Soft Worldborder
Soft Worldborder changes what happens past the world border: players who leave the playable area lose the ability to heal, rather than being blocked from going there.
What it does
Instead of stopping players at the edge, the mod keeps them free to explore beyond the worldborder and applies a Desolation status effect to anyone outside it. While Desolation is active, healing sources such as the Totem of Undying, regeneration and instant healing potions, and absorption no longer restore health. Absorption can be configured separately, so server owners decide how much it is affected.
The mod is aimed at survival, minigame and adventure servers that want a boundary with a cost rather than a wall. Operators at permission level 2 can run commands, and a new world can be started with the border active from the beginning. A player who passes through the border receives the status effect, so the consequence follows the player and not the terrain. Soft Worldborder runs on Fabric for Minecraft 1.20.1 and is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, so it is not open source in the usual sense but carries no restrictions on use.
Key features
Desolation status effect
Players outside the worldborder receive Desolation, which blocks the healing sources they would otherwise use to recover.
Healing sources blocked
The Totem of Undying, regeneration, instant healing potions and similar sources stop restoring health while the effect is active.
Configurable absorption
Absorption hearts can be set to behave differently from other healing, so server owners can tune the penalty.
Operator commands
Permission level 2 operators can run commands to manage the border, and a new world can be created with it in place.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and operators who run minigames or survival worlds with a world border, and players who want the border to carry a consequence rather than a fixed limit.
How it compares
No Border works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.2 and is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License, which is not open source. Worldborder Core is Fabric-only, released under the MIT License as open source, and built for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 with a server required and the client optional. All The Totems is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, covering 1.21.4 – 1.21.11, so it does not target 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Worldborder | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-25 |
| No Border | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-20 |
| Worldborder Core | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-30 |
| All The Totems | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-13 |
Questions
Does Soft Worldborder need Fabric API?
Does Soft Worldborder have to be installed on both sides?
Can a player be healed while outside the border?
In the catalog
Soft Worldborder is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Prevents healing outside of the worldborder instead of preventing exploration outside of it. Players who leave the worldborder will recieve the status effect "Desolation" and not be able to heal in any capacity. ### Features Desolation prevents recieving healing from sources like: - Eating - Totem of Undying …
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/soft-worldborder
- Owner
- ExternalHost0
- Published
- 2026-06-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15