Handicap

Survive Minecraft with 60+ random handicaps.

A Fabric, Neoforge & Quilt mod that makes every 10 minutes a new challenge.

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Handicap is a Minecraft mod that randomly assigns players handicaps at regular intervals. Survive as long as possible, adapt your playstyle, and discover all 64 unique handicaps.

You can also choose which handicaps to apply using commands, customize the timer, and decide whether handicaps stack.

Inspired by Disabilities by OddSense. Handicap is an independent implementation with its own code.

Features

• 🎭 64 unique handicaps that change the way you play.
• ⏳ A new random handicap every 10 minutes, with stacking, sync, max and duration all adjustable in the settings menu.
• 🎒 Inventory panel and on-screen list — see your handicaps, what they do and the time left. The backtick (`) key opens the settings.
• ♿ Wheelchair — 8 coal around an iron nugget. Place it and right-click to drive, handy with paraplegia or amputated_leg.
• 💬 Commands to give, clear and list handicaps.
• 💾 Saved per world and 🌐 multiplayer ready (install on client and server).

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By default, only operators can use /handicap, except in singleplayer where the host always can. You can change this in the settings menu or in handicap.json (see Configuration).

Command	Description
`/handicap give <handicap\	all\
/handicap clear	Remove all your handicaps.
/handicap clear <players>	Remove all handicaps from selected players.
`/handicap clear <handicap\	all\
/handicap list <players>	List the selected players' handicaps.
/handicap next <players>	Skip the timer and assign the next random handicap.
/handicap settings	Show every setting at once.
`/handicap settings stacking [true\	false]`
`/handicap settings timer [off\	]`
`/handicap settings max [off\	]`
`/handicap settings duration [off\	]`

Replace <handicap> with an ID from the table below.

The timer and the duration are measured in minutes. For example, 0.5 means every 30 seconds. The minimum interval is 0.1 minute (6 seconds).

<players> is a player name or a target selector such as @s, @a, @p or @r.

• With operator permission: you can use every command on any player, with or without selectors.
• Without operator permission (the command permission is set to Player, or you host a singleplayer world with cheats off): you can only target yourself, by typing your own player name. Selectors like @s and @a are refused by Minecraft for players who are not operators. You can still change every setting with /handicap settings, which applies to the whole server.

