MCHelden
by Bananemdnsa
MCHelden is a NeoForge survival game mode in which a limited run of about twenty players is played through a single rule set.
What it does
Each player starts with three hearts. Death costs one heart, and a player who reaches zero is removed from the run rather than banned. Combat timers, fleeing and logging out, death graves and a split inventory are part of the rules, and a screen drawn on the client shows the state of the run.
The mod is written around one event that handles the rules that nothing else covers. A player is paired with one opponent in a 50/50 mutual bounty duel, and a wall splits the world in half so each pair hunts back and forth across it. The run moves through three phases, ending in the Final War, and a fourth heart can be earned only in one way.
MCHelden covers the rules of the run, while History Stages handles what players may reach, which is why it is an optional dependency. The mod is published for NeoForge on 1.21.1, and its Command Reference branch gives the reasons behind each rule. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
Key features
Limited-run survival
A game mode for a fixed group of about twenty players, played through a single rule set in one config file.
Hearts, timers and graves
Three hearts per player, a combat timer, death graves and a split inventory add pressure to every fight.
Mutual bounty duels
Each player is paired with an opponent, and a roll picks who must hunt the other once per run, at the same moment for everyone.
Command reference
A helden command branch lets operators undo a mistake with a single command, though the rules themselves cannot be tuned.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
Use cases
Competitive server runs
Server owners host a fixed-length run where all players start together and the wall and phases shape the match.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy structured multiplayer runs with a fixed end, and server owners who want a ruleset that runs the same way every time.
Questions
Does MCHelden need History Stages?
Does the server need the mod?
Which Java version is required?
In the catalog
MCHelden is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
MCHelden is a survival game mode written for one event: Minecraft Heroes 1, a limited run with about twenty players. It has one rule set and no config file. You cannot tune it. It handles the rules and nothing else. There is no world generation, no item gating and no progression here, because that half belongs to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mc-helden
- Owner
- Bananemdnsa
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15