Heartless Mod
Heartless Mod changes how health works in Minecraft, turning the heart bar into a challenge mechanic for players who want a harder survival run.
What it does
The mod is a challenge mod built around making Minecraft's health system more interesting. Players craft a soul from bones, spider eyes and rotten flesh, then combine souls with diamonds to make a heart, and with molten gold to make a golden heart that adds one extra row of hearts. Fabric and NeoForge builds are both published for 1.21.8, and the mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it.
Key features
Challenge health system
The mod reworks how hearts work, aiming to make Minecraft's health system more interesting to play with.
Soul crafting
A soul is crafted from nine bones, spider eyes and rotten flesh, and it is the starting ingredient for hearts.
Golden hearts
A golden heart is crafted from a heart, four molten gold and four souls, and it grants one extra row of hearts.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Heart Visualizer is a client-side only option for 1.21.8 under the MIT License and is open source, so it changes only the display. Heartless Mod is client and server, and it is not open source, being covered by All rights reserved. 1 Heart Challenge is server-side only, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0, and supports 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 on Fabric and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartless Mod | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-05-22 |
| Heart Visualizer | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2025-09-30 |
| 1 Heart Challenge | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-19 |
Questions
Does Heartless Mod need to be on the server?
In the catalog
Heartless Mod is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Heartless, is a mod focused on making Minecrafts Health system, more interesting, The curse, you start with a cursed heart, if you click on it your health is reduceed to 1, >:3
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/heartless-mod
- Owner
- Oopsallbeans215
- Published
- 2026-05-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15