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Pills For Illness (PFI)

by Andrew1284prod

Pills For Illness adds a timed viral infection to Minecraft Forge 1.12.2, where players treat symptoms with medicine pills and risk overdose.

ForgeClient and serverGNU General Public License v3.0 or laterOpen source1.12.2

What it does

Infection progresses through six stages over time: at 36.6 minutes the first debuff, Mining Fatigue, appears, then Slowness joins at 46.6 minutes, Weakness at 60.0 minutes, and the final stage adds Poison, Severe Nausea and Blindness. Players can check their exact infection percentage in chat, and server admins can view or set player virus timers with in-game commands that require operator rights.

Taking standard pills too often builds the Overdose status effect, which escalates with use. Every pill taken consumes half a heart and then locks the player out for 10 seconds, which keeps infection symptoms weighed against the risk of taking too much medicine. Recipes for the medicine ingredients and pills are shown in-game through JEI, which is needed to read them.

The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. It runs on the client and the server, so both need it, and the 1.3 Forge file for 1.12.2 is marked as a beta release. Its source code and issue tracker are public.

Key features

  1. Staged viral infection

    An infection moves through six stages, each adding harsher debuffs until the terminal stage.

  2. Overdose mechanics

    Repeated use of standard pills builds an Overdose status effect that grows stronger with each dose.

  3. Admin commands

    Operators can inspect and change each player's virus timer directly with pfi commands.

  4. Starter assistance

    Quality-of-life features help new players get started with the infection system.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.12.21.3
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Lore modpacks

Pack makers use the mod to add an illness mechanic to lore-driven modpacks, including ones built for PA-World.

Survival servers

Server owners can monitor and adjust player infection timers with operator commands while the game runs.

Who it’s for: Modpack authors and survival server owners who want a timed illness system with medicine and overdose mechanics on Minecraft 1.12.2 with Forge.

Questions

Which loader and version does Pills For Illness support?

It is published only for Forge, with files for 1.12.2. The latest file is 1.3, marked as a beta release.

Does the server need Pills For Illness?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

Can the recipes be viewed in the game?

Yes. Recipes for medicine ingredients and pills are shown in-game through JEI Enough Items.

Can a modpack include Pills For Illness without credit?

The license is GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so modpacks using the mod follow that license's terms.

In the catalog

Pills For Illness (PFI) is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.

Food mods6,151Forge modsMods for 1.12.22,920

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What the author says

Pills for Illness is an immersive survival mod that introduces an evolving viral infection, medical diagnostics, crafting, and realistic drug overdose mechanics to Minecraft. Balance the risks of infection symptoms against the dangers of over-medication. All recipes for items, medicine ingredients, and pills can be…
Andrew1284prod, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Andrew1284prod
Published
2026-07-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-13
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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