Sleep Deprived
by VicoShortman
Sleep Deprived is a Forge game mechanics mod that makes the bed matter: a player who stays awake too long gains a sleep deprivation effect that gets worse over time.
What it does
After a set number of minutes without sleeping, a player receives the Sleep Deprivation effect. The effect grows stronger over the course of four phases. Early on it lowers reach and movement speed, then it adds blindness, nausea and strange noises, and in the last phase it starts dealing damage. Exhaustion can reduce a player to one heart, and the length of each phase is set in ticks, with 6000 as the default.
The effect is removed by sleeping in a bed, and an Awake effect blocks it from being applied in the first place. The Awake effect can be obtained through the Red Horse Energy item, which is craftable and can also be found as loot, or by consuming golden apples. The mod also adds hallucination effects. Server owners tune the timing and phases in the configuration, and the mod runs on both client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge 1.20.1, and the license is GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, though the mod is not open source.
Key features
Sleep deprivation phases
The effect passes through four phases, each harsher than the last, with the final phase dealing damage.
Red Horse Energy
A craftable item that grants the Awake effect, which stops sleep deprivation from building up for a time.
Tag-based consumables
Items in the low, mid and high tags apply the Awake effect when consumed, and datapacks can add more items to those tags.
Configurable timing
The minutes before tiredness, the length of each phase in ticks and the exhaustion floor can all be adjusted.
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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.
How it compares
No Thunder Sleep is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it is published under the MIT License for 1.20.1. No Sleep, No Phantoms runs on client and server under the MIT License for 1.20.1, and it deals with phantoms rather than sleep deprivation. Skip Sleep is client and server, under All rights reserved, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep Deprived | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-12 |
| No Thunder Sleep | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-25 |
| No Sleep, No Phantoms | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-26 |
| Skip Sleep | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-02-06 |
Questions
Does Sleep Deprived need to be installed on the server?
Which game version does Sleep Deprived support?
How can a player stop sleep deprivation from building up?
Can the items that grant the Awake effect be changed?
In the catalog
Sleep Deprived is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
DEPRECATED, PLEASE USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, CONTAINS BUGS! A small mod that gives players a reason to use the bed and sleep. After some amount of time without sleeping, you will get the "Sleep Deprivation" effect. The effect will get stronger over time over the course of four phases. Your stats like reach and movement…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sleep_deprived
- Owner
- VicoShortman
- Published
- 2024-09-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15