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Better Hardcore Datapack
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Completely overhauls Hardcore mode to be true danger.
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Better Hardcore is a datapack that aims to increase the general game difficulty to be harder. Perfect for those who think Minecraft no longer feels hard anymore!
⚠️ ATTENTION. This data pack is dependent on its Resource Pack! ⚠️

⚙️ Installation Guide
- Prepare the creation of a new world in hardcore mode.
- Select data packs, open the temporary drop file folder and drop the BH_DP.zip file there. Then, enable it.
- Open resource packs from settings, click on add a new resource pack and drop the BH_RP.zip file. Then, enable it.
- Start the creation of the new world with Better Hardcore loaded in. You should receive a message when entering the game.
- Have fun!
What does this data pack add?
🧟 MOB CHANGES OVERVIEW
- All general mobs are stronger, faster and better.
- Creepers' fuse time is much lower.
- Pillagers now have quick charge III and multishot crossbows, and skeletons power II bows.
- Spiders are really fast, create cobwebs on first-time player collision and on death.
- The creaking does a lot of damage compared to vanilla, which makes it much more similar to the Warden.
- Phantoms are now a literal nightmare.
✨ POWERFUL ENEMY STATE
- They are overpowered enemies that have much more life and show cool particles.
- Drop Powerful Relics, which can be used to temporally get maximum energy.
🕹️ PLAYER CHANGES
- The default health is five hearts, but it can be upgraded with Life Lights, a new item.
- The addition of Energy, which nerfs running and jumping.

🏞️ WORLD & MISC CHANGES
- Extremely dark caves. Don't use gamma, cheater!
- Encountering Life Lights to regenerate maximum health back to normal.
- Trading with villagers will begin a raid after trading many times.

Tips & Tricks to Survive more than a day!
RECOMMENDED IF YOU HAVE TROUBLES ON THE FIRST DAY!
- Every minute is useful.
- Stay away from the caves close to you and anywhere dark a mob could spawn.
- Avoid the underground until you are really well protected with the armor you can get.
- Go to Ancient Cities and try to find Life Lights on chests to recover health. Trial Chambers and Treasure Bastions are also an option, however they have more hostile mobs.
- Craft torches in campfires with sticks to light up the place.
- Defeat Powerful Mobs to have maximum energy for a period of time.
- Always sleep; a single phantom can be deadly if unprepared.
- Settle in ocean, or biomes with fewer hostile mobs.
- Totems of Undying are and will be your best friend.
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Hardcore Darkness is from Vanilla Tweaks: https://vanillatweaks.net/
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