HardcoreMode | Temporary bans after death

Are you ready to raise the stakes on your Minecraft server? HardcoreMode is not just another plugin — it completely transforms the way players experience death. Instead of respawning like nothing happened, players are temporarily or permanently banned when they die.

This isn't a punishment — it's a feature. A challenge. A new way to keep your server fresh, exciting, and truly hardcore.

In vanilla Minecraft, death is just an inconvenience. With HardcoreMode, it's something to fear again.

When a player dies:

• They are banned from the server for a configurable amount of time.
• The ban duration can scale based on how many times they've died before.
• Players with higher ranks can receive customized ban lengths.
• Ban penalties can decay over time if a player survives long enough.

HardcoreMode is designed to be as flexible and server-friendly as possible. Everything is managed through a clean config and easy-to-use commands.

For Admins:

• Set default lives for all players
• Adjust ban time by death count or permission rank
• Show or hide lives info in nicknames like ☠ 3 Deaths or ❤️ 1 Life
• Enable ban level reductions over time
• Customize death effects (lightning, sounds, messages)

Admins also have full access to bypass bans, manage lives, and reload configuration without restarting the server (in most cases).

Use PlaceholderAPI to show HardcoreMode stats anywhere:

• Scoreboards
• Tab lists
• Chat formats
• NPC dialogues

Popular placeholders:

• %hardcoremode_deaths% – Total number of deaths
• %hardcoremode_lives% – Current life count
• %hardcoremode_last-ban% – Last ban timestamp
• %hardcoremode_death-level% – Current ban severity

Over 30 placeholders available — both player-specific and config-related.

More in Documentation section.

HardcoreMode includes built-in support for multiple languages:

English - German - Polish - French - Italian - Spanish

Want to add your own language?

1. Go to plugins/HardcoreMode/languages
2. Copy en.yml, rename it (e.g., fr.yml)
3. Translate the messages inside
4. Change the language in config.yml
5. Reload or restart your server

Easy and fully customizable via .yml

The plugin is always tested on the latest possible version of Minecraft.

The further you deviate from the native version of the plugin, the more likely you are to encounter problems. In this case, use newer/older versions of the plugin.

/hardcoremode               # Plugin help
/hardcoremode reload        # Reload plugin config
/hardcoremode lives         # Show & manage lives
/lives [add/set/remove]     # Life management
/unban <player>             # Unban a player manually

hardcoremode.*                   # Full access
hardcoremode.reload              # Reload command
hardcoremode.lives               # Lives management
hardcoremode.unban               # Unban command
hardcoremode.admin               # Admin help
hardcoremode.nodeath             # Prevent ban after death

Questions? Suggestions? Bugs?
Join the official Discord server to connect with the developer and other users. Get support, share ideas, or contribute translations.
https://discord.gg/kE6eptDu3W

HardcoreMode is more than just a plugin — it's a new way to experience Minecraft. With real consequences and custom rules, your players will never play the same way again.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0
Developed by olios