Harder Beds

The mod changes how beds work in survival play. Beds are crafted with iron and an ender pearl, which makes them harder to obtain. Sleeping in a bed inside a village applies adverse potion effects, so players who rest there take on added risk. Beds also drop less often in villages, which makes them rarer to find. Skipping the night with a bed no longer prevents the phantom spawning penalty.

The aim is to make a secure shelter before sleep a planning step instead of a quick skip. Mobs can still reach an unprotected player, so resting becomes a decision about defense and timing. Players who want the normal pace of night skipping back can adjust the settings through ModMenu.

Harder Beds is a Fabric mod. It works on either side, and neither needs it, so it can be installed on a client, a server or both. Files are published for Fabric alone, across 12 release versions 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the latest Fabric file, 1.0.3, is for 26.3. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source. Its source code and issue tracker are public.