Fractured Hearts
Every death costs you hearts. Recover them with rare apples, or face oblivion. Enable permadeath for the ultimate challenge. Steal hearts from your enemies in PvP. How many deaths can you survive?
About this Mod
💔 Fractured Hearts
Every death shatters your hearts. Recover them with rare apples, or face oblivion.
Fractured Hearts adds a permanent death penalty system to Minecraft — each time you die, you lose hearts. Recover them by crafting expensive enchanted golden apples, or enable permadeath for the ultimate hardcore challenge. Steal hearts from your enemies in PvP, customize everything, and make every decision matter.
❤️ Heart Recovery
- Craft Enchanted Golden Apples to restore lost hearts
⚔️ PvP Heart Stealing (Must be enabled first)
- When enabled, killing a player steals their lost hearts
- Hearts go to killer (up to max ceiling)
☠️ Permadeath Mode (Must be enabled first)
When enabled and a player reaches 0 hearts:
- Player enters spectator mode
- Cannot respawn
Default Settings
- Max Hearts: 20 (40 health)
- Min Hearts: 1 (2 health)
- Loss per Death: 1 heart
- Gain per Apple: 1 heart
- Starting Hearts: 10 (20 health)
- Permadeath: Disabled
- Heart Steal: Disabled
Customization & Settings
Admin Commands (OP Required)
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/function fractured_hearts:admin/toggle_permadeath |
Enable/disable permadeath server-wide |
/function fractured_hearts:admin/toggle_heart_steal |
Enable/disable PvP heart stealing server-wide |
/function fractured_hearts:admin/help |
View all admin commands |
/function fractured_hearts:admin/set_ceiling {value:40} |
Set max hearts |
/function fractured_hearts:admin/set_gain_increment {value:2} |
Hearts per apple |
/function fractured_hearts:admin/set_loss_increment {value:2} |
Hearts per death |
Player Commands (No OP Required)
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/trigger fractured_hearts_toggle_sounds |
Toggle sound effects on/off |
/trigger fractured_hearts_toggle_messages |
Toggle chat broadcasts on/off |
/trigger fractured_hearts_toggle_particles |
Toggle particle effects |
/trigger fractured_hearts_status |
View current hearts & all settings |
Other
Can I use this in my modpack?
- Of course!
Isnt this like the other datapacks/mods Life Steal, Limited Lives, etc etc..
- Yes and no. The concept is similar but I plan to expand on the feature set.
Available Versions
How to Install Fractured Hearts on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Fractured Hearts". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+9 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Fractured Hearts server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Fractured Hearts compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Fractured Hearts officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Fractured Hearts – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Fractured Hearts consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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