Vital Reap
by yoima
In Vital Reap, a player's maximum health is the main resource, gained by killing mobs and lost by taking damage.
What it does
Each player starts with only 1 maximum health point on first join. Killing a mob raises the player's max health by that mob's own max health, and the player is healed by the same amount. Taking damage lowers max health by the amount of damage received, so the total shrinks with each hit. Player kills in PvP also grant max health.
Time drives the pressure. Phases escalate over time and gradually increase the rate at which max health decays, so a player has to keep harvesting before the world catches up. Defeating the Ender Dragon stops the time-based decay for affected players. The mod is built as a chaotic challenge rather than a balanced progression system.
Vital Reap requires Fabric API and runs on Fabric for 26.1 – 26.1.2, with the 1.0.0 file for 26.1.2 as the latest build. It runs on the server alone, so players need nothing extra to join. AttributeFix is an optional dependency. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Health harvesting
Killing mobs raises max health by the victim's own max health, with an equal heal.
Damage cost
Every point of damage taken removes that amount from the player's maximum health.
Escalating decay
Time-based phases steadily increase how fast max health decays across the session.
Dragon ends decay
Defeating the Ender Dragon stops the time-based decay for players it affects.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Challenges is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.21.1 – 26.2 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. The Dragon Scales is a Fabric server-side mod for 26.1 – 26.1.2 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it is not open source. Jellow's Extra Hearts is a Fabric mod for 26.2 that runs on client and server under the MIT License, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital Reap | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-14 |
| Challenges | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-18 |
| The Dragon Scales | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-30 |
| Jellow's Extra Hearts | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-26 |
Questions
Does Vital Reap need Fabric API?
Do players need the mod installed?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Vital Reap is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Vital Reap is a Fabric challenge mod where your maximum health becomes the main resource. Kill mobs to harvest their health and increase your own max HP. Take damage, and your max HP shrinks by the amount of health you actually lost. As time passes, your max HP also decays faster through escalating phases, turning…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vital-reap
- Owner
- yoima
- Published
- 2026-06-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15