PermanentHearts is a Paper plugin that adds a persistent death penalty system to your server. Each time a player dies, they permanently lose 1 heart from their maximum health. Their reduced max health is saved automatically and remains after relogging and server restarts.

The plugin can also reward PvP kills by giving the killer 1 heart back, making combat feel more meaningful while still keeping death punishing. A minimum health limit is enforced so players can never drop below 1 heart.

Features

• Lose 1 heart on every death
• Reduces true max health, not just current health
• Health loss is saved automatically
• Works across relogging and server restarts
• Minimum health floor of 1 heart
• Optional PvP reward: killers regain 1 heart
• Simple configuration
• Admin commands for adding, setting, and checking hearts

Commands

/permanenthearts add <hearts>
Adds hearts to yourself.

/permanenthearts add <player> <hearts>
Adds hearts to another online player.

/permanenthearts set <hearts>
Sets your total max hearts.

/permanenthearts set <player> <hearts>
Sets another online player’s total max hearts.

/permanenthearts check
Shows your current max hearts.

/permanenthearts check <player>
Shows another online player’s current max hearts.

Alias:
/phearts

Permissions

permanenthearts.admin
Allows use of all admin commands.
Default: op

Configuration

Default config:

enabled: true
restore-killer-heart-on-player-kill: true