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Hellcraft
A Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.3 that reshapes the overworld into Dante's Inferno: a funnel of nine circles terracing down to frozen Cocytus. The rules are Lifesteal SMP, where blood is fuel and hell is full.
Downloads
Every player installs Hellcraft too, and a server and its players need the same version.
Modrinth App · Prism Launcher
Modpack (.mrpack)
Hellcraft-3.3.0-mc26.3.mrpack · 5 MB
The easiest way. Import it as a modpack and it installs Minecraft 26.3, Fabric Loader and Fabric API for you. For single player and joining a server.
Download .mrpackOfficial Minecraft Launcher
Mods bundle (.zip)
hellcraft-3.3.0-mc26.3-mods.zip · 7 MB
Hellcraft and Fabric API in one zip, with an INSTALL.txt. Install Fabric Loader for 26.3, put both jars in .minecraft/mods and play the fabric-loader-26.3 profile.
Download .zipServers · your own mod setup
Mod only (.jar)
hellcraft-3.3.0-mc26.3.jar · 5 MB
Just the Hellcraft mod. Drop it into a Fabric 26.3 server's mods folder (it also needs Fabric API), or add it to a modpack you already have.
Download .jarShare links that always get the newest version: blenderuploads.com/hellcraft/download (modpack), /hellcraft/download/mods (zip) and /hellcraft/download/jar.
Previous versions
| Version | Released | Files |
|---|---|---|
| v3.2.0 | 7 Nov 2026 | .mrpack.zip.jar |
| v3.1.0 | 28 Oct 2026 | .mrpack.zip.jar |
| v3.0.0 | 19 Oct 2026 | .mrpack.zip.jar |
| v2.0.3 | 2 Oct 2026 | .mrpack.zip.jar |
Every release on GitHub, with notes on which versions need a new world.
Getting started
Single player
Singleplayer → Create New World → World tab, and click World Type until it says Inferno. Turn on Allow Commands for the test commands.
Join a server
Install the same Hellcraft version as the server. If yours doesn't match, the server tells you which one to install.
Host a server
Use itzg/minecraft-server:java25 with TYPE=FABRIC, VERSION=26.3 and LEVEL_TYPE=hellcraft:inferno, with the .jar in its mods folder. The Inferno only generates in a new world.
Play on the server
mc.hellcraft.blenderuploads.com
Join with the same Hellcraft version as the server.
The nine circles
The world is a disc 10,500 blocks across. You spawn in the Dark Wood outside the Gate of Hell, and walking toward 0, 0 always leads down. Each circle has its own torment.
- ILimboNo fighting other players. Limbo is only longing, and it has no colour.
- IILustThe wind is a road: white streams carry you down the circle.
- IIIGluttonyThe mud swallows whoever stands still.
- IVGreedGold draws the hoarders.
- VWrathThe sullen lurk under the water of the Styx.
- VIHeresyPulses of Darkness among the burning tombs.
- VIIViolenceBreaking the trees hurts you. Fire rains on the sands.
- VIIIFraudOne monster in five is invisible.
- IXTreacheryThe cold builds while you're away from fire.
At the very bottom, in Lucifer's pit, the Emperor waits. Beyond him: the climb out through Purgatory, and the nine spheres of Paradiso.
Blood is fuel
- Hearts. You start with 10 and can hold up to 20. Killing a player steals one of theirs.
- Blood Fragments. Monsters drop them, more often the deeper you go. Eight clot into a Blood Heart.
- Prestige. At max hearts, trade them in at a Blood Altar for a higher max and a bonus you keep. Seven ranks: the Seven P's.
- A way back. Vigil Candles and Soul Anchors bring you back once each. Neither works in Lucifer's pit.
- Guardians. Minos, Cerberus, Plutus, Phlegyas, the Furies, Farinata, Geryon and Vulcan each fight in a lair of their own.
- Finding your way. A compass, the Map of Hell (M) and the Pilgrim's Journal (J), with four Pilgrim Roads down to the Well of Giants.
From the descent
Taken in game, with no HUD and no shaders. More screenshots.