Survival Sickness

Survival Sickness adds a deeper survival health system to Minecraft. Players can catch diseases from bad weather, mobs, unsafe food, desert heat, freezing, low sleep, wounds, and underwater strain.

To survive, you must prepare medicines, collect medical ingredients, use the Medicine Mixer, and trade with Doctor villagers.

This mod is made for survival, hardcore worlds, and multiplayer servers where health management should feel more meaningful.

Features

• 10 survival diseases
• Disease stages and symptoms
• HUD disease icons
• Screen effects for some illnesses
• Cough, sneeze, and symptom sounds
• Medicine Mixer workstation
• Custom medicines and ingredients
• Doctor villager with medicine trades
• Raw Crystal Ore world generation
• Crystal Salt smelting system
• Custom ingredients found in village, shipwreck, and ruined portal chests
• Multiplayer disease spread between nearby players
• Server-friendly survival gameplay

How To Start

Start your world normally. Collect wood, food, stone tools, and basic resources.

As you explore, collect medicine ingredients from crafting, mining, and loot chests. You will need these to prepare medicines later.

Useful early items to collect:

• Kelp
• Wheat Seeds
• Bone Meal
• Charcoal
• Flint
• Honeycomb
• Brown Mushroom
• Glow Lichen
• Moss Block
• Vine
• Rooted Dirt
• Cactus
• Blue Orchid
• Azure Bluet

You can also find custom ingredients inside:

• Village chests
• Shipwreck chests
• Ruined portal chests

Raw Crystal Ore and Crystal Salt

Crystal Salt is an important medical material used for medicine crafting and the Medicine Mixer.

To get Crystal Salt:

1. Mine Raw Crystal Ore underground.
2. Get Raw Crystal from the ore.
3. Smelt Raw Crystal in a furnace.
4. Receive Crystal Salt.

Raw Crystal Ore has two variants:

• Raw Crystal Ore
• Deepslate Raw Crystal Ore

Best mining level:

Y 16

Good mining range:

Y 0 to Y 32

Full generation range:

Y -24 to Y 56

Raw Crystal Ore generates in the Overworld with iron-like underground generation.

Medicine Mixer

The Medicine Mixer is the main workstation used to create medicines.

To use it:

1. Place the Medicine Mixer.
2. Add Medical Catalyst as fuel.
3. Add a Clean Water Bottle.
4. Add the correct two medicine ingredients.
5. Wait for the mixing progress to finish.
6. Take the finished medicine from the output slot.

One Medical Catalyst gives fuel for multiple medicines.

Medicines are made inside the Medicine Mixer, not in the crafting table.

Important Crafting Recipes

Clean Water Bottle

Water Bottle + Kelp = Clean Water Bottle

Medicinal Herb

Wheat Seeds + Bone Meal = Medicinal Herb

Mint Leaf

Fern + Bone Meal = Mint Leaf

Ginger Root

Rooted Dirt + Bone Meal = Ginger Root

Silverleaf Flower

Azure Bluet + Bone Meal = Silverleaf Flower

Blue Aloe Flower

Blue Orchid + Cactus = Blue Aloe Flower

Swamp Moss

Moss Block + Vine = Swamp Moss

Cave Fungus

Brown Mushroom + Glow Lichen = Cave Fungus

Charcoal Powder

Charcoal + Flint = Charcoal Powder

Honey Extract

Honeycomb + Sugar + Glass Bottle = Honey Extract

Bandage Cloth

String + White Wool = Bandage Cloth

Crystal Salt

Smelt Raw Crystal in a furnace = Crystal Salt

Medical Catalyst

Crystal Salt + Charcoal Powder + Cave Fungus = Medical Catalyst

Medicine Recipes

All medicines are prepared inside the Medicine Mixer.

Fever Tonic

Cures Fever.

Clean Water Bottle + Ginger Root + Medicinal Herb

Cold Syrup

Cures Cold.

Clean Water Bottle + Mint Leaf + Honey Extract

Cough Syrup

Cures Cough.

Clean Water Bottle + Mint Leaf + Medicinal Herb

Flu Remedy

Cures Flu.

Clean Water Bottle + Ginger Root + Silverleaf Flower

Pain Relief Tablet

Cures Headache.

Clean Water Bottle + Silverleaf Flower + Crystal Salt

Muscle Balm

Cures Leg Pain.

Clean Water Bottle + Blue Aloe Flower + Honey Extract

Breathing Elixir

Cures Respiratory Issue.

Clean Water Bottle + Swamp Moss + Crystal Salt

Digestive Medicine

Cures Diarrhea / Digestive Illness.

