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FTF Hardcore

Explore the systems

Every feature exists to create choices, consequences, and stories.

Select a category below to jump directly to the systems that shape FTF Hardcore.

The Ancestors

The Ancestral Realm

Ancient beings tied to the realm’s economy, progression, relics, and warfare.

Their Backstory

Remnants of a world that came before.

The Ancestors are more than shopkeepers. They are the faces of an ancient system connecting trade, survival, death, and power.

Where to Find Them

Enter through an Ancestral Portal.

Required Materials: 12 Obsidian + 2 Crying Obsidian.

Place one Crying Obsidian block in the vertical centre of each side of the portal frame.

An Ancestral Portal
The Eyes of The Ancestors
Primordial Watchers

The Eyes of The Ancestors

Mysterious beings that watch all generations.

The Eyes are the source of all land protection, relics, and ancestral power.

The Trader
Relics

The Trader

Offers a rotating collection of rare relics and progression items.

  • Rotating relic stock
  • Rare opportunities
  • Shilling-based purchases
The Builder
Warfare

The Builder

Accepts specialized orders for tools used in strategic raiding.

  • Ancestral TNT orders
  • Ancestral Fireballs
  • Preparation takes time
The Banker
Currency

The Banker

Mints Shillings and manages the physical currency used by the Ancestors.

  • Mint Shillings
  • Exchange currency
  • Deposit and withdraw wealth
The Soul Eater
Boss

The Soul Eater

A dangerous Overworld boss that drops powerful relics.

  • Tracked with a Soul Eater Compass
  • Powerful relic drops
  • Chance to drop a Torch of Souls
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Unity

Territory and Society

Create your own identity, organize members, manage diplomacy, and build a society shaped by its players.

A Unity can be called a:
FactionTownKingdom GuildGroupClan TribeMilitiaEmpire SettlementMerchantsPirates Outlaws

The systems remain consistent, but the identity, purpose, leadership, and story are chosen by the players.

01

Custom GUI

Easy-to-use menus make it simple to create, organize, and manage your Unity without relying on walls of commands.

02

Fully Customizable

Create custom roles, manage member permissions, and set an abbreviation tag that represents your group.

03

Diplomacy

Create alliances, declare enemies, and shape your Unity's relationships with the other powers of the world.

04

Territory

Carve out and expand territory for your Unity, growing its visible influence across the world.

05

Unity Last Will

Choose an heir who may enact your Unity Last Will after your final death to inherit leadership of your Unity and its claimed land.

  • Nothing transfers until the heir activates the will
  • The chosen heir inherits Unity ownership and Unity land
  • Without a Unity Last Will, ownership does not change
  • Unity land remains claimed without an activated will
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Land Claiming

Territory, Fortification & Raids

Establish territory with a Protection Core, expand it using Land Relics, reinforce your structures, and defend your settlement through FTF Hardcore's controlled raiding system.

01

Protection Cores

Place a Protection Core in the wilderness and choose whether the land belongs to you privately or to your Unity.

  • Claims protect the full world height
  • Cores must be separated from nearby claims
  • Inspect the Core to display your border
02

Land Relics

Apply Land Relics to expand the square claim outward from its Protection Core.

  • Maximum of 8 Land Relics
  • Maximum claim size of 81 × 81
  • Yellow particles reveal the boundary
03

Fortification Relics

Strengthen qualifying player-placed structures throughout the claimed land.

  • Upgrade from Base to Level 10
  • Equal durability for qualifying materials
  • Visible cracking shows structural damage
04

Protected Lives & Animals

Claimed territory protects Offline Sleepers from real death and protects named rideable animals outside active raids.

  • Sleepers still drop their stored inventory
  • Named animals are protected from outsiders
  • Animal protection pauses during Raid Mode
05

Controlled Raiding

Raiding is built around breaching and strategy rather than instantly wiping an entire settlement.

  • Ancestral TNT creates controlled breaches
  • Fireballs unlock after a valid breach
  • Building is locked while the raid is active
06

The Last Will

Choose an heir and decide what property they may inherit after your final death.

