Cursed Difficulty
Adds an option at the start of the game to increase your difficulty for just you and giving you extra awards as well.
- Loaders
- NeoForgeForge
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 7.6K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 29
- versions
- 48
- Updated
- January 28, 2026Jan 28
- Published
- in 2023
At a glance
Needed both in the game and on the server
The idea for this mod was to add a way to increase difficulty without overhauling the game or having an effect on players whom didn't want it, making it optional with even optional rewards but make it more vanilla feeling and balanced instead. While the inspiration for this mod was really good for this, it still added a lot more complexity and content to the idea that goes far beyond what would fit well with a vanilla+ modpack or setting. So, I made this mod where upon joining the world for the first time, the game will ask if you want the cursed difficulty or not, giving you a brief small summary of what it is about. Everything in this mod is also configure-able.
**The Curses:**
- Double damage & Knockback from all sources.
- If set on fire, it will last forever until doused manually.
- All Neutral mobs will be aggro'd against you within a 28 blocks radius with LOS, 4 blocks without.
- You cannot sleep in beds.
**The Benefits:**
- Triple experience from Mobs.
15% chance for an unique drop from Mobs (Additional 15% chance check for rarer items)
- -Cow: Bonus Leather.
- -Chicken: Bonus Feathers.
- -Zombie: Slime Ball.
- -Drowned: Clay Ball.
- -Husk: Sand.
- -Skeleton/Stray/Bogged: Bonus Arrows.
- -Creeper: Bonus Gunpowder.
- -Spider/Cave Spider: Fermented Spider Eye.
- -Enderman: Echo Shard.
- -Witch: Phantom Membrane.
- -Evoker: Diamond.
- -Pillager: Emerald.
- -Vindicator: Lapis Lazuli.
- -Magma Cube: Glowstone Dust.
- -Blaze/Breeze: Bonus Rods.
- -Wither Skeleton/Piglin Brute: Netherite Scrap.
- -Zombified Piglin/Piglin: Gold Ingot.
FAQ
How to install Cursed Difficulty?
Install NeoForge for your Minecraft version, download Cursed Difficulty for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.
Which Minecraft versions does Cursed Difficulty support?
Cursed Difficulty has builds for Minecraft 1.19.4, 1.20.1, 1.21.1–1.21.8, 1.21.10–1.21.11 ….
Is Cursed Difficulty needed on the server?
Needed in the game and on the server
