Life Crystals
by Minigee
Life Crystals adds mineable crystals that raise a player's maximum health, and the shards that craft into them.
What it does
Life crystals are found in the world as ore and are mined with an iron pickaxe or better. Their generation behaves much like diamond ore, with similar rarity and the same range of levels. Each life crystal is crafted from six life crystal shards, which come from mining life crystal ore. Shards can also show up loose in chests found in dungeon-style structures such as ancient cities, buried treasure sites, desert pyramids and abandoned mineshafts.
The feature can be switched off in the config file, and the mod's settings for life crystals are kept in a life crystals.json file. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, with its source code and issue tracker public. Files exist for Fabric only, across six release versions 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and the latest file is 1.0.4 for 1.21.1, published on 2025-04-10. Installation covers the server and each player's game.
Key features
Max health crystals
Mining a life crystal raises the player's maximum health, which is the only effect of the item.
Ore generation
Life crystal ore spawns at levels and rarity similar to diamond ore, so it is found deep underground.
Crafted from shards
Six life crystal shards combine into one life crystal, and the shards are gathered from the ore or from chests.
Chest loot
Loose life crystal shards are placed in chests inside dungeon-style structures like ancient cities, buried treasure, desert pyramids and abandoned mineshafts.
Config file option
The chest loot and ore generation can be turned off in the config file, and settings live in life crystals.json.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want a health progression that runs through mining and exploration, without a separate magic system.
How it compares
Heart Crystals is also a health-increasing option, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, with files for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 26.3. Life Tokens covers only Fabric for 1.20 – 1.20.1 and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Life Crystals runs on Fabric alone and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Crystals | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-10 |
| Heart Crystals | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-26 |
| Life Tokens | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-06-28 |
Questions
Does Life Crystals need Fabric API?
Does the server need Life Crystals?
Can the ore and chest loot be disabled?
Which game versions does Life Crystals support?
In the catalog
Life Crystals is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A small mod that adds life crystals that can be used to increase max health. Life crystals can be crafted using life crystal shards, which can be found by mining life crystal ore using an iron pickaxe or better. This ore has a similar generation behavior and rarity as diamond, and can be found at diamond levels. Each…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/life-crystals
- Owner
- Minigee
- Published
- 2024-02-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15