Carnation
Carnation drops a grave on death, a placed entity that holds the items and experience a player lost, and it can be picked up again to recover them.
What it does
When a player dies, Carnation places a grave at the death position and sends the coordinates to chat, so the location can be found again. The grave is a simple entity rather than a block, which the author kept light on the server, and it glows so it is easier to spot in the dark. Picking it up returns the stored items to the player.
The amount of experience kept in a grave is set by xpSavingPercentage, which defaults to 50 percent. The saveXp option turns experience saving on or off. Carnation runs on Fabric and needs Fabric API. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. It is released under CC0 1.0 Universal and is open source, with the source code public. Files target 1.20.1 only.
Key features
Grave entities
Graves are placed as simple entities, a choice that keeps server load low when many players die.
Coordinates in chat
Each death sends the grave position to chat, so a player can walk back to the right spot.
Glowing graves
Graves glow, which makes them easier to see at night and in dark caves.
Configurable experience saving
The share of experience saved in a grave is set by xpSavingPercentage, with 50 percent as the default, and saveXp can switch saving off.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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
Survival deaths
A player who dies far from base can use the chat coordinates and the glow to recover their items without searching the area.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can adjust the experience share, so the penalty of dying matches the rules of the server.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners on Fabric 1.20.1 who want recoverable items on death without the visual clutter of block-based grave mods.
How it compares
Tils Graves, Graves, Just Graves, Forgotten Graves and Polygraves are other grave mods. Tils Graves and Graves are both on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt but are not open source, and Graves covers 1.20.4 – 1.21.11 while Tils Graves covers 1.21 – 1.21.10. Just Graves is server-side only, is not open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.21.8 – 1.21.10. Forgotten Graves is open source under the MIT License, is client and server, and covers 1.18.1 – 1.20.4, while Polygraves is only for 1.20.1 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnation | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-27 |
| Tils Graves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-23 |
| Graves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.4 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-01 |
| Just Graves | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-11-13 |
| Forgotten Graves | Fabric | 1.18.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2026-02-11 |
| Polygraves | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-18 |
Questions
Does Carnation need Fabric API?
Does the server need Carnation as well as players?
Can the amount of saved experience be changed?
In the catalog
Carnation is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
--- ### A Fabric mod that adds simple, lag-efficient graves This mod was made to fix my issue with ugly-looking gravestones, or buggy block-based grave mods. This mod looks good, and functions properly A: Yes, but you must provide credits to me, and I will not answer questions about the Forge port.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/carnation
- Owner
- Aconite Studios
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15