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#	Handicap	ID	Effect
1	Blind	blind	Permanent blindness.
2	Color Blind	color_blind	You see in black and white.
3	Deaf	deaf	You cannot hear anything; subtitles are enabled automatically.
4	Diabetes	diabetes	Sugary food hurts you when eaten.
5	Schizophrenia	schizophrenia	You see and hear things that aren't real.
6	Mute	mute	You cannot speak in chat.
7	Seizures	seizures	Damage, low hunger, or negative effects can trigger seizures.
8	Cancer	cancer	Your maximum health slowly decreases.
9	OCD	ocd	You must obey compulsions or you will get punish.
10	Amputated Offhand	amputated_offhand	Your offhand is gone.
11	Amputated Leg	amputated_leg	You must jump to move around.
12	Dyslexia	dyslexia	You can't read.
13	Short	short	You are smaller and your reach is shorter.
14	Dementia	dementia	Items move around in your inventory.
15	Asthma	asthma	Sprinting for too long leaves you out of breath.
16	Cerebral Palsy	cerebral_palsy	Random involuntary movements.
17	Narcolepsy	narcolepsy	You randomly fall asleep.
18	Parkinson's	parkinsons	Your crosshair shakes constantly.
19	Pollen Allergy	pollen_allergy	Nearby flowers poison you.
20	Insomnia	insomnia	You cannot sleep.
21	Arthritis	arthritis	Mining and attacking are slower.
22	Brittle Bones	brittle_bones	You take twice as much fall damage.
23	ADHD	adhd	Your selected hotbar slot changes randomly.
24	Tourette's	tourettes	Your camera jerks and you say random things in chat.
25	Vertigo	vertigo	The world randomly starts to spin.
26	Scoliosis	scoliosis	Your view is permanently tilted.
27	Kleptomania	kleptomania	You cannot drop items.
28	Lactose Intolerance	lactose_intolerance	Drinking milk kills you instantly.
29	Anosognosia	anosognosia	You cannot see your own handicaps.
30	Paraplegia	paraplegia	You cannot jump or sprint.
31	Reduced Mobility	reduced_mobility	You move more slowly.
32	Celiac Disease	celiac	Bread and cookies make you sick.
33	Tinnitus	tinnitus	A ringing noise plays from time to time.
34	Muscle Weakness	muscle_weakness	Your melee damage is reduced.
35	Respiratory Failure	respiratory_failure	You run out of air much faster underwater.
36	Hypotension	hypotension	Episodes of weakness and slowness.
37	Poor Circulation	poor_circulation	Standing still for too long slows you down.
38	Clumsiness	clumsiness	You sometimes drop the item in your hand.
39	Fish Allergy	fish_allergy	Eating fish makes you sick.
40	Claustrophobia	claustrophobia	Tight spaces slow you down.
41	Slow Reflexes	slow_reflexes	You are slowed down after taking damage.
42	Monster Phobia	monster_phobia	Nearby monsters weaken and slow you down.
43	Partial Deafness	partial_deafness	All sounds are played at half volume.
44	Inverted Vision	inverted_vision	Your view is flipped upside down.
45	Hiccups	hiccups	Random hiccups jolt your view.
46	Sneezing	sneezing	Sneezing fits jolt your view and slow you down.
47	Jump Curse	jump_curse	You jump on your own at random.
48	Magnet Feet	magnet_feet	You cannot jump for a moment after landing.
49	Sleepwalking	sleepwalking	You sometimes walk forward on your own.
50	Sticky Hand	sticky_hand	You cannot switch hotbar slots for a moment after switching.
51	Myopia	myopia	Your vision is blurry.
52	Hyperopia	hyperopia	The bottom third of your screen is blurry.
53	Tunnel Vision	tunnel_vision	Your field of view narrows to a small spot.
54	Phantom Light	phantom_light	Blinding flashes of light appear from time to time.
55	Spatial Disorientation	spatial_disorientation	Left and right are swapped.
56	Armor Intolerance	armor_intolerance	You cannot wear armor; it is given back when the handicap ends.
57	Drunk	drunk	Your movement feels unsteady.
58	Sleep Apnea	sleep_apnea	You sometimes wake up gasping for air and feel slow.
59	Hand Tremors	hand_tremors	Your hands shake and interrupt mining.
60	Visual Agnosia	visual_agnosia	Colors blend together, making blocks hard to tell apart.
61	Migraine	migraine	Migraine episodes blur and brighten the edges of your screen.
62	Broken Arm	broken_arm	Breaking blocks takes much longer, and your arm is in a cast.
63	Prosopagnosia	prosopagnosia	You can't recognize faces, mixing up all the players and mobs.
64	Derealization	derealization	The world turns into an unrecognizable mess.

⚠️ Only one screen filter is displayed at a time, with Blind taking priority over Phantom Light, Inverted Vision, Tunnel Vision, Migraine, Color Blind, Visual Agnosia, Myopia, and Hyperopia. [26.1 & 26.2]

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All the settings are in one menu. Open it from the gear on the Handicap panel in your inventory, or from the mod list:

• Fabric and Quilt: install Mod Menu, then select Handicap and click Configure.
• NeoForge: open the Mods screen, select Handicap and click Config.

The menu has three sections:

• Display: how the handicap list looks on your screen. Only for you.
• Game rules: synchronization, stacking, timer, max, duration and disabled handicaps, saved in the world. Only players who can use /handicap can change them, and you need to be in a world.
• Server config: the command permission and the descriptions, saved in config/handicap.json. Only the host of a singleplayer world or an operator can change them. On a server, the menu shows the server's settings.

You can also edit config/handicap.json by hand (restart the game or server afterwards):

Option	Values	Description
permissionLevel	0 or 2	2: only operators can use /handicap (default). 0: everyone can, but without operator permission players can only target themselves.
showDescriptions	true or false	true (default): hovering a handicap in the inventory panel shows what it does. false: only the name is shown, so you have to find out the effects yourself.

On a dedicated server, handicap.json of the server decides.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.1 or newer (pick the right Handicap version!)
• Fabric or Quilt: Fabric Loader 0.19.5 or newer (latest version recommended) or Quilt Loader, and Fabric API.
• NeoForge: NeoForge 26.1.0.19-beta or newer
• Java 25 (the official Minecraft launcher already includes it)

Install the mod on the client, and also on the server if you play multiplayer.

Installation

1. 💻 Install your loader for the Minecraft version you want to play.
2. 📥 Download the Handicap mod .jar file (and Fabric API).
3. 📁 Place (both) .jar file(s) in your Minecraft mods folder.
4. 🚀 Launch Minecraft using your loader's profile.
5. 🎉 Enjoy my mod!

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Bug reports and suggestions are welcome. Please open an issue in this repository.

Handicap is released under the LGPLv3 License.

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