Pain Scale
by Garkatron
Pain Scale is a BTA Babric mod for b1.7.3 that ties difficulty to a player's progress, adding points that raise enemy strength and grant extra health.
What it does
Points are earned by defeating enemies and surviving days, and they drive a dynamic difficulty system. As the total grows, enemies hit harder and carry more health, so combat asks more of the player over time. Dying costs points, which makes each survival choice matter.
Extra health points are granted through achievements tied to gameplay, letting a player go past the default health limit. Players can adjust the settings to suit their preferences, since the mod offers several configuration options. Pain Scale requires HalpLibe to run, and it is published for BTA Babric on b1.7.3 with snapshot builds available. It runs on client and server, so a server and every player need it. The code is available publicly, and the mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, which means it is not open source.
Key features
Point-based progression
Points come from killing enemies and surviving days, and they raise the difficulty level as the total climbs.
Stronger and tougher enemies
Enemy attacks deal more damage and enemies gain more health, so fights grow harder the further a player advances.
Death penalty
Dying removes points, so survival decisions carry a cost and players have a reason to play carefully.
Health point progression
Achievements earned through play grant additional health bars beyond the default limit.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Long survival runs
Points accumulate over many days, so a long world gradually shifts from mild to demanding.
Adjusted challenge
Configuration options let a player tune how sharply the difficulty rises.
Who it’s for: Players of Better Than Adventure who want survival to get harder as their progress grows, and server owners who want difficulty that responds to play.
How it compares
Boneful is a client and server BTA Babric mod for b1.7.3 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, and it is not open source. Caves and Cliffs-BTA is a client and server BTA Babric mod for b1.7.3 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and is open source. Pain Scale, by contrast, is also client and server but is not open source, and it is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain Scale | BTA Babric | b1.7.3 | Client and server | 2025-11-01 |
| boneful [BTA] | BTA Babric | 1.7.3 | Client and server | 2025-05-28 |
| Caves and Cliffs-BTA | BTA Babric | b1.7.3 | Client and server | 2026-01-25 |
Questions
Does Pain Scale need HalpLibe?
Does the server need Pain Scale?
Which game version does Pain Scale support?
In the catalog
Pain Scale is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder. 567 mods support Minecraft b1.7.3.
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What the author says
Customize your gameplay experience with flexible configuration options tailored to your preferences.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pain-scale
- Owner
- Garkatron
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15