Hauled to Hearth
by destructopop
Hauled to Hearth replaces the usual death screen on NeoForge 1.21.1 with a gentler rescue sequence that returns a player to their bed.
What it does
When a player's health reaches zero, the death screen is swapped for a short cozy extraction. The player is whisked back to their bed, with atmospheric sounds and mystical particles, and a warm message from the Elder Hearth. Spore blossoms and cherry leaves drift past during the fade, and a steady heartbeat plays while the world is dark, so the moment feels less like a loss.
Each rescue has a cost that the server can tune. Experience is lost on each rescue, with a light tax or a full wipe as options. A rescued player wakes up with a set amount of health, by default a flat three hearts, or half of maximum health, or full health. Titles and subtitles shown during a normal rescue and a Hardcore rescue can be changed, and the font used for them is selectable. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1.
The mod is closed source and released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Hauled to Hearth has no required dependencies, and it does not depend on other catalog mods to function.
Key features
Cozy extraction
The death screen is replaced by a fade, a return to bed and a short sequence of sounds and particles.
Experience penalty
Experience loss on a rescue ranges from a light tax to a complete wipe, and server owners pick the setting.
Rescue health
Sets the health a player wakes up with after a rescue, with flat three hearts as the default.
Hardcore rescues
Hardcore players get a set number of free rescues before death becomes final, with its own final title and chat message.
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: Server owners and players who want death to be a recoverable event with a customized rescue sequence on NeoForge 1.21.1.
How it compares
Hardcore Tatoo is a client-side only NeoForge mod for 1.21.8, so it does not run on the server and targets a different version. Semi-Hardcore is a client and server mod for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and it is all rights reserved. Timber Hearth is a client and server mod for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.1 – 1.21.10, and it is released under the MIT License and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauled to Hearth | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-25 |
| Hardcore Tatoo | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-05-30 |
| Semi-Hardcore | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-16 |
| Timber Hearth | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-11-03 |
Questions
Does Hauled to Hearth need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Hauled to Hearth support?
Can server owners change the rescue cost?
In the catalog
Hauled to Hearth is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,588 Adventure mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Ever died in Minecraft and just... lost everything? Not anymore. Hauled to Hearth steps in the moment you'd normally see the death screen and gives you something gentler, and if you're the kind of player who wants your close calls to actually mean something, something a little sharper too. When you'd die, the world…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hauled-to-hearth
- Owner
- destructopop
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15