  • Two types: Unity and Personal
  • Unity transfers Unity ownership and Unity land
  • Personal transfers your privately claimed land
  • The heir must activate the will for anything to transfer
Maximum Claim 81 × 81
Max Fortification Level 10
Core Integrity 16 Points
Raid Damage TNT 2 · Fireball 1
View the Complete Land Claiming & Raiding Guide
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Death

Every Life Counts

Death changes your story before it finally ends it.

Life I

The first consequence

Your first death forces a meaningful choice. Accept your fate, or continue with a lasting affliction.

Life II

Revival only

A later death leaves behind a grave and places your future in the hands of other players.

Life III

Permanent death

Reach the end of the road and death becomes permanent. Your legacy is what remains.

Death Afflictions

Continue after death, but return changed.

Revival

Other players can gather offerings and perform a ritual at your grave.

Redemption

The rare Torch of Souls can reset a player’s death journey.

Permanence

The final consequence gives every decision weight.

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Additional Features

The Rest of the Experience

Smaller systems work together to make travel, storage, ownership, and logging out meaningful.

01

Elytra Rebalance & Ancestral Paths

Elytra are used for short flights while Ancestral Paths encourage roads and merchant routes.

  • Speed boost for players
  • Stronger boost for rideable mobs
  • Meaningful road networks
02

Animal Lock

Name a rideable animal to claim ownership and control access.

  • Owner-controlled riders
  • Custom management menu
  • Claimed-land protection
03

Nine-Slot Ender Vault

The Ender Chest becomes a strategic lifeline rather than an unlimited warehouse.

  • Only nine protected slots
  • No Shulker Boxes
  • No Bundles or Shillings
04

Sleepers

Logging out or sleeping in a bed leaves your character resting in the world.

  • Wilderness vulnerability
  • Ancestral intervention in claims
  • Offline location matters
05

Custom GUIs

Complex systems are organized into clean menus instead of walls of commands.

  • Unity management
  • Cosmetics and player styling
  • Animal and rider management
06

Flags

Purchase different flag types and styles from The Trader, then create a design that represents you or your Unity.

  • Use dyes to colour and design your flag
  • Use wool to bucket-fill areas with colour
  • Use Bone Meal to erase parts of the design
  • Duplicate a completed flag in an anvil using a blank flag of the same style
07

Proximity Voice Chat

Speak with nearby players in real time and create private group voice chats for your Unity, allies, or travelling party.

  • Real-time in-game communication
  • Proximity-based conversations
  • Private group voice chats
Visit the Voice Chat Guide
08

DiscordSRV

Link your Minecraft and Discord accounts so supported roles remain synchronized across both platforms.

  • Connect Minecraft and Discord
  • Synchronize supported roles
  • Receive website-purchased rank roles
Visit the Discord Setup Guide
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Commands

Quick Access In-Game

Use these commands to manage your Unity, animals, cosmetics, communication, statistics, voice chat, and linked accounts.

/animallock

Manage your animals

View and manage your named animals, ownership settings, and permitted riders.

/cosmetics

Manage supporter cosmetics

Available to Tier Supporters. Manage trails, halos, join and death effects, nickname styling, and chat colour.

/discord

Join the FTF Hardcore Discord

Receive the link to the official FTF Hardcore Discord community.

/discordsrv

Link or unlink Discord

Link or unlink your Minecraft and Discord accounts so supported roles can remain synchronized.

/help

View available commands

Opens the in-game help menu and lists the commands available to you.

/msg

Message a player

Send a private message directly to another online player.

/nick

Set your nickname

Manually set your nickname. This command is available to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Supporters.

/r

Reply to a player

Quickly reply to the player who most recently messaged you.

/realname

Check a player's real username

Enter a player's nickname to reveal their real Minecraft username.

/stats

View server statistics

View your personal statistics and the server's global statistics.

/unity

Create or manage your Unity

Create a Unity, manage an existing Unity, or view Unity information.

/voicechat

Create voice groups

Create and manage private group voice chats when Simple Voice Chat is installed.

/w

Whisper to a player

Send a private whisper directly to another online player.

V

Voice Chat Keybind

Open the voice chat menu

Press V to access the Simple Voice Chat menu when the mod is installed.

View Installation Guide
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