Fractured Hearts
by Renthy
Fractured Hearts makes every death cost a heart, so a player's maximum health shrinks with each loss until the player is removed from play.
What it does
When a player dies, the mod removes hearts from that player's maximum health. The amount lost per death, the starting value, and the minimum and maximum limits are all set in the configuration. Once a player reaches zero hearts, the player enters spectator mode and cannot respawn, which the mod treats as the permanent end of that character.
Hearts can be won back. Enchanted Golden Apples are the only way to restore lost hearts, and each apple gives a set number of hearts. The mod also offers a permadeath option and a PvP option, where killing another player takes one of the victim's hearts and adds it to the killer. Both options are off by default.
Fractured Hearts is a server-side mod with a client-side part that is optional. The server needs it to run the rules, while players can add it to see the mod's values on their own screens. It is built for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 1.21 – 1.21.11, and is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. The mod is not open source. Its issue tracker is public, and a Data pack version is also available for servers that cannot run a loader.
Key features
Heart loss per death
Each death removes a set number of hearts from the player's maximum health, with the amount set in the configuration.
Spectator end state
A player who reaches zero hearts enters spectator mode and cannot respawn, which makes the loss permanent.
Enchanted Golden Apple recovery
Enchanted Golden Apples restore lost hearts, providing the only route back to full health.
PvP heart stealing
When enabled, a player who kills another steals one of the victim's hearts, changing how combat is valued.
Permadeath challenge
An optional permadeath setting turns the system into a hardcore challenge, with no recovery after the final death.
Adjustable limits
Starting hearts, minimum and maximum hearts, heart loss and heart gain per apple can each be changed in the config.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Fractured Hearts have to be on the client?
Which loader does Fractured Hearts need?
How does a player get hearts back?
In the catalog
Fractured Hearts is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
💔 Fractured Hearts --- Every death shatters your hearts. Recover them with rare apples, or face oblivion. Fractured Hearts adds a permanent death penalty system to Minecraft — each time you die, you lose hearts. Recover them by crafting expensive enchanted golden apples, or enable permadeath for the ultimate…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fractured-hearts
- Owner
- Renthy
- Published
- 2025-12-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15