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Half Your Hearts

by somenewguy

Half Your Hearts makes a NeoForge world harder by capping the player's health at half the usual hearts.

NeoForgeServer-side onlyMIT License1.21.4 – 1.21.5

What it does

The mod is server-side only, so only the server needs it and players join without installing anything. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source. NeoForge files exist for 1.21.4 and 1.21.5, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.5 as the latest file, published on 2025-05-03.

Key features

  1. Reduced maximum health

    Players can only reach half of their usual hearts, so every hit and fall weighs more on the run.

  2. Tedious routine tasks

    Simple jobs take longer when a single mistake can cost a large share of the remaining health.

  3. Hardcore-style pressure

    The setting pushes a survival world toward the difficulty of hardcore play without a permanent death rule.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.51.0.0
1.21.41.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Half a Heart Hardcore is a server-side option too, but it also runs on Fabric, Forge and Quilt and is released under the MIT License. Half Heart Only? runs only on NeoForge, targets 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 and is released under All rights reserved.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Half Your HeartsNeoForge1.21.4 – 1.21.5Server-side only2025-05-03
Half a Heart HardcoreFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.2 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-29
Half Heart Only?NeoForge1.21.4 – 1.21.8Server required, client optional2025-08-28

Questions

Does Half Your Hearts need to be installed on the client?

No. The mod is server-side only, so the server runs it and players can join without it.

In the catalog

Half Your Hearts is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,588 Adventure mods for NeoForge. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.

Adventure mods19,031NeoForge modsMods for 1.21.515,307

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What the author says

This Mod Changes The Game To Make it insanely more difficult, you are now stuck at half a heart making simple tasks very very tedious, and if you like hardcore this mod makes hardcore THAT much harder!
somenewguy, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
somenewguy
Published
2025-05-03
Updated on Modrinth
2025-05-03
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

AdventureGame mechanics
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