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Hardcore Race

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At a glance

Hardcore races is a gamerule which makes races significantly harder upon choosing them. The following occurs when hardcore races is toggled on:

About Hardcore Races

Hardcore races is a gamerule which makes races significantly harder upon choosing them. The following occurs when hardcore races is toggled on:

Misc

Named players can not awaken (aka become True Demon Lord or True Hero) - being Named by the Masses will not prevent you from awakening.

Affected races

Slime

Spawn in blind, need perception sense skill like Magic Sense to see

Lizardman

Are debuffed in cold places (e.g. peak biomes, taiga's)

Merfolk

Need water to breathe (begins to suffocate on land, just like humans do in water)

Wight / Ghoul

Will burn in sun even though they are wearing a helmet

Vampire

  • Will burn in sun even though they are wearing a helmet
  • Cannot enter bat mode while in the sun

Orc Lord / Orc Disaster

These races gain the hunger effect.

Evolving disables the hunger effect

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Base Tensura reference adapted from Mechanics/Hardcore Race on the Tensura: Reincarnated Wiki (revision 10873, modified 2025-11-24T09:25:05Z). Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.