Minecraft:Hardcore

Template:FakeImage Template:Page image Hardcore is a variant of Minecraft:Survival and one of the main Minecraft:game modes in Minecraft. In Hardcore, the world is locked to Hard Minecraft:difficulty and the Minecraft:player is unable to respawn after dying.

Features

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.

In addition, Hardcore mode worlds are restricted to Hard Minecraft:difficulty and cannot be changed, being the second key feature.

When creating a Hardcore mode world, Allow Minecraft:Commands/Cheats, Starting Map,Template:Only and Minecraft:Bonus Chest world options are locked and disabled. On the world selection menu, Hardcore mode worlds display dark red text reading "Hardcore Mode", and an icon.Template:Only

Hardcore mode is specific to worlds, not players; the variable determining whether the world is in Hardcore mode is saved in level.dat. Thus, the player can use Template:Cmd (if commands are enabled) to set themselves to Minecraft:Creative mode. Players in Creative mode while on a Hardcore mode world still see Hardcore mode's death screen upon death.

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).

However, it is possible to enable commands through the Minecraft:Open to LAN feature in the Minecraft:pause menu.Template:Only From here, the player can, while spectating the world after death, type Template:Cmd to bring themselves back to Minecraft:Survival mode, being able to play again by cheating death.

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.

Multiplayer

Hardcore mode is an option for Minecraft:multiplayer, and its functions are similar to those in Minecraft:singleplayer. 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.

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