Minecraft:Hardcore

Template:FakeImage Hardcore is a variant of the Minecraft:Survival game mode where the world is locked to Hard Minecraft:difficulty and the Minecraft:player is unable to respawn after dying.

Features

Enabling

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The warning about Hardcore mode

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Animation when Hardcore is toggled in Bedrock Edition

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The game mode button showing Hardcore in Java Edition

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The Hardcore toggle in Bedrock Edition

Hardcore can only be enabled in the Minecraft:Create new world screen; Template:In as a state of the "Game Mode" button, Template:In as a separate toggle.

When creating a Hardcore mode world, "Allow Minecraft:Commands"/"Cheats", "Starting Map",Template:Only and "Minecraft:Bonus Chest" world options are locked and disabled. In addition, Hardcore mode worlds are restricted to Hard Minecraft:difficulty which cannot be changed.

Hardcore cannot be disabled nor enabled for existing worlds. Minecraft:Realms or Minecraft:servers can use Hardcore by uploading existing Hardcore worlds to the server.

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The button of a Hardcore world on the Play screen (grid layout, not game over), showing the days played counter.

On the world selection menu, Hardcore mode worlds display a red Hardcore tag, and an icon.Template:Only

Death

The key feature of Hardcore mode is that the player is not given the option to Minecraft:respawn upon Minecraft:death as they would in other game modes. Instead, the player is given two options: to spectate the world, which sets the player's game mode to Minecraft:Spectator mode and respawns them at the world's spawn point, or return back to the Minecraft:title screen. Re-opening the world after death simply returns to the same death screen or the Spectator mode depending on the outcome.

• The Hardcore Minecraft:death screen in Java Edition, where it says "Game Over!" instead of "You Died!".
  The Hardcore Minecraft:death screen in Java Edition, where it says "Game Over!" instead of "You Died!".
• The Hardcore death screen in Bedrock Edition
  The Hardcore death screen in Bedrock Edition

Other details

Hardcore mode is specific to worlds, not players; the variable determining whether the world is in Hardcore mode is saved in Minecraft:level.dat.

In Minecraft:multiplayer, all players have Hardcore mode enabled — it is impossible to have some players in Hardcore and some not. Minecraft:Server operators can use the Template:Cmd command to change the game mode of themselves or another player. Players in Creative mode while on a Hardcore mode world still see Hardcore mode's death screen upon death.

Template:Relevant tutorial It is normally impossible to toggle Hardcore mode once the world has been created, though it is possible to use external programs such as NBTExplorer to change it by setting the Template:Nbt tag to either 1 (hardcore) or 0 (normal).

Template:IN, Hardcore can be switched on and off along with other world creation settings on any world by converting it to a Minecraft:world template and "re-creating" it. This will keep all world data, however, and even Minecraft:achievements can still be earned.

It is also possible to enable "Immediate Respawn" in Hardcore mode, allowing a player to skip the death screen and automatically switch to Spectator mode.

History

Bedrock Edition

• The Hardcore mode button posted on Twitter by Notch.
  The Hardcore mode button posted on Twitter by Notch.
• Notch's first image of a Hardcore death screen.
  Notch's first image of a Hardcore death screen.

Trivia

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The joke "ultra hardcore" button.

• When Hardcore mode was announced, Notch jokingly posted an image of an 'ultra hardcore' mode where the premium status of the player's account would be revoked on death.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>"Ultra hardcore mode!"</ref> This is not to be confused with the custom game mode of the same name.
• When toggling Hardcore mode on Minecraft:Bedrock Edition, the sounds of a Minecraft:flint and steel igniting and a Minecraft:zombie infecting a Minecraft:villager are played.
• The longest Hardcore world record lasted for 5 years. It ended in April 2019 when a baby Minecraft:zombie and a Minecraft:spider killed the record holder in a cave. A Minecraft:splash text called "Ph1lza had a good run!" was added in reference of him.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
• When a Hardcore mode world is loaded on a version released prior to Hardcore mode, the world is permanently converted into a Survival world.

See also

• Minecraft:Tutorial:Hardcore mode
• Minecraft:Tutorial:Ultra Hardcore survival