Death Forensics
by KURONAMI
Death Forensics writes a short post-mortem to chat each time a player dies, naming the cause, location and surroundings.
What it does
When a player dies, the mod listens to the vanilla death event and posts a plain-language report. The report names the mob or source that caused the death, the place it happened with exact coordinates and dimension, the bearing and distance from the killer, the in-game day, and the count of hostile mobs within a 16-block radius. Where Minecraft's own death message only says a player was blown up, the report adds the source and its position.
The report reuses Minecraft's own damage sources and death message wording, and it only states facts the game already tracks, so it does not guess. Output is localized into 9 languages. The mod keeps a memory of the last death, which is cleared when the server stops, and it writes nothing to the world, so it should not conflict with other mods. Fabric API is required. A persistent multi-death history is provided by the sibling mod Death Log, which is not part of this card.
Key features
Automatic death report
Each death posts a short summary to chat without any command or manual step.
Cause and location
The report gives the killer or damage source, exact coordinates, dimension, direction and distance.
Nearby hostile count
The number of hostile mobs within 16 blocks at the moment of death is included in the report.
Localized output
Report text is available in 9 languages.
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
How it compares
Death Counter is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, runs on client and server, and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.18 – 1.21.5. Death coordinates runs on client and server for Forge and NeoForge only, covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.5, and is released under All rights reserved, so its code is not open source. Keep XP on Death is server-side only and open source under CC0 1.0 Universal, but it is Fabric-only and supports 1.19.4 – 1.20.4, so it does not cover 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Forensics | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-17 |
| Death Counter | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-09 |
| Death coordinates | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
| Keep XP on Death | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-02-08 |
Questions
Does Death Forensics need Fabric API on Forge or NeoForge?
Do players need to install Death Forensics?
Does Death Forensics save a history of deaths?
In the catalog
Death Forensics is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
The vanilla death message says "you blew up." This says what blew you up, where, from which direction, and how many hostiles were nearby — automatically, the instant you die. When you die, a short post-mortem is posted to your chat: the cause (it reuses Minecraft's own death message, so it shows in each player's…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/death-forensics
- Owner
- KURONAMI
- Published
- 2026-05-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15