Description
Elevate your survival experience with Heart Upgrade, a comprehensive RPG-style health progression system inspired by Terraria's Life Crystals.
This mod transforms the standard health mechanics, allowing players to transcend the 20-HP limit through exploration, crafting, and looting.
✨ Key Features:
❤️ Permanent Health Progression
- Break the limits! Consume Heart Containers to permanently increase your Max Health.
- Death Persistence: Your hard-earned extra hearts are SAVED even after death. No more losing progress!
- Instant Respawn Recovery: Respawn with full health immediately—no waiting for regeneration.
⛏️ Deepslate Exploration & Mining
- Venture deep underground (Y -64 to 0) to find the rare Deepslate Red Crystal Ore.
- Mining Tier: Requires an Iron Pickaxe or better to harvest.
- Fortune Support: Use the Fortune enchantment to multiply your crystal drops.
🛡️ RPG-Style HUD Overhaul
- Say goodbye to screen-cluttering heart rows!
- Stacking Health Bar: The mod replaces the vanilla health bar with a sleek, color-coded stacking system.
- Color Stages: - 20-40 HP: Green Hearts (x2)
- 40-60 HP: Blue Hearts (x3)
- 60+ HP: Gold Hearts (x4+)
- Dynamic Counter: Displays a clean multiplier (e.g., "x2") next to your health bar.
💎 Loot & Trading Integration
- Exploration Rewards: Red Crystals can be found in Abandoned Mineshafts, Dungeons, End Cities, and Village Smithy chests.
- Wandering Trader: Keep an eye out! The Wandering Trader has a rare chance to sell Red Crystals.
⚙️ Fully Configurable (Server & Client Friendly) Customize the mod to fit your modpack or server needs via heartupgrade-common.toml:
- Base Health: Set starting health (Default: 20).
- Max Health Cap: Set the limit players can reach (Default: 60).
- Health Increment: How much HP one item gives (Default: 2).
- Loot Chance: Adjust how often crystals appear in chests.
- Loot Toggle: Enable/Disable chest loot entirely.
Recipes:
- Life Heart: Crafted with 5 Red Crystals in a cross pattern.


