️ Lives - Hardcore Mechanics Overview

Welcome to The Hardcore Minecraft Network — where survival isn’t just a challenge, it’s the core of the experience. Below is a breakdown of how our death and progression systems work across Core (Survival), Hardcore, Ultra Hardcore, and Hardcore Skyblock. All mechanics are active across all servers unless noted otherwise.

Life System

• Starting Lives: Players begin with 1 life.

• Max Lives: You can hold up to 100 lives.

• Lives Lost on Death: You lose 1 life every time you die.

• Lives After Death Ban: You return with 1 life after a death ban.

Life Parts System

• Enabled: Yes — collect parts to craft lives!

• Life Parts Needed for 1 Life: 4

• Max Life Parts: Unlimited

• Starting Life Parts: 0

• Life Parts After Ban: Reset to 0

• Loss on Death: Lose 1 life part

• Loss on Death Ban: Lose all life parts

• Gain by Playtime: Yes!

  • Earn 1 Life Part every 12 hours (720 mins) of playtime

️ Death Ban System

• Enabled: Yes — run out of lives, get death banned!

• Ban Duration: Permanent (until revived or cooldown ends)

• All Causes of Death Lead to a Ban: Every death type (lava, mobs, falling, etc.) is configured to trigger a ban if you're out of lives.

• Self-Harm Bans: Suicide and /kill command also lead to death bans.

• Lightning Strike on Death Ban: Yes — a dramatic end!

• Death Ban Commands:

  • Broadcasts your fall from grace.

  • Resets your advancements.

• Respawn Location After Ban: World spawn if no bed is found.

️ Max Health System

• Starting Max Health: 10 hearts (20 half-hearts)

• Minimum Health: 0.5 heart (1 half-heart)

• Health Lost on Death: Lose 1 heart (2 half-hearts)

• Health After Death Ban: Resets to full

• Gain by Playtime: Yes!

  • Earn 0.5 heart every 1 hour of playtime

️ Combat Logging

• Player Combat Log = Death + Ban

• Mob Combat Log = Death + Ban

• Combat Tag Duration: 15 seconds

• Combat Kicks = Not deadly (you won't die if kicked)

️ Reviving Players

• Enabled: Yes — sacrifice one of your lives to bring someone back!

• Lives Lost to Revive: 1

• Lives Gained When Revived: 1

• Cooldown Between Revives: 12 hours

• Reviving on First Join: Not available immediately — wait for cooldown.

️ Other Features

• Lightning on Death Ban: Yes — for dramatic effect!

• Death Screen: Visible upon death

• Artificial Regeneration (Potions/Food): Enabled

Stay alive. Stay sharp. Thrive or die trying.

If you have questions, ask staff or visit the support section of our Discord.

– The Hardcore Minecraft Network Team