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Difficulty Enhancement

Extremely flexible and lightweight difficulty modifier mod

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Updated 11 days ago

Latest stable file difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar

Game version 1.20.1

Loader Forge

Difficulty Enhancement difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar targets 1.20.1 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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Is Difficulty Enhancement required on the client, server, or both?

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

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Dedicated server Source doesn’t say

Loader for this release Forge

Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.

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What else does Difficulty Enhancement difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar need?

difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No extra mods listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

1 listed on this file 2 pulled in by those mods

Class Enhancement Optional for Difficulty Enhancement difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar

optional

Matching file found Matched file: class_enhancement-1.0.2.jar

Class API Needed by Class Enhancement

pulled in

Matching file found Matched file: class_api-1.0.1.jar

Difficulty Enhancement Needed by Class Enhancement

pulled in

Matching file found Matched file: difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar

2 extra mods were pulled in by other dependencies. Indented rows show who needs each one. We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.

Before you install it

Add Difficulty Enhancement without breaking your instance.

Built for Difficulty Enhancement difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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Stick to this file

Use difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar. It targets 1.20.1 with Forge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Use the “Get this file” button beside difficulty_enhancement-2.0.20.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Difficulty Enhancement add?

Easy, Normal and Hard in vanilla Minecraft don't really change much. This mod lets you build your own difficulty out of small modifiers.
Pick what you want when you make a world. The harder you go, the more you earn!

Forge 1.20.1 | Client & Server

Ticking modifiers moves the skull from Normal up to Chaos

When you make a new world, this screen pops up before you can do anything. You can't get hurt while it's open.
Every modifier has a weight. Weight pushes the skull up the bar: Normal, Hard, Veteran, Chaos. It gets angrier the higher it goes.
After you confirm, you can still add more later. Taking one away means the world loses its rewards, so think a bit.
Keep Inventory is a switch on the side and doesn't count for anything.

About 70 of them in a normal pack, split into Easy, Medium, Expert and Master. Small stuff like thinner food and pricier villagers, up to blood moons, mobs that heal off you and no sleeping ever.

Then there's Challenges. These don't add weight, they just change how you play. One life, no beds, vegetarian, stuck in third person, a random boss every 3 days, that kind of thing.

If you don't want to pick one by one, there are 19 presets. Hover one to see what's inside.
You can save your own and share it as a code. Your friend pastes it into Import code and gets it

Hold Shift on the screen to see what each tier gives you:

XP: mobs drop more of it the more weight you have, up to +50%.
Boss bags: from Hard up, everyone who hit a boss gets a Treasure Bag with a share of its loot.
Chaos: bags drop twice, they can hold a relic (Totem, Notch apple, or Artifacts stuff if you have it), and every boss drops a named trophy.
Medals: challenges marked Medal give you one when a boss dies near you.

None of these are needed. If one is installed, its modifiers show up. If not, they stay hidden.

Iron's Spells / Ars Nouveau: mana, spell fizzle, slower casting and so on.
Waystones, L2 Hostility, Corpse, Sophisticated Backpacks, FTB Ultimine, Pehkui: one or two modifiers each.
Curios, Shoulder Surfing: so the existing modifiers behave with them.
Class Enhancement: new worlds go difficulty first, then class.

One difficulty per world. In multiplayer, ops pick it
/de setup opens the screen again. /de rewards shows what your world is gettin or earning.
Server config has the chances and numbers for things like broken legs and bleeding. Client config has a reduce motion switch if the animations bother you.
Presets and modifiers are datapack files, so packs can change or add their own.

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Project description from CurseForge.

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