Modern Damage Control
by Nora5
Modern Damage Control replaces the single health pool with separate body part damage, so a hit to a leg or arm is tracked apart from the torso and head.
What it does
Each hit is assigned to one of seven regions of the body, from the skull and torso down to each limb, and tracked on its own instead of against one shared health bar. A region can be set to apply status effects such as bleeding, fractures or dizziness when it is struck or destroyed. Death still occurs when the vanilla health reaches zero. The mod can run in a SOFT mode, in which only the status effects apply to a struck region.
Armor provides protection points from 1 to 100 per body part, and that protection weakens as durability drops, keeping at least 50 percent. Bullet impact location is calculated from TACZ's hit detection, so the mod depends on TACZ to know which part was struck. It requires Cloth Config API for configuration management and is published for Forge 1.20.1 only, under the MIT License, with source code and a wiki available.
The mod is classed under Adventure and Game mechanics. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files were first published on 2026-05-02, and the latest Forge file, 1.0.4 for 1.20.1, was published on 2026-09-04.
Key features
Seven body parts
Head, chest, stomach, both arms and both legs are tracked separately, instead of one shared health pool.
Status effects on hit
Each body part can apply potion effects such as bleeding, fractures or dizziness when it is hit or destroyed.
Armor by body part
Armor gives protection points from 1 to 100 per part, and the protection weakens as durability drops.
Precise bullet location
Bullet impacts are placed on the body part that was actually struck, using TACZ's hit detection.
SOFT mode
In SOFT mode, body part hits only trigger status effects, while the vanilla health pool still decides death.
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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
Modern Damage Control is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server for Forge 1.20.1. Player: voxel damage (TACZ & Point black) is also open source and client and server, but under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Way New Health covers 1.19 – 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, and Jay Medical is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Damage Control | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-04 |
| Player: voxel damage (TACZ & Point black) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Way New Health | Forge | 1.19 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-28 |
Questions
Does Modern Damage Control require TACZ?
Does Modern Damage Control have to be installed on both sides?
Which configuration library does it need?
In the catalog
Modern Damage Control is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A mod that brings realistic body part damage, advanced armor mechanics, and a tactical medical system to Minecraft.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/modern-damage-control
- Owner
- Nora5
- Published
- 2026-05-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15