Ethereal Mediumcore
by HexagoNiin
Ethereal Mediumcore adds an Ethereal Campfire that lets players revive a fallen friend in a hardcore world, at the cost of half their maximum health.
What it does
When a friend dies in a hardcore world, the group normally has to choose between carrying on without them or abandoning the world for a new one. The mod adds a way to bring a dead player back instead. A player crafts an Ethereal Campfire by first making a Soul Campfire, placing it, and throwing an offering on it, then uses an Echo Shard to turn the flame white. Once the campfire is made, the player walks up and uses it.
Using the campfire takes away half of the player's current maximum health and stores it as a life charge. With a life charge in hand, the player can see dead players as spectators around them and use the charge to revive one of them. The revived player's maximum health is set to the amount stored in the charge. Players who make the campfire by mistake, or who wish to recover lost maximum health, can consume the charge themselves to get it back without the offering. The mod is meant for Fabric worlds that play classic survival, and it needs Fabric API to run. Because the campfire never splits hearts, dividing maximum health always leaves whole hearts.
Key features
Ethereal Campfire block
A new block at the center of the revive mechanic, crafted from a Soul Campfire and activated by an Echo Shard.
Life charges
Half of a player's maximum health is stored as a charge, which can later revive a dead friend.
Spectator view of the dead
A player holding a life charge sees dead players as spectators around them and can pick one to revive.
Configurable offering
The item or block that serves as the offering can be changed in the config, and tags such as logs or trim templates work as well.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run hardcore survival worlds with friends on Fabric 1.21.4, and server owners who host them.
How it compares
Hardcore Revive Mode is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license, which is not open source. Revive Rod is an MIT licensed, open source Fabric mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.8. Not So Hardcore is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 26.3 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereal Mediumcore | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-02-11 |
| Hardcore Revive Mode | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-11-09 |
| Revive Rod | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-22 |
| Not So Hardcore | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
Questions
Does Ethereal Mediumcore need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod as well?
What is the cost of reviving a friend?
In the catalog
Ethereal Mediumcore is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
You're playing hardcore with friends when suddenly someone dies. Now you're faced with a choice: either you continue playing without that friend or you say goodbye to your world and create a new one.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ethereal-mediumcore
- Owner
- HexagoNiin
- Published
- 2025-04-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15