Heartless Pursuit
by Kd_Gaming1
Heartless Pursuit is a Fabric minigame that lets players gain extra hearts as they level up, and lets them take hearts from one another.
What it does
Players earn an extra heart each time they reach a set number of XP levels, with the interval adjustable in the mod's configuration. Hearts rise as the player advances, which turns experience into a competition over who holds the highest maximum health.
A player can also defeat others to take their XP, which raises the thief's heart count while weakening the opponent. The mod adds a command that lists players by level, and the Tab list lets everyone check standings during a match. It is server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and it runs on Fabric across 9 release versions, 1.21.3 – 1.21.11. The mod is published under a custom license and is not open source. Fabric is the only loader it supports, so Forge and NeoForge servers cannot run it.
Key features
Extra hearts from XP
A heart is granted at every configured XP level milestone, starting from the default interval of five levels.
Steal XP from other players
Defeating a player transfers part of their experience, letting the attacker grow their heart count at the cost of the victim.
Level standings in the Tab list
The Tab list shows each player's level, and the listplayerlevels command reports who holds the most XP.
Adjustable heart rewards
The heart reward amounts and level intervals can be changed in the configuration, so server owners can tune pacing.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Lifesteal is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 that is server required and client optional, released under CC0 1.0 Universal. Mob Lifesteal covers only Fabric and 1.21.11, with a custom license and a server-required, client-optional environment. Heartless Pursuit differs in that it ties hearts to XP levels and player-versus-player theft, rather than to kills.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartless Pursuit | Fabric | 1.21.3 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-02 |
| Lifesteal | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-10 |
| Mob Lifesteal | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-25 |
Questions
Does Heartless Pursuit need to be installed on the client?
Which loader does Heartless Pursuit support?
Can the heart rewards be changed?
In the catalog
Heartless Pursuit is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/heartless-pursuit
- Owner
- Kd_Gaming1
- Published
- 2024-11-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15