Kid Survival
A Fabric server-side mod for kid-friendly Minecraft servers. Toggle invulnerability for young players with /kid, or start a multiplayer Hunter Tag game with /hunter.
Features
Kid Mode
/kidtoggle — grants invulnerability and continuous health restoration- Available to all players, no operator permissions needed
- State persists across server restarts
Hunger Mode
/hungertoggle — keeps food and saturation maxed so the player never gets hungry- Independent of Kid Mode; enable either on its own or both together
- Combined status is shown in the action bar ("Kid Mode + No Hunger", "Kid Mode Active", or "No Hunger")
- Available to all players, no operator permissions needed
- State persists across server restarts
Hunter Tag
/hunterstarts a round — the invoking player becomes the hunter, everyone else becomes a runner- Hunter is frozen for 30 seconds, then chases runners
- Tag runners by melee attack (no damage dealt, compatible with kid mode)
- Tagged runners become hunters
- When the last runner is tagged, scores are reported and a new round auto-starts
- Colored team names (
[Hunter]/[Runner]) and glowing effect on hunters - Role shown in action bar with freeze countdown
- Cumulative runner-time scoring across rounds
- Handles disconnects (pause/resume) and mid-game joins
/benchopts a player out entirely — benched players are skipped when rounds start and never auto-join mid-game- Game state and scores persist across server restarts
Requirements
- Minecraft 26.2
- Fabric Loader 0.19.3+
- Fabric API (matching MC version)
- Java 25
- Server-side only — no client mod needed
Installation (Prism Launcher)
- Create or select a Minecraft 26.2 instance in Prism Launcher
- Click Edit Instance > Version tab > Install Fabric — select loader 0.19.3+
- Download Fabric API from Modrinth (match Minecraft version 26.2)
- Build or obtain
kidsurvival-2.2.2.jar(see Building from Source) - Click Edit Instance > Mods tab > Add — add both the Fabric API and Kid Survival JARs
- For dedicated servers: place both JARs in the server's
mods/folder
Usage
/kid— toggle invulnerability (any player can run it)/hunger— toggle no-hunger mode, keeping food and saturation full (any player can run it)/hunter— start a Hunter Tag round (needs 2+ non-benched online players)/bench— toggle opting out of Hunter Tag (any player can run it)
Building from Source
git clone <repo-url>
cd kidsurvival
./gradlew build
Output JAR: build/libs/kidsurvival-2.2.2.jar
Troubleshooting
- /kid command not found: Ensure the mod JAR and Fabric API are both in the
mods/folder and the server has restarted. - Kid mode didn't persist after restart: Check that the server shut down cleanly (not force-killed). State is saved during normal shutdown.
- Version mismatch errors: Ensure Fabric API version matches your Minecraft version (26.2).
- /hunter says need 2+ players: Hunter Tag requires at least 2 online players to start a round.
- Hunter Tag game won't start: The command must be run by a player, not the server console.
Changelog
See CHANGELOG.md for the release history.
License
MIT