Clean Water Bottle + Charcoal Powder + Ginger Root

Antibiotic Mix

Cures Infection.

Clean Water Bottle + Cave Fungus + Bandage Cloth

Warmth Potion

Cures Frostbite.

Clean Water Bottle + Ginger Root + Honey Extract

Diseases

Diseases build up from survival conditions. Most diseases give warning messages before becoming active.

Doctor Villager

Villagers can become Doctors when a Medicine Mixer is nearby.

How to get a Doctor:

1. Place a Medicine Mixer near a villager.
2. Wait for the villager to become a Doctor.
3. Right-click the Doctor with an empty hand.
4. The Doctor can diagnose your sickness and offer medicine trades.

Doctors are useful when you do not have the ingredients to prepare medicine yourself.

Loot Chest Support

Custom medical items can also appear in loot chests.

Village chests may contain:

• Medicinal Herb
• Ginger Root
• Mint Leaf
• Bandage Cloth
• Blue Aloe Flower
• Silverleaf Flower
• Raw Crystal
• Crystal Salt
• Medical Catalyst

Shipwreck chests may contain:

• Clean Water Bottle
• Swamp Moss
• Mint Leaf
• Raw Crystal
• Crystal Salt

Ruined portal chests may contain:

• Raw Crystal
• Crystal Salt
• Medical Catalyst
• Cave Fungus
• Charcoal Powder

Survival Tips

• Mine around Y 16 to find Raw Crystal Ore.
• Always keep Clean Water Bottles ready.
• Carry Medical Catalyst when exploring.
• Prepare Fever Tonic before desert travel.
• Prepare Warmth Potion before snowy biome travel.
• Prepare Breathing Elixir before ocean exploration.
• Prepare Antibiotic Mix before cave exploration.
• Sleep regularly to avoid Headache.
• Avoid standing too close to sick players on multiplayer servers.
• Milk does not properly cure diseases. Use the correct medicine.

Multiplayer / Server Info

For best results:

Server: required for disease mechanics, medicine crafting, Doctor villagers, trades, and world generation.
Client: recommended for HUD icons, GUI visuals, sounds, and screen effects.

This mod works well for survival servers, hardcore worlds, and roleplay-style survival gameplay.

Survival Sickness

Survival Sickness adds a deeper survival health system to Minecraft. Players can catch diseases from bad weather, mobs, unsafe food, desert heat, freezing, low sleep, wounds, and underwater strain.

To survive, you must prepare medicines, collect medical ingredients, use the Medicine Mixer, and trade with Doctor villagers.

This mod is made for survival, hardcore worlds, and multiplayer servers where health management should feel more meaningful.

Features 10 survival diseases Disease stages and symptoms HUD disease icons Screen effects for some illnesses Cough, sneeze, and symptom sounds Medicine Mixer workstation Custom medicines and ingredients Doctor villager with medicine trades Raw Crystal Ore world generation Crystal Salt smelting system Custom ingredients found in village, shipwreck, and ruined portal chests Multiplayer disease spread between nearby players Server-friendly survival gameplay How To Start

Start your world normally. Collect wood, food, stone tools, and basic resources.

As you explore, collect medicine ingredients from crafting, mining, and loot chests. You will need these to prepare medicines later.

Useful early items to collect:

Kelp Wheat Seeds Bone Meal Charcoal Flint Honeycomb Brown Mushroom Glow Lichen Moss Block Vine Rooted Dirt Cactus Blue Orchid Azure Bluet

You can also find custom ingredients inside:

Village chests Shipwreck chests Ruined portal chests Raw Crystal Ore and Crystal Salt

Crystal Salt is an important medical material used for medicine crafting and the Medicine Mixer.

To get Crystal Salt:

Mine Raw Crystal Ore underground. Get Raw Crystal from the ore. Smelt Raw Crystal in a furnace. Receive Crystal Salt.

Raw Crystal Ore has two variants:

Raw Crystal Ore Deepslate Raw Crystal Ore

Best mining level:

Y 16

Good mining range:

Y 0 to Y 32

Full generation range:

Y -24 to Y 56

Raw Crystal Ore generates in the Overworld with iron-like underground generation.

Medicine Mixer

The Medicine Mixer is the main workstation used to create medicines.

To use it:

Place the Medicine Mixer. Add Medical Catalyst as fuel. Add a Clean Water Bottle. Add the correct two medicine ingredients. Wait for the mixing progress to finish. Take the finished medicine from the output slot.

One Medical Catalyst gives fuel for multiple medicines.

Medicines are made inside the Medicine Mixer, not in the crafting table.

