Death Swap
by o-Peepo
Death Swap is a minigame in which players periodically swap positions with one another and must use the swap to eliminate the others.
What it does
Death Swap runs as a datapack for Minecraft. Players are placed in the world, and at intervals (five minutes by default, configurable) every player is moved to another player's position. Players receive a five second warning before each swap, so they have little time to react. Killing the others through environmental damage, such as jumping into lava just before a swap, is part of the mechanic, and the last player standing wins.
To begin, a world is generated and the datapack ZIP is placed in its datapacks folder. Running the reload command loads the datapack, the optional deathswap:config function opens the settings, and deathswap:start begins play. Starting with version 2.0, the datapack supports a number of players from 2 up to 8, and the time between swaps can be adjusted directly through a configuration menu option. The deathswap:stop function ends a game and deathswap:start begins a new one.
The minigame was created by SethBling and popularized by his dream of a deadly position-swapping game. Death Swap requires a server, and the environment is server required with the client optional. The datapack is published for the Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt loaders across 23 release versions, 1.17 – 26.3, and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Position swapping
Players are periodically moved to the position of another player, and the swap is the core of the game.
Five second warning
A swap is announced five seconds beforehand, so players must react quickly to avoid being eliminated.
Configurable settings
The time between swaps and other options can be changed through the configuration function, with default values provided.
Player count
Starting with version 2.0, the datapack supports between 2 and 8 players in a single game.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.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.
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Use cases
Party play
Groups of friends on a server can run repeated rounds, using the start and stop functions to begin and end each game.
Who it’s for: Server owners and groups of players who want a competitive minigame built around sudden position swaps and environmental danger.
Questions
Does Death Swap need to be installed on the client?
How many players can take part?
In the catalog
Death Swap is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This my version of the deathswap minigame created by SethBling and popularized by dream! In this minigame, players swap positions with each other every 5 minutes (configurable), and must use this mechannic to kill the others by environmental damage, by jumping into lava right before a swap for example. You only get…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/death_swap
- Owner
- o-Peepo
- Published
- 2024-05-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15