How to Enable Hardcore Mode on Your Minecraft Server

Hardcore mode is permanent death, when players die they become spectators and cannot respawn. Additionally, the difficulty is automatically locked to hard, making this the ultimate survival challenge.

This is what you do if you want to enable hardcore mode on your Minecraft server we detail how to enable hardcore on a new world, or an existing world in the steps below.

Enabling Hardcore Mode on a New World

1. 1
   Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
2. 2
   In the sidebar, go to Files and delete your existing world folder so a new world generates.
3. 3
   Go to Settings and, under World, set Hardcore Mode to Enabled.
4. 4
   Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.

Enabling Hardcore Mode on an Existing World

To convert an existing world to hardcore, you need to edit the world's level.dat file.

1. 1
   Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
2. 2
   In the sidebar, go to Files and navigate to your world folder.
3. 3
   Download the level.dat file.
4. 4
   Upload the file to an NBT editor website (such as irath96's NBT Editor).
5. 5
   Find the hardcore value and change it to 1, then save your changes.
6. 6
   Upload the newly modified level.dat file to your existing world folder, replacing the original file.
7. 7
   Start your server.