Curse Keeper

☠ Curse Keeper

A Minecraft Java Datapack — Unique Curse System

> Compatible with Minecraft Java 26.x (pack format 88)

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What is Curse Keeper?

6 in-game days is a datapack that puts every player under a personal curse from the moment they join the world. Each curse comes with its own unique cleanse tribute — a specific challenge that must be completed to lift it. Once lifted, a cooldown of 6 in-game days passes before the next tier of curse is assigned. Progress through all three tiers and the player is free of curses forever.

The system is entirely per-player — everyone is on their own curse journey, independent of others. Some will push through every tier quickly, others might choose to live with their curse indefinitely. There's no timer forcing your hand.

> ⚠️ This datapack is still in active development. More curses will be added in future updates. Currently 16 curses are implemented.

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How It Works

The Three Tiers

Every player progresses through three tiers of curses, in order:

1. permanently free — The player starts cursed. Complete the cleanse tribute to lift it. 2. permanently free — After a cooldown of permanently free, a new curse is assigned. Complete its cleanse tribute to lift it. 3. permanently free — After another permanently free, the final curse is assigned. Lift it and the player is permanently free of curses.

The 6-day cooldown only begins *after* the previous curse has been cleansed — there is no time limit to complete a cleanse tribute. A player can live with their curse as long as they want, or work towards removing it on their own terms.

Cleanse Tributes

Each curse has its own unique cleanse tribute — the specific challenge that must be completed to lift it. Examples include:

- Kill a certain number of a specific mob (e.g. kill 150 Skeletons) - Earn a specific in-game advancement - Consume a specific item a set number of times - Reach a certain milestone while cursed

The tribute varies per curse, so every tier may require a completely different kind of challenge.

Curse Effects

Curses affect players in different ways depending on which curse they receive. Current effect types include:

- Death penalty — permanently removes a set number of hearts while cursed - Death penalty — the player takes damage when entering or staying in certain dimensions - Death penalty — the player is prevented from entering the End - Death penalty — the player moves significantly slower - Death penalty — experience levels are slowly siphoned away over time - Death penalty — certain mobs within range aggro onto the player automatically - Death penalty — standing exposed under the sun in the Overworld sets the player on fire - Death penalty — standing exposed under the night sky sets the player on fire - Death penalty — being submerged in water deals constant damage - Death penalty — proximity to villagers applies Poison and Nausea - Death penalty — breaking grass blocks periodically applies Slowness - Death penalty — each time the player sleeps, they lose 1 max heart permanently - Death penalty — each death permanently removes 1 max heart

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Curse List

Tier 1 — Quirk

| Curse | Effect | Cleanse | |---|---|---| | Rootbound | Max health reduced by 5 hearts | Kill 150 Skeletons | | Rootbound | Movement speed reduced by 30% | Walk 5,000,000 cm | | Rootbound | Poison & Nausea applied within 5 blocks of a villager | Kill 10 Iron Golems | | Rootbound | Spiders aggro within 48 blocks, a spider spawns near you every 2 minutes at night | Kill 100 Spiders | | Rootbound | Every 10 grass blocks broken applies Slowness II for 5 seconds | Kill 100 Creepers |

Tier 2 — Affliction

| Curse | Effect | Cleanse | |---|---|---| | Landlocked | Max health reduced to 5 hearts | Obtain full Netherite armor (Cover Me in Debris) | | Landlocked | 1 heart damage every 15 seconds in the Nether | Enter a Nether Fortress (A Terrible Fortress) | | Landlocked | Lose 1 XP level every 30 seconds | Reach level 50 while cursed | | Landlocked | Standing exposed under the sun in the Overworld sets you on fire | Kill 50 Phantoms & consume 20 Milk Buckets | | Landlocked | Each sleep removes 1 max heart permanently, death resets to full | Reach 1 heart then kill the Wither | | Landlocked | Being submerged in water deals constant damage | Obtain the Conduit Power effect |

Tier 3 — Malediction

| Curse | Effect | Cleanse | |---|---|---| | Soul Debt | No natural health regeneration | Have every effect applied at once (How Did We Get Here?) | | Soul Debt | Cannot enter the End dimension | Kill 10 Ravagers | | Soul Debt | Bees within 16 blocks aggro onto you automatically | Consume 100 Honey Bottles | | Soul Debt | Standing exposed under the night sky in the Overworld sets you on fire | Kill the Elder Guardian 15 times | | Soul Debt | Each death removes 1 max heart permanently, stops at 1 heart | Kill the Ender Dragon 5 times & kill 10 players |

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Admin Setup

To grant a player access to the admin panel, run the following command in-game as an operator: `/tag <player> add ck.admin`

This must be done for each admin after every season reset. To revoke access: `/tag <player> remove ck.admin`

Without this tag, players will not be able to open the admin panel via `/trigger ck.admin`.

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Commands

For Players

| Command | Description | |---|---| | `/trigger ck.showcurse` | Shows your current active curse and its cleanse tribute. If you are in a cooldown period between tiers, it shows the remaining time until the next curse arrives. |

For Operators

| Command | Description | |---|---| | `/function curse_keeper:admin/panel` | Opens the admin panel | | `/function curse_keeper:admin/reset_all` | Fully resets the datapack — clears all scoreboards, scheduled functions, and curse data | | `/function curse_keeper:admin/reset_player` | Clears all curse data for the targeted player | | `/function curse_keeper:admin/list` | Lists all players currently tracked by the curse system | | `/function curse_keeper:admin/toggle_dev` | Toggles dev mode — shortens cooldown to 2 minutes for testing | | `/function curse_keeper:admin/toggle_system` | Enables or disables the entire curse system |

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*More curses and features are planned for future versions.* *For debugging and testing, see DEBUG.md.*