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title: How to Enable Hardcore Mode on Your Minecraft Server
description: Learn how to toggle hardcore mode for your Minecraft Server.
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/minecraft/setup/how-to-enable-hardcore-mode-on-your-minecraft-server"
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published: "2025-12-01T05:26:18.129Z"
updated: "2025-12-01T05:26:18.040Z"
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# How to Enable Hardcore Mode on Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to toggle hardcore mode for your Minecraft Server.

Hardcore Mode turns Minecraft into a true one life challenge. Once a player dies, they are removed from the world and placed into spectator mode instead of respawning, which creates a higher tension survival experience. This guide will walk you through where to find the Hardcore setting inside your Nodecraft control panel and how to turn it on.. By the end, your server will be running in Hardcore Mode and ready for your players.

**Note: Be sure that your Minecraft server is fully stopped before making any configuration changes or setting updates!**

## Enable Hardcore Mode

This section walks you through locating the Hardcore setting inside the Minecraft Server Settings menu.

1. Navigate to your Minecraft servers’ dashboard.
2. Locate and click the **Game Settings** option on the left-side of your dashboard.

  ![A screenshot of the Nodecraft dashboard with Game Settings highlighted.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/287x924/6ce8958fba/tzbkfrk9o7.png/m/)
3. Click the **Minecraft Server Settings** option.
4. Choose the **Gamemode** tab at the top.  
  ![A screenshot of the Minecraft Server Settings on a Nodecraft Minecraft Server with the Gamemode tab highlighted.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/942x786/eecebf4960/aevfklu9iq.png/m/)
5. Under **Difficulty**, toggle the **Hardcore** option.
6. Click the **Submit** button to save your changes.

  ![A screenshot of the Game Settings options of a Nodecraft Minecraft server with the Hardcore setting and Submit button highlighted.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/987x913/bd3853504f/wrggkrmz1n.png/m/)
7. **Start** your server.

Hardcore Mode is now active, which means the training wheels are officially off. Whether you make it five minutes or five in game weeks, each choice counts. Explore, survive, and maybe keep a backup handy just in case.