-08-21 |
| Death Wisp | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-29 |
| Hardcore Tatoo | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-05-30 |
Questions
Does Hardcore Compatability for Epic Death Screen need Epic Death Screen?
Do both the server and the players need the patch?
Which versions does the patch support?
In the catalog
Hardcore compatability for Epic Death Screen is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Technical extension for NeoForge 1.21.1 that enables cinematic death animations in Hardcore mode. This is a technical patch for the original Epic Death Screen mod by Litewer. This patch enables the cinematic death screen in Hardcore mode, which is not supported in the original version.
Official listing
- Owner
- MiamiSpellcaster
- Published
- 2026-05-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15