Corpse: Refined
by nothurn
When a player dies, Corpse: Refined leaves a corpse at the death location that holds the player's items and can be looted later.
What it does
The corpse appears where the player died, wearing a copy of the owner's skin and holding the inventory. General items, armor and an offhand item are stored up to a capacity limit. Armor and offhand pieces return to their slots on their own, filling only the empty ones, so gear the player is already wearing is not replaced. Corpses do not disappear once emptied, and the death site stays marked instead of vanishing.
Over time a shroud slowly forms over the body and then gradually wears away to reveal the skeleton underneath. The mod exposes timers for how long the shroud takes to form and to wear away, and a corpse left too long decays down to bone. Pressing C opens a view of past deaths and what caused them. Access is owner-only. Recovering gear requires finding the way back through menus.
The mod is published for Forge and NeoForge, with files for 1.19.2, 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Its latest files are 2.0.3 for 1.20.1 on Forge and 2.0.3 for 1.21.1 on NeoForge, both dated 2026-09-07. The server and every player need the mod installed. The code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Owner-only corpses
Each corpse belongs to the player who died, and only that player can open it.
Automatic re-equipping
Armor and offhand pieces return to their slots on their own, filling only the slots that are empty.
Shroud and decay
A shroud forms over the corpse and gradually wears away to reveal the skeleton, and a corpse left too long decays to bone.
Death history screen
Pressing C opens a view of past deaths showing what killed the player.
Configurable timers
Settings control how long the shroud takes to form and to wear away, and whether old corpses are forcibly despawned.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Simple Corpse is also a Forge and NeoForge mod with client and server environment and All rights reserved license, but its files cover 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, while this mod's cover 1.19.2 – 1.21.1. Player Corpses runs on the server alone with optional client support, is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.21.9 – 26.3, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpse: Refined | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-07 |
| Simple Corpse | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
| Player Corpses | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-12 |
Questions
Which loaders does Corpse: Refined support?
Does the mod have to be installed on the server?
Can other players open a corpse?
Does Corpse: Refined need any other mod?
In the catalog
Corpse: Refined is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
When you die, a corpse appears wearing your own skin and holding everything you had on you. Recover it, and your gear finds its way back to you — no digging through menus required. The corpse appears at your death location with your real player skin applied. It holds everything you had — general items, armor, and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/corpse-refined
- Owner
- nothurn
- Published
- 2026-07-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15