Chronicles Permadeath — the Perpetual Covenant
Turn death into a real choice. Chronicles Permadeath adds an opt-in permadeath mode to an Origins + JustLeveling RPG setup. Any player may swear the Perpetual Covenant to gain powerful boons — but from that moment on, death unmakes them. It's a self-imposed hardcore mode with real teeth and real rewards: fully optional, and per character.
⚔️ How it works
Type /chronicles permadeath to read the terms, then /chronicles permadeath confirm to swear.
While bound, you become a glass cannon:
Boons
- ⚔️ Strength — you hit harder
- 🍀 +1 Luck — better loot rolls
- 🛡️ Resistance — you take less damage
- ✨ 2× XP — level up twice as fast
The price
- ❤️ You start at a single heart. Level your build (Constitution, etc.) to earn health back.
- ☠️ Any death is a full character re-roll — you re-pick your Origin from scratch and your JustLeveling progress is wiped.
The covenant is per life: you can't back out while alive, but death ends the run — and your reborn character is free to swear it again. Every covenant death is announced to the server, so glory and downfall alike become part of the story.
📜 Commands
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
/chronicles permadeath |
Explains the stakes (does not commit) |
/chronicles permadeath confirm |
Swear the covenant |
/chronicles status |
Check whether you're bound |
All commands are usable by any player — no OP or cheats required.
📦 Requirements
This is a companion mod designed for the Camputron Chronicles modpack, and it relies on that setup's supporting pieces:
- Minecraft 1.20.1, Forge 47.x
- JustLeveling (Fork) — required; the mod resets its aptitudes/levels on death
- Origins / Otherworld Origins — for the character re-roll
- Companion datapack (
reset_origin_on_death) — drives the covenant engine (the opt-in pipeline, the Luck/Strength/Resistance boons, the Origin reset, and death broadcasts). Load it globally (e.g. with Paxi) or drop it into your world'sdatapacks/folder.
Without these it won't function as intended — it is not a standalone permadeath mod.
🖥️ Servers & multiplayer
- All gameplay logic is server-side. Install the mod + datapack on the server, and the same mod jar on every client (Forge requires matching mod lists to connect).
- Restart the server after installing/updating.
ℹ️ Notes
- Everything is opt-in and per-character — non-committed players are completely unaffected.
- Built for Forge 1.20.1 (
ccdeathreset). - License: All Rights Reserved.