(Fake) Hardcore

(Fake) Hardcore is a server-side Fabric mod that makes multiplayer Hardcore worlds more manageable without removing the consequences of death.

When a player dies, their death is intercepted and they are locked in Spectator Mode at their death location. An operator or authorized staff member can later bring them back using /revive <player>.

Perfect for survival servers that want the tension of Hardcore while still allowing players to earn a second chance.

Features

⚰️ Hardcore Death System

When a player dies without a Totem of Undying, they are marked as dead and switched to Spectator Mode.

Their death status persists when they disconnect, reconnect, or when the server restarts.

👁️ Spectator Lock

Dead players are locked in Spectator Mode at their death location. They cannot fly away, interact with the world, or switch themselves back to another game mode.

🧠 Player Revival

Authorized users can revive a dead player with: /revive <player> The revived player is returned to Survival Mode and teleported to the Overworld spawn.

🔐 Permission Manager Support

Access to /revive is checked through the Fabric Permissions API. This allows compatible permission manager mods, such as LuckPerms, to control who can use the command.

Permission node:

hardcorerevive.command.revive

This mod does not directly integrate with or depend on the LuckPerms API. Without a compatible permission manager installed, server operators and the server console can use the command by default.

🎒 Vanilla Inventory and XP Behaviour

The mod respects the keepInventory game rule:

• With keepInventory disabled, the player's inventory and experience are dropped.
• With keepInventory enabled, the player keeps their inventory and experience.

🗿 Totem of Undying Support

Totems continue to work normally. A player is only marked as dead if the Totem does not prevent their death.

🔊 Global Death Effect

When a player dies, a thunder sound is played for everyone on the server to make the event impossible to miss.

💬 Death Messages

The player's vanilla death message is broadcast to the server, including the cause of death. The mod respects the showDeathMessages game rule.

⚙️ Fully Server-Side

Only the server needs to install the mod. Players can join without installing anything on their client.

Compatibility

• ✅ Minecraft 26.1 and 26.2
• ✅ Fabric Loader
• ✅ Requires Fabric API
• ✅ Permission management through the Fabric Permissions API
• 🧩 Can be used with compatible permission managers such as LuckPerms
• ✅ Fully server-side

Older releases are also available for Minecraft 1.21.9, 1.21.10 and 1.21.11.

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader on your server.
2. Add Fabric API to the server's mods folder.
3. Add (Fake) Hardcore to the same folder.
4. Start the server.
5. For the full vanilla Hardcore experience, set hardcore=true in server.properties.

LuckPerms is optional and is only needed if you want to grant /revive access to non-operator players.

Questions and Bug Reports

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