. All progress is saved and persists across restarts.<\/p>\nPer-player stages are also supported for servers that want individual difficulty scaling.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc7e Difficulty Features<\/p>\n
Over 21 toggleable gameplay features activate and scale with your current stage. Every feature can be individually enabled or disabled in the config.<\/p>\n
Mob behaviour<\/p>\n
Mobs spawn with bonus HP, damage and speed on Expert and Master
\nCreepers can spawn charged, chain-react on death, explode through walls, and are immune to their own blasts
\nEndermen teleport aggressively toward nearby players and deal direct damage
\nZombies and Skeletons have a chance to spawn riding a chicken
\nPillagers carry functional firework rockets that home in on players
\nEvokers spawn with a Totem of Undying in their off-hand
\nDrowned summon a lightning bolt on death
\nMob groups and spawn rate pressure increase at higher stages<\/p>\n
World<\/p>\n
Double loot drops (30% on Expert, 55% on Master)
\nExperience bonus (+25% \/ +50%)
\nDeadlier explosions deal extra direct damage to players
\nMonster hits apply Weakness and Slowness
\nSpawn blocker keeps monsters away from the world spawn
\nKiller Bunny can rarely replace a normal rabbit spawn
\nA zombie wearing your gear spawns when you die<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd34 Blood Moon<\/p>\n
On any given night, a Blood Moon has a ~6.7% chance of rising. When it does:<\/p>\n
Hostile mob spawn pressure on the surface doubles
\nPlayers cannot sleep until dawn
\nThe sky, fog, and lighting shift to a deep crimson \u2014 visible on all clients in real time with smooth interpolation
\nSpecial mob variants spawn: armoured zombies and Power V skeletons by default, fully configurable via SNBT tags in the config
\nThe event is announced server-wide in red text and ends automatically at dawn<\/p>\n
The Blood Moon can also be forced or stopped at any time via \/betterdifficulty bloodmoon force|stop. All state \u2014 including whether a Blood Moon already rolled tonight \u2014 persists across server restarts.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf92 Treasure Bags<\/p>\n
Defeating powerful bosses and completing world milestones rewards players with Treasure Bags \u2014 special loot containers that also track your collection progress.<\/p>\n
Bag\tHow to obtain
\nAngler\tEvery 16 fish caught
\nElder Guardian\tKill an Elder Guardian
\nEnder Dragon\tKill the Ender Dragon
\nWarden\tKill a Warden
\nWither\tKill the Wither
\nPillager\tWin a raid
\nElder\tFor modded\/custom boss integration<\/p>\n
Each bag has its own drop table \u2014 defined by JSON config files that generate automatically on first run. You can fully customise the item pool, weights, chances and stack sizes without touching any code. Hot-reloading the config with \/betterdifficulty treasurebag reload applies changes without a restart.<\/p>\n
Opening bags tracks which items you’ve unlocked in a Pok\u00e9dex-style progress system, shown as a tooltip on the item itself. Progress syncs to the client and persists per player across sessions.<\/p>\n
\u2699\ufe0f Configuration<\/p>\n
All features are controlled through a single config file. Key options include:<\/p>\n
Enable or disable any of the 21 difficulty features individually
\nBlood Moon: chance per night, surface-only spawns, sleep prevention, visual intensity, custom special spawn rules
\nTreasure Bags: fishing requirement, tooltip visibility, fully custom drop tables per bag type
\n\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Commands (permission level 2)
\n\/betterdifficulty stage get|set
\n\/betterdifficulty bloodmoon force|stop
\n\/betterdifficulty treasurebag reload<\/p>\nInspired by the classic Bloodmoon and Majrusz’s Progressive Difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Better Difficulty adds progressive challenge systems and treasure bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28253,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"better-difficulty","_minecraft_project_id":"7Pn1Fl0h","_minecraft_author":"bartekpiatek86","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":55,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"better-difficulty.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":1662931,"_minecraft_version_count":4,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T14:54:18.830921Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-04-29T01:14:43.467238Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-04-06T12:19:31.677641Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/better-difficulty","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":28253,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-01T11:10:20+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"f4e7f1afef09bde4474c255ae57437cc","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,97,89,158,92],"mod_loader":[160],"minecraft_version":[37],"class_list":["post-28252","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-neoforge","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-neoforge","minecraft_version-1-21-1"],"yoast_head":"\n
Better Difficulty - Minecraft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Better Difficulty - Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Better Difficulty adds progressive challenge systems and treasure bags.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/\",\"name\":\"Better Difficulty - Minecraft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/better-difficulty-icon-694bccd00e7d8f7803d46fa5750d813214f55ebc_96.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-01T11:10:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/better-difficulty-icon-694bccd00e7d8f7803d46fa5750d813214f55ebc_96.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/better-difficulty-icon-694bccd00e7d8f7803d46fa5750d813214f55ebc_96.webp\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/better-difficulty\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mods\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Better Difficulty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/\",\"name\":\"Minecraft\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Better Difficulty - Minecraft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Better Difficulty - Minecraft","og_description":"Better Difficulty adds progressive challenge systems and treasure bags.","og_url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/","og_site_name":"Minecraft","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/","name":"Better Difficulty - Minecraft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/better-difficulty-icon-694bccd00e7d8f7803d46fa5750d813214f55ebc_96.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-01T11:10:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/better-difficulty-icon-694bccd00e7d8f7803d46fa5750d813214f55ebc_96.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/better-difficulty-icon-694bccd00e7d8f7803d46fa5750d813214f55ebc_96.webp","width":96,"height":96},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-difficulty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mods","item":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Better Difficulty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/","name":"Minecraft","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod\/28252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mod"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mod_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod_category?post=28252"},{"taxonomy":"mod_loader","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod_loader?post=28252"},{"taxonomy":"minecraft_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/minecraft_version?post=28252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}