Pioneers Additions
by AyUpItsAli
Pioneers Additions gives a Fabric server a configurable lives system, where players start with a set number of lives and lose one on each death.
What it does
Lives are split across colour groups. The default Green group starts with 3 lives, Yellow with 6, Red with 9 and Gray with 0, giving players a total of 9 lives across the groups when playing with the default colours. A player in Yellow gains a life for each Green player killed, and a Red player gains a life for killing a Green or Yellow player. Gray players cannot gain lives this way.
Gray is reserved for players with 0 lives. Under the Life Series approach that inspired the mod, such players are sent to spectator mode, but Gray players here stay in survival mode, can keep playing and cannot regain lives. The lives count, the group names and the number of lives lost on death are all set in the config, so a server can adapt the system to its own multiplayer play. Fabric API is required, and Mod Menu is optional. The mod runs on the client and the server, and it bundles Cardinal Components API and MidnightLib. Files exist for 1.20 – 1.21.4, with 1.3.3-1.21.4 as the latest Fabric file for 1.21.4, under All rights reserved.
Key features
Configurable lives per group
Each group has its own life count, and the config controls how many lives are lost on death.
Custom group names
Groups can be renamed in the config; the defaults follow the Pioneers SMP naming.
Lives command toggle
Giving lives with a command can be enabled or disabled in the config, and it is off by default.
Gray group rules
Gray players hold 0 lives and can only leave the group by a direct change to the lives count.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
Embedded 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners running multiplayer games where players compete over a limited number of lives, and players who join those servers.
How it compares
Plus Life and Minus Life both work for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and either side can run them while neither needs them, with All rights reserved licenses and versions 1.21.11 – 26.2 and 1.21.6 – 26.2. Lifed is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and runs on Fabric for 1.21.11 – 26.1.2. Pioneers Additions is client and server, with the group system described above.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneers Additions | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-01 |
| Plus Life | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-07 |
| Minus Life | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-07 |
| Lifed | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-28 |
Questions
Does Pioneers Additions require Fabric API?
Do players need the mod installed to join a server?
Can server owners change the lives counts?
In the catalog
Pioneers Additions is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
All features are configurable to fit into your own multiplayer servers. This system aims to create a fun game between players and increase player interaction, while catering to both competitive and casual players.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pioneers-additions
- Owner
- AyUpItsAli
- Published
- 2024-05-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15