Life Heart Upgrade

Elevate your survival experience with Heart Upgrade, a comprehensive RPG-style health progression system inspired by Terraria’s Life Crystals.

This mod transforms the standard health mechanics, allowing players to transcend the 20-HP limit through exploration, crafting, and looting.

✨ Key Features:

❤️ Permanent Health Progression

• Break the limits! Consume Heart Containers to permanently increase your Max Health.
• Death Persistence: Your hard-earned extra hearts are SAVED even after death. No more losing progress!
• Instant Respawn Recovery: Respawn with full health immediately—no waiting for regeneration.

⛏️ Deepslate Exploration & Mining

• Venture deep underground (Y -64 to 0) to find the rare Deepslate Red Crystal Ore.
• Mining Tier: Requires an Iron Pickaxe or better to harvest.
• Fortune Support: Use the Fortune enchantment to multiply your crystal drops.

🛡️ RPG-Style HUD Overhaul

• Say goodbye to screen-cluttering heart rows!
• Stacking Health Bar: The mod replaces the vanilla health bar with a sleek, color-coded stacking system.
• Color Stages: – 20-40 HP: Green Hearts (x2)
  • 40-60 HP: Blue Hearts (x3)
  • 60+ HP: Gold Hearts (x4+)
• Dynamic Counter: Displays a clean multiplier (e.g., "x2") next to your health bar.

💎 Loot & Trading Integration

• Exploration Rewards: Red Crystals can be found in Abandoned Mineshafts, Dungeons, End Cities, and Village Smithy chests.
• Wandering Trader: Keep an eye out! The Wandering Trader has a rare chance to sell Red Crystals.

⚙️ Fully Configurable (Server & Client Friendly) Customize the mod to fit your modpack or server needs via heartupgrade-common.toml:

• Base Health: Set starting health (Default: 20).
• Max Health Cap: Set the limit players can reach (Default: 60).
• Health Increment: How much HP one item gives (Default: 2).
• Loot Chance: Adjust how often crystals appear in chests.
• Loot Toggle: Enable/Disable chest loot entirely.

Recipes:

• Life Heart: Crafted with 5 Red Crystals in a cross pattern.