The Meridian Before the Maps
/hc story the_meridian
Persistent Minecraft RPG · Plugin 1.6.0
HardcoreRPG.
Survival is still dangerous. HardcoreRPG adds persistent character progression, ten regional keeper encounters, player-built crafting stations, eleven independent skills, a browsable world codex, and dragon incubator encounters. Bestiary drops now follow biome and creature provenance.
The Broken Road: A World in Ten Pieces8 journal entries.
Browse the world journal →8 journal entries.
No required route.
The journal offers history, field accounts, disputed evidence, and regional knowledge. Browse any entry by ID; reading never depends on crafting, combat, level, or completing another entry.
The Charter and the Northglass Atlas
/hc story the_charter
The Night the Roads Parted
/hc story the_fracture
Tables, Forges, and Shared Work
/hc story the_small_repairs
Ten Regions, Many Accounts
/hc story ten_local_truths
What the Creatures Carry
/hc story the_living_catalog
A Shelter for the Lost Fire
/hc story the_dragon
The Bearings We Leave Loose
/hc story many_open_roads
Live read modelThe progression
The progression
heartbeat.
The plugin is authoritative. This page reads the shared MySQL progression tables and remains functional even before the first character snapshot arrives.
Character levelOne level that
One level that
ties it together.
The global HardcoreRPG level gives players an immediate sense of character growth. Individual skills provide the detail underneath it. Vanilla XP can be repurposed as the visible HardcoreRPG progression bar so the system feels native instead of bolted on.
Character Level
Earned through configurable gameplay sources. The plugin owns the level curve, XP rewards, anti-farm logic, and death behavior.
Compact display · [Lv. X]Skill Levels
Combat, weapon, defense, gathering, and artisan skills progress independently from character level.
12 configured skill tracksAscension
Ascended should represent major server-earned accomplishment, not the next stop on a donation or permission ladder.
Earned identityVersion 1.6.0 · Broken BestiaryCollect the
Collect the
world’s echoes.
Bestiary rolls match the death biome, local resonance, and the creature’s source group. Each dropped material is stamped with the source creature and biome; original Minecraft loot is preserved by default.
Browse the complete collection →2,048collectible item definitions
16 realms · 4 resonances · 32 components
Default: 100.0% per roll · 1 roll per eligible deathThree progression familiesFight. Gather.
Full skill catalog →Fight. Gather.
Create.
combat
Combat
Damage, weapon mastery, hostile encounters, and combat milestones.
Max level 100combat
Defense
Surviving damage, blocking, armor use, and defensive encounters.
Max level 100combat
Hunting
Tracking and defeating dangerous custom creatures and bosses.
Max level 100gathering
Mining
Ore extraction, deep-world discoveries, and rare mineral recovery.
Max level 100gathering
Woodcutting
Timber harvesting, rare wood finds, and forestry progression.
Max level 100gathering
Excavation
Soil, sand, clay, archaeology, and buried resource discovery.
Max level 100gathering
Farming
Crops, husbandry, harvest quality, and agricultural progression.
Max level 100gathering
Fishing
Fishing, treasure catches, biome discoveries, and rare aquatic loot.
Max level 100artisan
Forging
Forge advanced armor and tools, improve quality, and shape endgame gear.
Max level 100artisan
Crafting
Create specialized components, utilities, recipes, and equipment.
Max level 100artisan
Enchanting
Imbue gear with controlled magical properties and advanced enhancements.
Max level 100artisan
Alchemy
Brew consumables, reagents, catalysts, and temporary enhancements.
Max level 100Equipment progressionLoot becomes
Open Forge →Loot becomes
a build.
Rewards from mobs, bosses, gathering, contracts, expeditions, and seasonal systems can feed a unified itemization layer. Forging turns those resources into equipment with identity instead of another chest full of interchangeable vanilla pieces.
Materials
Rare drops, boss components, gathered resources, and recipe unlocks create reasons to move through the world.
Templates
Base equipment establishes type, level requirement, material identity, and the starting stat budget.
Quality
Forging skill, materials, station state, and configuration can influence item quality and allowable affix structure.
Affixes
Controlled rerolls, locks, upgrades, and rarity rules create long-term gear goals without requiring endless rank purchases.
Custom encountersThe overworld
Open Bestiary →The overworld
learns new teeth.
HardcoreRPG custom mobs can enhance or selectively replace vanilla spawns. Public bestiary records reveal identity and broad danger while keeping secret triggers, exact coordinates, and unreleased mechanics private.
Ironbound Warlord
A public boss archetype built around stagger windows, heavy attacks, and forge-oriented loot.
- Level range
- 35–60
- XP
- 800–1,400
Rift Stalker
A high-mobility hunter that pressures under-geared players and rewards preparation.
- Level range
- 18–35
- XP
- 95–180
Ashen Husk
A scorched undead variant intended to introduce the custom-mob progression loop.
- Level range
- 3–12
- XP
- 18–42
Public identity modelFour ranks.
Four ranks.
Infinite characters.
Survivor, Supporter, Ascended, and Owner stay readable. Everything else that once needed another LuckPerms rank can become a title, achievement, skill mastery, badge, gear identity, or seasonal record.
Survivor
The default. The character sheet does the talking.
Supporter
Recognition with no progression advantage.
Ascended
A server-earned destination tied to meaningful mastery.
Owner
Operational identity kept separate from competitive progression.
Recipe modelDiscoveries feed
Discoveries feed
the Forge.
| Recipe | System | Required skill | Level | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tempered Core | Forging | Forging | 10 | Forge |
| Rune Binding | Enchanting | Enchanting | 20 | Enchanting Table |
| Warlord Plate | Forging | Forging | 35 | Forge |