Kid Survival

A Fabric server-side mod for kid-friendly Minecraft servers. Toggle invulnerability for young players with /kid, or start a multiplayer Hunter Tag game with /hunter.

Features

Kid Mode

• /kid toggle — grants invulnerability and continuous health restoration
• Available to all players, no operator permissions needed
• State persists across server restarts

Hunger Mode

• /hunger toggle — keeps food and saturation maxed so the player never gets hungry
• Independent of Kid Mode; enable either on its own or both together
• Combined status is shown in the action bar ("Kid Mode + No Hunger", "Kid Mode Active", or "No Hunger")
• Available to all players, no operator permissions needed
• State persists across server restarts

Hunter Tag

• /hunter starts a round — the invoking player becomes the hunter, everyone else becomes a runner
• Hunter is frozen for 30 seconds, then chases runners
• Tag runners by melee attack (no damage dealt, compatible with kid mode)
• Tagged runners become hunters
• When the last runner is tagged, scores are reported and a new round auto-starts
• Colored team names ([Hunter]/[Runner]) and glowing effect on hunters
• Role shown in action bar with freeze countdown
• Cumulative runner-time scoring across rounds
• Handles disconnects (pause/resume) and mid-game joins
• /bench opts a player out entirely — benched players are skipped when rounds start and never auto-join mid-game
• Game state and scores persist across server restarts

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.2
• Fabric Loader 0.19.3+
• Fabric API (matching MC version)
• Java 25
• Server-side only — no client mod needed

Installation (Prism Launcher)

1. Create or select a Minecraft 26.2 instance in Prism Launcher
2. Click Edit Instance > Version tab > Install Fabric — select loader 0.19.3+
3. Download Fabric API from Modrinth (match Minecraft version 26.2)
4. Build or obtain kidsurvival-2.2.2.jar (see Building from Source)
5. Click Edit Instance > Mods tab > Add — add both the Fabric API and Kid Survival JARs
6. For dedicated servers: place both JARs in the server's mods/ folder

Usage

• /kid — toggle invulnerability (any player can run it)
• /hunger — toggle no-hunger mode, keeping food and saturation full (any player can run it)
• /hunter — start a Hunter Tag round (needs 2+ non-benched online players)
• /bench — toggle opting out of Hunter Tag (any player can run it)

Building from Source

git clone <repo-url>
cd kidsurvival
./gradlew build

Output JAR: build/libs/kidsurvival-2.2.2.jar

Troubleshooting

• /kid command not found: Ensure the mod JAR and Fabric API are both in the mods/ folder and the server has restarted.
• Kid mode didn't persist after restart: Check that the server shut down cleanly (not force-killed). State is saved during normal shutdown.
• Version mismatch errors: Ensure Fabric API version matches your Minecraft version (26.2).
• /hunter says need 2+ players: Hunter Tag requires at least 2 online players to start a round.
• Hunter Tag game won't start: The command must be run by a player, not the server console.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the release history.

License

MIT