Timed Lives
by duzos
Timed Lives gives each player eight lives on a three-hour countdown, with a timer shown in the bottom right corner of the screen.
What it does
The mod adds a time-limited life system to a Forge world. Each player starts with 8 lives and a default timer of 3 hours. The timer is displayed in the bottom right of the player's screen. Every death costs 1 hour of the remaining time, and a message announces the change to the players. A player who dies with more than 1 hour left keeps the origin they were given, while a player who dies with less than 1 hour left sees the timer reach 0 and loses one origin life.
When the timer runs out, the player who has no lives left is moved into spectator mode, and a message tells all players whose lives have run out. The mod also selects a random player as the boogeyman, and a message announces the chosen player to everyone. Timed Lives runs on client and server and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Builds cover 1.19 – 1.19.4 on Forge, with 1.0 for 1.19.4 as the latest file.
Key features
Eight lives per player
Each player starts with eight lives, and each death reduces the total lives remaining.
Countdown timer on screen
A three-hour timer sits in the bottom right of the screen and shows the time left in the run.
Time penalty on death
Every death removes one hour from the timer, and the change is announced in chat.
Spectator mode on expiry
A player whose lives run out is switched to spectator mode, and the run is announced to all players.
Random boogeyman
The mod picks one random player as the boogeyman and announces the choice to everyone.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival challenge runs
Groups playing together can set a shared time limit and compete to last the longest on a server.
Who it’s for: Server owners and groups who want a timed survival challenge with a social element, where one player is picked as the boogeyman.
How it compares
Z-Life Season 2 runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 26.3 and is server required, with the client optional, under All rights reserved. Scrub Life Helper is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, so players join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timed Lives | Forge | 1.19 – 1.19.4 | Client and server | 2023-07-22 |
| Z-Life Season 2 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-24 |
| Scrub Life Helper | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-08-23 |
Questions
Does Timed Lives need to be installed on the server?
What happens when a player's timer reaches zero?
Which Minecraft versions does Timed Lives support?
In the catalog
Timed Lives is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 9,374 mods support Minecraft 1.19.4.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/timed-lives
- Owner
- duzos
- Published
- 2023-07-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-07-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15