Global Difficulty

The global difficulty affects all players. It mainly modifies vanilla gamerules.

0 death

This step is the default one, and it is easier than most vanilla survival.

Phantoms are disabled, all blocks drop after a block explosion or a mob explosion and the difficulty is set to easy. At least 30% of connected players must sleep to skip the night.

1 death

Set the difficulty to Normal.

2 deaths

At least 70% of connected players must sleep to skip the night.

3 and 4 deaths

Set the difficulty to Hard.

5 and 6 deaths

All blocks do not drop after a mob explosion (e.g., creeper) or block explosion (except TNT).

Phantoms are back...

(This is the vanilla hard difficulty)

7 deaths

Increase mob follow range by 25%.

Skeletons are more intelligent. (Good luck)

8 and 9 deaths

Increase fall damage by 25%.

10 and 11 deaths

Remove one heart.

12 deaths

Increase mob step height to 1.1.

13 and 14 deaths

All blocks do not drop after a TNT explosion.

15 deaths

Increase mob reinforcement by 25%.

Zombies are more intelligent. (Good luck)

16 and 17 deaths

The debug screen (F3) is reduced.

You cannot get your coordinates.

18 and 19 deaths

Increase fall damage by 50%.

20 and 21 deaths

Remove another heart (two hearts removed).

22 deaths

All players must sleep to pass the night.

Charged creepers start spawning (spawn rates increase with each death)

23 deaths

Increase follow range by 35%.

24 deaths

Disable infinite water source.

25 deaths

Increase mob reinforcement by 50%.

26 and 27 deaths

Increase mob step height to 1.5.

28 and 29 deaths

Limit crafting to recipes unlocked.

Piglins brutes start spawning in the Nether... (Good luck: spawn rates increase with each death)

30 and 31 deaths

Enable universal anger.

32 deaths

Increase fall damage by 100%

33 and 34 deaths

Increase mob reinforcement by 75%.

35 and 36 deaths

Increase follow range by 100%.

Creepers are buffed... (Good luck)

37, 38 and 39 deaths

Never forgive dead players!

40 deaths

Disable natural regeneration...