Shared Life
by Gimmeh
Shared Life makes the whole group share one health bar, so damage taken by any player lowers the health of everyone on the server.
What it does
Shared Life replaces individual health with a single bar that every player draws from. A hit to one player appears in chat with the amount and its source, and a summary at the end shows how much damage each player took since the last full health. The mod also links hunger and experience across the group, so food and XP are shared as well.
Death is handled as a group event. When one player dies, the mod can end the run for everyone without sharing health, which keeps the difficulty tied to the group. Natural regeneration only works while the whole group stays fed, so a single player cannot eat alone and restore the shared bar. The mod is meant for cooperative, challenging multiplayer play and pairs well with a hardcore setting.
Installation needs Fabric API on Fabric and Forge Config API Port on NeoForge. Server owners install it, and players connect with no copy of their own. The code is open source under the MIT License, and files are published for Fabric and NeoForge for 26.2 with 26.2-0.3.0 as the latest build.
Key features
Shared health bar
All players draw from one health bar, so any damage affects the entire group at once.
Damage announcements
Chat reports who took damage, how much, and the source, giving the group a running record of each hit.
Damage summary
When the run ends, chat shows how much damage each player took since the last full health.
Shared hunger and experience
Hunger and experience are pooled across the group, so food and XP are not kept by individual players.
Group-wide death
One player's death can end the run for everyone, without needing shared health.
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 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and groups of players who want a cooperative challenge where survival depends on the whole team and no one can blame others for deaths.
How it compares
Shared Health by Gamepire is a Fabric-only server mod for 1.21, under All rights reserved and not open source. ShareLife is a client and server mod for 1.21.1 – 26.2 under the MIT License, but it is not open source in this listing. Dynamic Hunger runs on client and server for 1.20.5 – 26.3 under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared Life | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-27 |
| Shared Health by Gamepire | Fabric | 1.21 | Server-side only | 2026-01-03 |
| ShareLife | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-29 |
| Dynamic Hunger | Fabric | 1.20.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-07-31 |
Questions
Does Shared Life require Fabric API?
Do players need to install Shared Life?
Does the shared health bar regenerate on its own?
In the catalog
Shared Life is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Makes all players share one health bar. When one player takes damage, it affects all players in the world. The intention is to create a challenging multiplayer experience where players cooperate to survive (or blame each other for their deaths). Ideally paired with hardcore mode. Natural regeneration is a group…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gimme-shared-life
- Owner
- Gimmeh
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15