
LunaHardcore SMP
A refined vanilla+ client modpack focused on performance, subtle gameplay enhancements, animated textures, and multiplayer quality-of-life for smooth SMP gameplay.
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About this Modpack

🌿 LunaHardcore Official SMP Modpack
The official SMP modpack built by Team Luna.
LunaHardcore refines vanilla Minecraft with carefully curated vanilla-plus content, designed primarily for Hardcore SMP gameplay.
While fully playable in non-hardcore worlds, every system and balance choice is made with Hardcore survival in mind.
The result is a demanding, immersive SMP experience that stays true to vanilla.
⚙️ Built for Hardcore First
- Performance focused for stable FPS and long play sessions
- Optimized memory usage and reduced stuttering
- Tuned for high-risk Hardcore survival
- Still fully playable in standard survival worlds
🌾 Vanilla Plus Content
- Farmer’s Delight with extensive addon compatibility
- The complete Let’s Do series expanding farming, food, nature, building, and atmosphere
- Decorative expansion with Decocraft, DecoNature, Decorative Food, and Decorative Lamps
- Cozy interiors, detailed bases, and lived-in villages without breaking vanilla balance
- Balanced progression with no heavy tech or magic systems
🏰 Exploration and Challenge
- Full structure set from Dungeons and Taverns
- Luki’s Crazy Chambers expanding and enhancing Trial Chambers
- Repurposed Structures adding new vanilla-style structure variants
- New vanilla-style mobs from Friends & Foes
- Expanded Illager encounters from Illager Invasion
- Exploration and combat designed to matter
🧑 Villagers, Items and World Depth
- More Villagers: Re-Employed adding new professions and workstations
- More Villagers: Missing Buildings ensuring villages generate correctly
- More Armor Trims adding additional discoverable trims
- More Music Discs expanding ambient and collectible music
- Mine Spawners allowing spawners to be mined with Silk Touch
- Elevator Mod for clean and intuitive vertical movement
🐾 Companions & Immersion
- Doggy Talents Next expanding wolves with talents, leveling, and commands
- Cozy’s Improved Cats enhancing cat behavior while staying close to vanilla
- Pets feel useful and immersive without trivializing Hardcore survival
🧭 Clarity and Quality of Life
- Extensive use of EMI for recipes and progression clarity
- EMIffect providing detailed information about status effects
- Grind Enchantments allowing enchantments to be recovered via grindstone
- Accessories system for utility items without inventory clutter
- Freelook for camera awareness without movement advantages
- Subtle visual polish, animated textures, and optional shader support
🎙️ Multiplayer Ready
- Designed specifically for SMP gameplay
- Integrated Simple Voice Chat
- Player-driven survival, building, and trading
❤️ Hardcore Revive+ System
Hardcore Revive+ adds a structured revive system to Hardcore gameplay.
Death remains meaningful, but recovery is intentional, costly, and fully survival-focused.
⚠️ Important:
Players are strongly advised to carefully read the Modrinth page of this modpack, as the revive system has specific rules, limitations, and configuration details.
👻 Ghost State
- When a player loses all lives, they become a ghost
- Ghosts are spectators and cannot continue normal survival
- Players remain part of the world until revived
💎 Soul Charm (Revive Item)

- Craft a Soul Charm
- Drop it on the ground
- When a ghost touches it, the player is revived
- Revival grants a set number of lives
🍯 Life Jam (Regain Lives)

- Craft Life Jam to restore lost lives
- Consuming Life Jam restores lives up to the configured maximum
- Encourages careful recovery instead of reckless play
⚠️ Hardcore Focus Disclaimer
This modpack is designed for Hardcore gameplay.
While playable in non-hardcore mode, balance and progression are tuned around high-risk survival where mistakes have lasting consequences.
⭐ Summary
Vanilla Minecraft refined for Hardcore-focused SMP gameplay.
Deeper farming, richer exploration, expanded villages, immersive decoration, meaningful companions, and a structured Hardcore revive system all without losing the vanilla feel.
Available Versions
How to Set Up a LunaHardcore SMP Server
Order Server
Choose at least 6 GB RAM (8 GB recommended for LunaHardcore SMP). Based on player count: per 5 players.
Install Modpack in Dashboard
Open the modpack browser in the dashboard, search for "LunaHardcore SMP" and click "Install". The fabric loader and Minecraft 1.21.1 are configured automatically.
Start Server & Play
Start the server – all mods are loaded automatically. Share the server IP with friends and play together!
Frequently Asked Questions
LunaHardcore SMP server crashes or won't start – what to do?
Most common causes: insufficient RAM or wrong fabric loader. Check latest.log for "OutOfMemoryError" → increase RAM to at least 8 GB. For "Mixin" or "ClassNotFoundException" errors: modpack version and loader don't match. With Mado Hosting, loader and Minecraft version are auto-configured on modpack install – preventing most startup issues.
How much RAM does a LunaHardcore SMP server really need?
Minimum 6 GB, recommended 8 GB for stable performance. per 5 players. Important: Minecraft modpacks need more RAM than vanilla – plan extra per additional player. With Mado Hosting, you can scale RAM up live at any time without data loss (from €12/month).
Can I add custom mods to LunaHardcore SMP without conflicts?
Yes, but check compatibility: only use mods for the same loader (fabric) and same Minecraft version (1.21.1). Common issues: ID conflicts with recipe mods and incompatible coremod versions. The Mado dashboard mod browser only shows compatible mods and warns about known conflicts.
LunaHardcore SMP server lagging – performance tips
1) Increase RAM to 8 GB+. 2) Reduce server view-distance to 8 (server.properties). 3) Pre-generate chunks with the "Chunky" plugin. 4) Use /spark profiler to check which mods consume the most tick time. With Mado Hosting, all servers run on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores – eliminating hardware as a bottleneck.
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