Revival Shrine & Lives System
by Void Mods
Revival Shrine & Lives System gives every player a set number of lives, and a player who runs out is held in Spectator Mode until a friend revives them at a shrine.
What it does
Each player starts with 10 lives, and the starting count can be changed in the config. A death removes one life and sends a warning to chat. Lives are kept across server restarts, and the mod also works with offline-mode TLauncher. Once a player reaches zero lives, they stay in Spectator Mode until another player builds a Revival Altar and revives them. The Revival Altar is a multiblock ritual rather than a single block, so the layout has to be built correctly before it works.
Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. It is published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.21.8, with the latest file 1.2.0 for 1.21.8 dated 2026-03-05. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Lives counter with HUD
Remaining lives appear as hearts in the top-right corner of the screen.
Health-based heart colors
Hearts turn red at 4 or more health, orange at 1 to 3, and grey at 0.
Soul Crystals and Soul Portal
Soul Crystals are required in crafting, and a Soul Portal is opened when a crystal is set within a framed square of Amethyst Blocks.
Sky Islands and Ritual Pedestals
Floating islands above Y=180 in the Soul Nexus world feature are needed for revival, and certain islands generate with pedestals and shrines already in place.
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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.
Use cases
Hardcore-lite survival servers
A server can run a survival world where a death costs one life, giving players a limited but recoverable number of chances.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a lives limit without a full hardcore setup, and players who prefer recovery through cooperation over a single permanent loss.
How it compares
No One's Immortal is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5, released under the MIT License and open source, that runs on client and server. Hulis Z-Crystals is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is server-side only, covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, so players need nothing installed. Revival Shrine & Lives System covers only 1.21.8 and its revival depends on a multiblock altar rather than a standard lives block.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revival Shrine & Lives System | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-03-05 |
| No One's Immortal | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2026-01-06 |
| Hulis Z-Crystals | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-12-25 |
Questions
What does Revival Shrine & Lives System require?
Does the server need the mod installed?
How does a player get revived?
Are lives kept after a server restart?
In the catalog
Revival Shrine & Lives System is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Revival Lives Shrine adds a hardcore-lite lives system to your survival server. Every player starts with 10 lives — each death costs one. When you run out, you're locked in Spectator Mode until a friend builds a Revival Altar to bring you back. The world now features Soul Nexus Sky Islands, floating high-altitude…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/revival-lives-shrine
- Owner
- Void Mods
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15