Important Crafting Recipes Clean Water Bottle Water Bottle + Kelp = Clean Water Bottle Medicinal Herb Wheat Seeds + Bone Meal = Medicinal Herb Mint Leaf Fern + Bone Meal = Mint Leaf Ginger Root Rooted Dirt + Bone Meal = Ginger Root Silverleaf Flower Azure Bluet + Bone Meal = Silverleaf Flower Blue Aloe Flower Blue Orchid + Cactus = Blue Aloe Flower Swamp Moss Moss Block + Vine = Swamp Moss Cave Fungus Brown Mushroom + Glow Lichen = Cave Fungus Charcoal Powder Charcoal + Flint = Charcoal Powder Honey Extract Honeycomb + Sugar + Glass Bottle = Honey Extract Bandage Cloth String + White Wool = Bandage Cloth Crystal Salt Smelt Raw Crystal in a furnace = Crystal Salt Medical Catalyst Crystal Salt + Charcoal Powder + Cave Fungus = Medical Catalyst Medicine Recipes

All medicines are prepared inside the Medicine Mixer.

Fever Tonic

Cures Fever.

Clean Water Bottle + Ginger Root + Medicinal Herb Cold Syrup

Cures Cold.

Clean Water Bottle + Mint Leaf + Honey Extract Cough Syrup

Cures Cough.

Clean Water Bottle + Mint Leaf + Medicinal Herb Flu Remedy

Cures Flu.

Clean Water Bottle + Ginger Root + Silverleaf Flower Pain Relief Tablet

Cures Headache.

Clean Water Bottle + Silverleaf Flower + Crystal Salt Muscle Balm

Cures Leg Pain.

Clean Water Bottle + Blue Aloe Flower + Honey Extract Breathing Elixir

Cures Respiratory Issue.

Clean Water Bottle + Swamp Moss + Crystal Salt Digestive Medicine

Cures Diarrhea / Digestive Illness.

Clean Water Bottle + Charcoal Powder + Ginger Root Antibiotic Mix

Cures Infection.

Clean Water Bottle + Cave Fungus + Bandage Cloth Warmth Potion

Cures Frostbite.

Clean Water Bottle + Ginger Root + Charcoal Powder Diseases

Diseases build up from survival conditions. Most diseases give warning messages before becoming active.

Disease How You Get It Cure Cold Rain, wet exposure, cold conditions Cold Syrup Cough Rain exposure, slime exposure, nearby sick players Cough Syrup Flu Witch exposure or nearby sick players Flu Remedy Fever Desert heat, husks, overheating Fever Tonic Headache Lack of sleep, heat and hunger Pain Relief Tablet Leg Pain Sprinting too much Muscle Balm Respiratory Issue Repeated diving, low air, drowned exposure Breathing Elixir Diarrhea Rotten flesh, unsafe food, witch exposure Digestive Medicine Infection Zombies, spiders, cave spiders, low-health wounds Antibiotic Mix Frostbite Freezing, powdered snow, stray exposure Warmth Potion Doctor Villager

Villagers can become Doctors when a Medicine Mixer is nearby.

How to get a Doctor:

Place a Medicine Mixer near a villager. Wait for the villager to become a Doctor. Right-click the Doctor with an empty hand. The Doctor can diagnose your sickness and offer medicine trades.

Doctors are useful when you do not have the ingredients to prepare medicine yourself.

Loot Chest Support

Custom medical items can also appear in loot chests.

Village chests may contain:

Medicinal Herb Ginger Root Mint Leaf Bandage Cloth Blue Aloe Flower Silverleaf Flower Raw Crystal Crystal Salt Medical Catalyst

Shipwreck chests may contain:

Clean Water Bottle Swamp Moss Mint Leaf Raw Crystal Crystal Salt

Ruined portal chests may contain:

Raw Crystal Crystal Salt Medical Catalyst Cave Fungus Charcoal Powder Survival Tips Mine around Y 16 to find Raw Crystal Ore. Always keep Clean Water Bottles ready. Carry Medical Catalyst when exploring. Prepare Fever Tonic before desert travel. Prepare Warmth Potion before snowy biome travel. Prepare Breathing Elixir before ocean exploration. Prepare Antibiotic Mix before cave exploration. Sleep regularly to avoid Headache. Avoid standing too close to sick players on multiplayer servers. Milk does not properly cure diseases. Use the correct medicine. Multiplayer / Server Info

For best results:

Server: required for disease mechanics, medicine crafting, Doctor villagers, trades, and world generation. Client: recommended for HUD icons, GUI visuals, sounds, and screen effects.

This mod works well for survival servers, hardcore worlds, and roleplay-style survival gameplay.