GrowHealth

A dynamic health scaling mod/plugin for Minecraft 1.21.11, supporting both Paper and Fabric.

Features

• Hardcore Start: Every player begins their journey with configurable starting hearts (Default: 1 Heart).
• Progressive Growth: Earn extra hearts for every level interval gained (Default: +1 Heart every 5 levels).
• Infinite Scaling: There is no hard limit to how many hearts you can obtain.
• Decimal Support: Configure health with half-heart precision (e.g., start with 0.5 hearts).
• Multi-Platform: Native support for Paper (Bukkit) servers and Fabric modded environments.

Installation

Paper / Spigot

1. Download GrowHealth-1.0.0-Paper.jar.
2. Place the JAR in your server's plugins/ directory.
3. Restart your server.

Fabric

1. Download GrowHealth-1.0.0-Fabric.jar.
2. Ensure you have the Fabric Loader and Fabric API installed.
3. Place the JAR in your mods/ directory.
4. Restart your Minecraft client or server.

Configuration

Paper (plugins/GrowHealth/config.yml)

starting-hearts: 1.0
levels-per-interval: 5
hearts-per-interval: 1.0

Fabric (config/growhealth.properties)

starting-hearts=1.0
levels-per-interval=5
hearts-per-interval=1.0

• starting-hearts: Initial health (2.0 = 1 full heart).
• levels-per-interval: Number of levels required for a health boost.
• hearts-per-interval: Amount of health gained at each interval.

Building from Source

This project uses a multi-project Gradle build.

# Build both versions
./gradlew build

# Build specific platform
./gradlew :paper:build
./gradlew :fabric:build

The output JARs will be in paper/build/libs/ and fabric/build/libs/.

Technical Details

• Version: 1.21.11
• Java: 21
• Mappings: Official Mojang Mappings (Fabric)