Ankh Resurrection
by Deo-Monere
When a player dies, Ankh Resurrection places an undead guardian at the death site, and the player must defeat it to get their belongings back.
What it does
On death, the player's items and experience are kept and a corpse appears at the spot. An undead guardian spawns there and has to be defeated before the timer runs out. Once it falls, the corpse holds the items. Using an Ancient artifact on the corpse returns the items, armor and experience. If the timer expires first, everything is lost for good.
The mod is a post-mortem challenge meant for cooperative survival worlds and multiplayer servers, where death becomes a challenge the player and friends can share rather than an instant setback. Fabric API is required. Only the server and every player need the mod to run together, and the mod is client and server. Files are published for Fabric only, 1.20 – 26.2 across 11 release versions. Since version 2.5.0 the author has stepped back support for 1.21.1 and 1.20.1, and the current builds target 1.21.9 and later, including 26.1 and 26.2. The source code is public, and the mod is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Preserved death loot
Items and experience are kept on death and tied to a corpse at the place of death.
Undead guardian encounter
An undead guardian spawns at the death site and must be defeated before the timer runs out.
Ancient artifact retrieval
Using an Ancient artifact on the corpse returns the player's belongings, armor and experience.
Timed recovery
If the resurrection is not completed before the timer expires, the lost items are gone permanently.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Cooperative survival
Groups on a shared world can help one another face the guardian after a death.
How it compares
Challenges is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and runs on Fabric for 1.21.1 – 26.2. Instant Resurrection is client-side only and under the MIT License, with Fabric files for 1.21.3 – 1.21.5. TheResurrectionTalisman is for 1.20.1 only, is client and server, and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankh Resurrection | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Challenges | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-18 |
| Instant Resurrection | Fabric | 1.21.3 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-05-26 |
| TheResurrectionTalisman | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-03 |
Questions
Does Ankh Resurrection need Fabric API?
Does the server need Ankh Resurrection?
Which game versions does Ankh Resurrection support now?
In the catalog
Ankh Resurrection is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Resurrection adds a unique resurrection system. When a player dies, their items and experience are preserved by a powerful undead guardian that appears at the place of death. To recover everything, the undead must be defeated before time runs out. Once defeated, a corpse appears containing all of the player's…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ankh-resurrection
- Owner
- Deo-Monere
- Published
- 2026-06-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15