DeathMarker
by Luma
DeathMarker places a marker at the spot where a player died, so the lost items can be found again.
What it does
After a death, the mod shows a marker at the death location, along with the distance in meters from the player's current position. The timer on the marker counts down the time left before the dropped items despawn, which mirrors Minecraft's five-minute despawn window. Once the items are picked up, the marker disappears on its own.
The marker can be shown as a client-side overlay for single-player and multiplayer clients. Settings cover how close the player must get before the marker starts shrinking, and the color of the skull and timer text can be chosen with a built-in color picker. ModMenu and Cloth Config, when installed, expose almost every option in a settings screen. The interface is available in English.
DeathMarker is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and targets Fabric for 1.20 – 1.21.11, with 19 release versions and the latest file for 1.21.11. Servers do not need it; each player installs it for their own game.
Key features
Death marker
A marker is placed at the location where the player died, so the drop can be located without a map or command.
Despawn timer
The timer shows how much time remains before the dropped items disappear, counted in the same five-minute window as vanilla.
Distance readout
The distance from the player to the death location is displayed precisely in meters and updates as the player moves.
Configurable appearance
The skull and timer text color can be set with a built-in color picker, and the approach distance that shrinks the marker is adjustable.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who want a visible death location and despawn countdown in their own client. Server owners do not need to install anything for it to work.
How it compares
Easy Item Despawn is server-side only, licensed under the MIT License, and targets Fabric for 1.20 – 1.21, so it runs on the server rather than in the player's client. Death Location is also client-side only and open source, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with Fabric files for 1.20.4 – 1.21, which is a narrower range than DeathMarker's.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeathMarker | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-01-30 |
| Easy Item Despawn | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21 | Server-side only | 2024-06-13 |
| Death Location | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.21 | Client-side only | 2024-03-17 |
Questions
Does DeathMarker need Fabric API?
Does a server need DeathMarker?
Which game versions does DeathMarker support?
In the catalog
DeathMarker is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
A lightweight, client-side Minecraft Fabric mod that helps you find your items after death by placing a marker at your death location.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/deathmarker
- Owner
- Luma
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15