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Soft Worldborder

Worldborder prevents healing rather than exploration!

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Updated
June 25, 2026Jun 25
Published
in 2026
Worldborder — The visual appearance of the "soft" worldborder · swipe

At a glance

Runs on Fabric
For Minecraft 1.20.1
Needed in the game and on the server
Latest version — 1.1.2+mc1.20.1 from June 25, 2026
License CC0-1.0 — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn serverrequired

Needed both in the game and on the server

Game versions1.20.1

Prevents healing outside of the worldborder instead of preventing exploration outside of it. Players who leave the worldborder will recieve the status effect "Desolation" and not be able to heal in any capacity.

Features

Desolation prevents recieving healing from sources like:

  • Eating
  • Totem of Undying
  • Potions (Regeneration, Instant Healing, etc)
  • Absorption (configurable)
  • etc..

Usage

In a new world (as op) you might run:

/swb set minecraft:overworld enabled true
/swb set minecraft:overworld halfWidth 500

Images

As you get close to the border:

World Border

When you pass through the border you will be given the status effect:

Status Effect Heart Shader Effect

Configuration

Operator's level >=2 are able to call the commands:

# enables/disables the border in the specified dimension
/swb set modid:dimension_name enabled <true|false>
# determines the number of blocks out from the origin in which the walls are placed
/swb set modid:dimension_name halfWidth <number>
# determines the center
/swb set modid:dimension_name origin <x, z>
# returns current configuration for a dimension
/swb get modid:dimension_name
# returns the current configuration for all dimensions
/swb list
# reloads currently set configuration file into server, only necessary if commands were not used
/swb reload

Credits:

Inspired by, but didn't have the version I wanted this mod to be used in: https://modrinth.com/mod/no-heal-border

FAQ

How to install Soft Worldborder?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Soft Worldborder 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 Soft Worldborder support?

Soft Worldborder has builds for Minecraft 1.20.1.

Is Soft Worldborder needed on the server?

Needed in the game and on the server

License and source
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universalfree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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