How to Enable Hardcore Mode for your Minecraft Server
Managing your Server
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Dec 22, 2024
Hardcore mode is a Java Edition exclusive variant of survival. In this mode, the world is locked to the Hard difficulty and players cannot respawn after being killed. The only available options on the death screen will be to enter the Spectator mode or return to the main Minecraft menu.
How to Enable Hardcore Mode
Access your control panel and Shut Down your server.
Access your control panel and Shut Down your server.
Navigate to the Files Tab
Navigate to the Files Tab
Open up server.properties
Open up server.properties
Set the hardcore option to true
Set the hardcore option to true
Click Save and Start your server
Click Save and Start your server
Changing your World to Hardcore
If your world has already been generated, you will need to edit a few extra settings to activate hardcore mode. You can do this by using NBTExplorer.
Follow up to step 5 of our guide on NBTExplorer.
Follow up to step 5 of our guide on NBTExplorer.
You can find a link to our guide here, you will only want to follow steps 1-5, then come back here: How to use NBTExplorer to edit Minecraft World Data.
Start NBTExplorer and open the level.dat downloaded from your server.
Start NBTExplorer and open the level.dat downloaded from your server.
Double click on hardcore and set the value to 1.
Double click on hardcore and set the value to 1.
Click Save All Modified Tags in the top-left corner.
Click Save All Modified Tags in the top-left corner.
Upload and overwrite the modified level.dat file back to your server.
Upload and overwrite the modified level.dat file back to your server.
Restart your server.
Restart your server.
Zach Lowery
Game Experience Engineer