Scrub Life Helper
by RegularBen
Scrub Life Helper adds support for a Last Life style survival challenge, with randomized lives, Boogeyman sessions and life sharing on Forge and NeoForge servers.
What it does
Scrub Life Helper supports a life system based on Grian's Last Life series. Each player starts with a set number of lives, and the chat tab color changes as the count drops, so the group can see at a glance who is still in. Life sharing lets players pool their lives, which suits group runs where one player's death should affect the others.
A Boogeyman session is chosen at random. During the session a Boogeyman can kill someone before the session ends, and that player loses one life. The randomized lives system and the Boogeyman support are the core of the challenge, and the mod is built for a group playing together on a server.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. It is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code is public. Builds exist for Forge and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.1.
Key features
Randomized lives system
Lives are handed out and tracked by the server, so every session starts with a set count for each player.
Boogeyman sessions
The server picks a Boogeyman session at random, and a Boogeyman kill during the session costs the victim one life.
Chat tab coloring
The chat tab color follows the number of lives left, so the state of each player is visible in chat.
Life sharing
Players can share lives, so a loss can be tied to the group rather than only the individual.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and groups of friends who want a survival challenge with lives, random Boogeyman sessions and shared lives.
How it compares
Limited Life is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.20.5 – 1.21.1, server required with an optional client, released under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Life Series covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20 – 26.3, is a server-side life mod under a custom license, and is not open source. Scrub Life Helper runs on Forge and NeoForge alone, is built for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with source code public.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrub Life Helper | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-08-23 |
| Limited Life | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.5 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2024-08-21 |
| Life Series | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-20 |
Questions
Does Scrub Life Helper need to be installed on clients?
Which loader should a server use?
Can Scrub Life Helper be used with Limited Life on the same server?
In the catalog
Scrub Life Helper is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
/endsession → Ends the current session; failed Boogeyman gets 1 life ⚔️ Perfect for running your own Last Life–style survival challenge with friends!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/scrub-life-helper
- Owner
- RegularBen
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15