The Hearts Mod
The Hearts Mod changes how many hearts a player has, letting entities drop hearts that raise maximum health for a Forge world on 1.20.1.
What it does
Players start a world with one heart, and hearts come from entity drops, so health grows as the player defeats mobs. The difficulty setting can start a player with a half heart instead, and each drop then adds a half heart rather than a whole one. Harder drops are tied to the mob they come from, so later progress tends to bring stronger heart drops. The mod works through attribute modifiers, which may conflict with other mods that change maximum health in the same way. It runs on the client and the server, so both need it, and it is published for Forge on 1.20.1 under the MIT License, not as open source.
Key features
Heart drops from entities
Defeated mobs can drop hearts that permanently raise the player's maximum health.
Starting health setting
A hard setting starts the player with a half heart, and drops then add half a heart each.
Attribute modifier health
Health changes are applied through attribute modifiers on the player.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Death Redone is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, under the MIT License, and is not open source. Half a Heart Hardcore covers a different range, 1.21.2 – 26.3, and needs only the server, with its own MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hearts Mod | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-04 |
| Death Redone | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-06 |
| Half a Heart Hardcore | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-29 |
Questions
Does The Hearts Mod need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
The Hearts Mod is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod makes any entity drop a heart when it does not just players and when the player joins or starts their world they will start with one heart and they can keep obtaining hearts and get more powerful and each entity drops at least one heart but if the dificulty is set to hard then the player will start with just…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-hearts-mod
- Owner
- fernandoplayz89
- Published
- 2025-02-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15