Way New Health

Health is divided between separate body parts, and each part applies its own debuffs when it takes damage. Heavy damage in one hit raises the chance of a bleeding wound, and bleeding drains blood gradually until the wound closes by itself or is tended. Damage to the head or torso can be lethal at once, so careful play matters. When a body part's health reaches zero, it has a chance to be permanently destroyed, and destroyed parts bring severe debuffs that existing healing methods cannot fix.

A healing item is added, and its effectiveness depends on the type of damage it treats. Healing follows a vanilla-style approach tied to hunger and saturation, and the amount can be adjusted in the settings. Passive regeneration can be switched on or off, and the system is disabled by default. The mod is configurable and is described by its author as an immersive health overhaul, inspired by RimWorld and the Station 14 First Aid mod.

Way New Health is a Forge mod for 1.19 – 1.20.1, with seven release versions and the latest file for 1.20.1. It is installed on the client and on the server, so both need it. The code is released under All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source. One other catalog mod, Way New Medicine, requires it.