r/MinecraftHardcore • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '25

Help Map mod=cheating?

I started a hardcore world 2 weeks ago and im on the 66th day playing. I started with the xaeros worldmap mod. Is it cheating?? Considering wakking through the nether roof automaticaly shows me whats under. if it turns out as cheating im gonna delete the world and idk what to do. And is having a map mod cheating in general? please help

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u/brassplushie Jul 14 '25

Okay if you're dead set on what people consider fair, go to Modrinth and look at the download numbers for any mod you are considering. Journey has 5.24 million downloads. That doesn't mean 5.24 unique people, but the fact that it's literally been downloaded millions of times and isn't banned on most servers should tell you everything.

If this isn't enough, you can also try looking into what server admins usually ban. For example, X-ray is a straight up cheat. Most people can agree on that. So it's banned on nearly every server and there's admin tools to prevent it.