About Hard Times
From ModrinthA tricky realism modpack designed to test your survival skills! How well do you fare without having a hotbar? <3
Hard Times are... well, hard.
This modpack is designed to be fairly difficult by adding realism elements ontop of the game.
Focus on _Realism (ooh)_
Various features to add difficulty were added, such as being unable to heal and requiring bandages to heal, a thirst mechanic, and a temperature mechanic (alongside seasons) were added to have a focus on realism. In addition, various other things to make the game look more realistic were added, such as multiple resource packs & a shader.
No HUD? No Problem. <3
You don't have a HUD in real life anyway, why should your Minecraft self have one? This modpack does away with the HUD, meaning you can't rely on HUD bars to tell you when you need something. Rather, you have to pay attention to your environment and your character's vision and noises.
Increased Overall Difficulty
Oh, Minecraft is too easy now, was it? Let's see how well you manage to live in this environment! <3
This modpack adds many things to make the world just that much more unfriendly to play with, such as:
- There is now hardcore darkness; make sure to bring those torches!
- Various things that couldn't hurt you before now can! (Torches, stonecutters, etc.)
- Difficulty is locked on hard mode. (assuming you don't cheat or whatever...)
- Rarely, there will be blood moons that make the night horrifically dangerous.
- Mob AI is smarter overall.
- Torches burn out over time and get extinguished by water. Bring a flint & steel!
- Villagers are unhappy with you pillaging from their chests, increasing trade costs and potentially causing iron golems to attack!
World Overhauling
With multiple terrain, cave, and dimension overhauling mods and several structure mods, the Minecraft overworld, nether, and end hardly even look the same as before, granting so much more exploration opportunities just waiting to be discovered!
Happy Minecrafting! <3
Hope you enjoy... or not... :)
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Hard Times on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- HardTimes-release2, released 2026-11-03
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 6 recorded builds of Hard Times.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| HardTimes-release2 | 2026-11-03 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| HardTimes-release1 | 2026-08-11 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.3 | 2026-04-22 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.2.5 | 2025-12-20 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.2.4 | 2025-10-21 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.2.3 | 2025-08-13 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
Dependencies
- Bundled: modrinth project R2OftAxM (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
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- Bundled: modrinth project g96Z4WVZ (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Hard Times on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Hard Times as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 1 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-03Open ↗
- ✓AuthorKayluhZ, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
