Every player gets 10 lives. Lose them all and you're stuck in spectator mode — unless your friends build a shrine to bring you back.
A hardcore-lite experience for Minecraft servers. Your life is precious — your friends even more so.
Each player starts with 10 lives. Every death costs one. Zero = spectator mode.
A craftable mystical block that brings back fallen players through ritual.
Place items on Ritual Pedestals around the shrine — Soul Crystal, Totem, Nether Star, Diamond Block.
Color-coded lives display inside your inventory screen.
Animated textures, 4-layer altar, golden beacon beam shooting skyward.
OP-only commands for emergency revives without shrines.
A majestic 4-layer altar — Base Slab, Main Body, Ornate Crown, and Floating Emissive Core.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Block ID | revivallivesshrine:revival_shrine
|
| Creative Tab | Building Blocks |
| Hardness | 5.0 |
| Blast Resistance | 1200 (near-indestructible) |
| Light Level | 12 → 15 when activated |
| Sound | Amethyst |
Three craftable items form the core of the mod. All mod blocks require a Diamond Pickaxe or better to mine.
Mysterious floating islands of soul energy, scattered across the sky — packed with rare resources.
Generate at Y=180+ above the clouds. Look up!
Covered with Soul Crystal blocks — mine them with a Diamond Pickaxe.
Some islands spawn with Ritual Pedestals and Revival Shrines already placed!
Islands spawn frequently — about 1 per 15 chunks. Explore the skies!
| Block | Role |
|---|---|
| End Stone | Island foundation / terrain |
| Deepslate | Rocky interior layers |
| Obsidian | Structural core |
| Soul Crystal | Surface decoration (mineable!) |
| Chests | Randomly spawned with loot |
Build a portal from Amethyst Blocks to instantly travel to the nearest Sky Island.
Use Amethyst Blocks to build a frame shaped exactly like a Nether Portal — 4×5 outer frame (2×3 inner space).
Right-click the inside of the frame with Flint and Steel. The portal will fill with glowing soul energy!
Walk into the portal. You'll be teleported to the nearest Sky Island in seconds. ✨
Every player begins with 10 lives. Each death costs one life. Zero lives changes everything.
Lives stored server-side per UUID — persistent through restarts. TLauncher safe.
Permanently forced into Spectator Mode. A reminder appears every 30 seconds.
Lives visible inside your inventory screen.
Press E to see expanded lives display with status indicator.
Build a multiblock altar and place offerings on pedestals to channel revival energy.
Place the Revival Shrine in the center with 4 Ritual Pedestals on the cardinal sides (N, S, E, W).
Place the Revival Shrine block on the ground. This is the heart of your altar.
Place one Ritual Pedestal on each cardinal side of the shrine — North, South, East, and West (directly adjacent).
Right-click each Ritual Pedestal with the required item to place it as an offering. Each pedestal holds one item:
Once all 4 offerings are placed, right-click the Revival Shrine with an empty hand. The offerings will be consumed, a massive Golden Beacon erupts skyward, and the shrine becomes active!
A clickable list appears in chat showing all dead players (those with 0 lives). Click a name to begin the revival.
A spectacular revival sequence begins.
All under /revivallivesshrine.
See an overview of all commands and how the mod works — right in-game.
See your remaining lives.
Revive after activating a shrine.
Revive without a shrine. OP level 2+ required.
| Command | Permission | Description |
|---|---|---|
/revivallivesshrine help |
Everyone | Shows mod guide & all commands |
/revivallivesshrine lives |
Everyone | Check your remaining lives |
/revivallivesshrine revive <player> |
Everyone | Revive a player (needs active shrine) |
/revivallivesshrine credits |
Everyone | Show mod credits |
/revivallivesshrine admin revive <player> |
OP 2+ | Force-revive without shrine |
Simple JSON config file.
Path: config/revivallivesshrine.json
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
defaultLives
|
10 | Starting & revival lives count |
Running in 2 minutes.
Fabric Loader 0.16.14+ for Minecraft 1.21.8 from fabricmc.net
From Modrinth
fabric-api-*.jar + revivallivesshrine-1.0.0.jar → .minecraft/mods/
Works on client, dedicated servers, and TLauncher. Run /revivallivesshrine help to get started!
The people behind Revival Lives Shrine.