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Death Trace

by lordzik

Death Trace is a Fabric client-side mod that records where a player died and points back to that spot with a HUD tracker.

FabricClient-side onlyAll rights reserved1.21.11

What it does

After a death, the mod saves the location automatically, including the dimension the player died in. A clean HUD tracker shows the distance to that point, with a smoothly rotating direction arrow, and the coordinates can be copied from the screen. Because it runs only on the client, it cannot see items that are far away from the player.

Dropped items near the death location are detected once the player gets close enough. The item list opens in a small GUI that shows each item's name, amount and icon, and reports how many item stacks were found. The author describes the design as fair for survival multiplayer, since it does not reveal the contents of chunks the client has not loaded.

The mod is client-side only, so only the player who installs it needs it. Other players and the server do not need anything installed. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.21.11, with 1.0.1 as the latest file. The code is closed: the mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.

Key features

  1. Automatic death recording

    The death location and dimension are saved as soon as the player dies, with no command needed.

  2. HUD tracker and direction arrow

    A clean on-screen tracker shows the distance to the death point and an arrow that turns smoothly toward it.

  3. Dropped item detection

    Items lying near the death location are scanned once the player is close enough, and listed with icons.

  4. Copyable coordinates

    The death coordinates can be copied from the interface for use outside the game.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.111.0.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who join survival multiplayer servers, or who play survival in single-player, and want a death tracker that needs no server-side installation.

How it compares

Full comparison

Death Location is also a Fabric client-side mod, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and open source, with files for 1.20.4 – 1.21. Last Death Location is client-side only as well, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with files for 1.21.5 – 26.2. Death Coordinates on Fabric is server-side only, released under CC-BY-1.0 and not open source, for 1.21 – 1.21.1, so its players need nothing installed.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Death TraceFabric1.21.11Client-side only2026-07-05
Death LocationFabric1.20.4 – 1.21Client-side only2024-03-17
Last Death LocationFabric1.21.5 – 26.2Client-side only2026-07-14
Death CoordinatesFabric1.21 – 1.21.1Server-side only2024-09-20

Questions

Does Death Trace need to be installed on the server?

No. The mod is client-side only, so the server and other players do not need anything installed to see the tracker.

Which Minecraft versions does Death Trace support?

Files exist for 1.21.11 only, and the latest Fabric file is 1.0.1.

Why are distant dropped items not listed?

The mod only sees entities in chunks the client has loaded, so items far away are not detected until the player comes close enough.

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What the author says

DeathTrace is a clean and lightweight client-side Minecraft mod that helps you find your death location on SMP servers without requiring anything to be installed on the server. When you die, DeathTrace saves your exact death coordinates, dimension, and time of death. After respawning, it displays a simple HUD tracker…
lordzik, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
lordzik
Published
2026-07-05
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-05
Facts verified
2026-10-15
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