Fervente's Life Hearts

A dynamic life system mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge that introduces a tiered life system with perma-death mechanics, life sacrifice rituals, and player resurrection.

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📋 Overview

Fervente's Life Hearts transforms Minecraft's death system into a strategic survival challenge. Players can navigate through different life tiers (Heart, Soul, Pure), manage limited lives, and face permanent death. The mod features ritual systems for player revival, admin commands for server management, and a fully customizable HUD.

Perfect for:

Hardcore survival servers
Roleplay communities
SMP servers with custom death mechanics
Adventure maps with limited lives

WARNING:

The mod is still in starter releases, 100% survival compability might come on the future. now, the basic config has to be made by an Admin ( 2 Level Permission/Higher )!

✨ Features

🎯 Life Tier System

Four Life Types:
- Heart Lives: All death counts (no immunities)
- Soul Lives: Immune to environmental deaths (falling, fire, drowning), Any other Death Causes Heart Discount.
- Pure Lives: Immune to creature deaths (mobs, players), Any other Death Causes Heart Discount.
- Canon Life: Special Life, if lost = instant death (optional starter config)

💀 Perma-Death System

Players become "perma-dead" after losing all lives
Perma-dead players are kicked from the server with a custom message
Revival only possible through ritual items or admin commands
Prevents resource hoarding by perma-dead players

🔮 Ritual System
Soul Sacrifice Ritual

Players can sacrifice their entire life set to revive another player
Donor becomes perma-dead but target receives donor's life type and count
Requires Soul Totem item (must be bound to target player by command, not survival obtainable.)
Ritual includes particle effects and can be cancelled by damage/movement

Reincarnation Ritual

Revive perma-dead players with starter lives
Requires Reincarnation Totem (bound to target player by command, not survival obtainable.)
Target receives configured starter life type, count, and optional canon
Perfect for second chances or redemption arcs

🎨 Configurable HUD

Real-time life display with customizable position:
- Left Center (vertical)
- Right Center (vertical) - default
- Top Center (horizontal)
Shows current life count, life type, and canon status
/lifehud command for players to adjust their HUD position

🎮 Items

Life Item

Adds one life to the player's current count (up to maximum)
Revives perma-dead players with starter lives
Not survival obtainable

Soul Totem

Used for Soul Sacrifice ritual
Another player uses it to sacrifice themselves to revive you
Not survival obtainable

Reincarnation Totem

Used for Reincarnation ritual
Another player uses it to revive you
Not survival obtainable

⚔️ Reaper System

Admins can designate players as "Reapers"
Reapers who kill other players destroy the victim's Canon life instantly
Strategic PvP mechanic for roleplay servers
Reaper status managed via /lifes reaper command

🎛️ Configuration

All settings configurable via Forge config files (config/ferventes_life_hearts-common.toml):
Note: All config can be done in-game!

Starter Settings

[starter]
  # Life type new players receive on first join
  starterLifeType = "HEART"
  # Number of starter lives (excluding canon)
  starterLifeCount = 3
  # Whether new players also start with a canon life
  starterHasCanon = true

Life Limits

[limits]
  # Maximum normal lives a player can hold (excluding optional canon)
  maxLives = 10

HUD Settings

[hud]
  # Position of the life HUD
  # Options: LEFT_CENTER, RIGHT_CENTER, TOP_CENTER
  hudPosition = "RIGHT_CENTER"

Runtime Config Overrides:
Admins can override config values in-game using commands. These persist until server restart:

/lifes config starter
/lifes config max

🔧 Commands

All commands require OP level 2 (admin permissions):

Life Management

/lifes add target <player> <lifeType> <quantity>
  Add lives to a specific player
  Life types: heart, soul, pure, canon

/lifes add global <quantity>
  Add lives to all online players

/lifes remove target <player> <lifeType> <quantity>
  Remove lives from a specific player

/lifes remove global <quantity>
  Remove lives from all online players

/lifes set target <player> <lifeType>
  Change a player's life type (keeps current count)

/lifes check target <player>
  Display detailed life information for a player

Reaper System

/lifes reaper set <player>
  Designate a player as a Reaper

/lifes reaper remove <player>
  Remove Reaper status from a player

Configuration

/lifes config starter <heart|soul|pure> <count> <canon:true|false>
  Set runtime starter configuration
  Example: /lifes config starter soul 5 false

/lifes config max <count>
  Set runtime maximum lives

/lifes config reset
  Reset all runtime overrides to file-based config

Player HUD

/lifehud <left|right|top>
  Change your personal HUD position
  Available to all players (no permission required)

📦 Installation

Requirements

Minecraft: 1.20.1
Forge: 47.3.0 or higher
Java: 17 or higher

🎭 Use Cases & Examples

Hardcore SMP Server

# Brutal settings - 2 lives, no canon
starterLifeType = "HEART"
starterLifeCount = 3
starterHasCanon = false
maxLives = 10

Roleplay Server

# Generous for story arcs - 5 lives + canon
starterLifeType = "SOUL"
starterLifeCount = 5
starterHasCanon = true
maxLives = 15

PvP Arena

Use /lifes reaper set for special PvP roles
Canon lives become high-value targets
Soul Sacrifice adds dramatic tension

🔄 Data Management

Player Data Storage

Lives are stored per-player in NBT data
Persists across sessions and server restarts
Automatic client-server synchronization

Life Ban System

Tracks perma-dead players with pending revivals
Queues resurrection for next login
Supports offline player operations

Offline Player Support

Commands work on offline players via username
Data verified against server player data files
Safe handling of invalid usernames

🎨 Localization

Currently supports:

English (en_us) - Complete

All messages, item names, and tooltips are fully translatable. See assets/ferventes_life_hearts/lang/en_us.json for translation keys.

🐛 Known Issues & Compatibility

Fully Compatible With:

Vanilla Minecraft 1.20.1
Other mods that don't override death events
Most server-side utility mods

Potential Conflicts:

Mods that completely override the death system (e.g., some hardcore mods)
Mods that modify player respawn logic extensively

🔮 Planned Features

Future updates i may include in future updates:

Additional life tiers
Custom ritual types
Life trading between players
Integration with economy plugins
More particle effects and animations
GUI for life management

📝 License

DO NOT MODIFY!
If you plan to use the mod on your server ou minecraft content, please give the credits, or contact me in my discord.

💬 Support & Contact

Issues & Suggestions: You can give suggestions and report issues about the mod on Curseforge & Modrinth comments or contact me in my discord!
Discord: fervente
CurseForge: Click Here
Modrinth: Well, It´s right here, What u looking for bro?

🙏 Credits

Developer: Fervente
Newest Version: 0.1.0
Built with: Minecraft Forge 1.20.1

Dev Note:

I always saw that cool Minecraft Life mods on servers, and all of them have one thing in common; they are not public, so i decided to make my own!
Hope y´all enjoy it ❤️

Fervente´s Life Hearts

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