Heart of Life Additions
An addon for Heart of Life adding heart-themed tools, weapons, and armor crafted via a custom smithing template. Upgrade your diamond gear with the Heart Upgrade Template and Heart of Life to forge powerful heart-infused equipment.
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About this Mod
Heart of Life Additions
An official addon for Heart of Life that adds heart-themed tools, weapons, and armor to complement your heart progression journey.
Upgrade your diamond gear using a custom smithing template and the Heart of Life item.
Requirements
- Fabric Loader
- Fabric API
- Heart of Life (required)
Features
1. Heart Upgrade Smithing Template
A new Epic rarity smithing template used to forge all heart-themed gear.
Place it in the smithing table alongside a diamond tool or armor piece and a Heart of Life to upgrade it.
The template itself is crafted using diamonds, a netherite upgrade template, and a Heart of Life.
All heart items are fireproof.
2. Heart-Themed Tools & Weapons
Upgrade your diamond tools into heart-infused variants with netherite-tier stats:
- Heart Sword
- Heart Pickaxe
- Heart Axe
- Heart Shovel
- Heart Hoe
3. Heart Armor
A full set of heart-themed armor with netherite-tier stats, featuring toughness and knockback resistance:
- Heart Helmet
- Heart Chestplate
- Heart Leggings
- Heart Boots
4. Heart Scaling System
Your current heart count affects the performance of all heart gear:
| Hearts | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1–9 | Slight debuff (90% tool speed & sword damage) |
| 10 | Base stats |
| 11–15 | +10% tool speed & sword damage |
| 16–20 | +20% tool speed & sword damage |
5. Heart Armor Set Bonus
Wearing the full set of heart armor unlocks passive effects based on your heart count:
| Hearts | Effects |
|---|---|
| 1–9 | No set bonus |
| 10–15 | Regen II (3s) + Absorption I (10s) every 25s |
| 16–20 | Regen II (3s) + Absorption II (10s) every 20s + permanent Speed I |
6. Advancements
Includes a set of advancements that integrate into the Heart of Life progression tree:
- Getting your first Heart Upgrade Smithing Template
- Crafting any heart tool
- Crafting a heart hoe
- Equipping a full set of heart armor
- Killing a mob with a heart sword
Installation
- Install Heart of Life first.
- Download the Heart of Life Additions JAR.
- Place both JARs in your
modsfolder (Fabric). - Launch Minecraft.
License
All Rights Reserved.
No redistribution, modification, or reuse without permission.
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Available Versions
How to Install Heart of Life Additions on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.4).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Heart of Life Additions". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.4
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Heart of Life Additions server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric 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 (1.21.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Heart of Life Additions compatible with fabric?
Heart of Life Additions officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Heart of Life Additions – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Heart of Life Additions 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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