ExplodeOnDie
When a player dies, ExplodeOnDie replaces the usual death with an explosion of the body and its armor pieces, plus a cinematic camera effect on respawn.
What it does
ExplodeOnDie changes what happens when a player dies: the body explodes, and the armor pieces are shown breaking apart, with blocks destroyed around the blast. The effect is purely visual, and the camera effects run during the respawn sequence. Only the client needs the mod, so it can be installed for single-player play or joined by a player on any server without the mod. Files are published for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, for 26.1 – 26.3, and it requires Fabric API. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Exploding death animation
A player's death plays as an explosion of the body rather than the standard death screen.
Armor pieces break apart
Armor is shown as separate body parts that fly off when the player dies.
Cinematic respawn camera
Camera effects play as the player respawns after the explosion.
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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
In the catalog
ExplodeOnDie is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod gives players an exploding animation on death. The exploding animation is from ExplodeOnDie. The camera effects are from Cinematic Respawn.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/explodeondie
- Owner
- downloadableduck
- Published
- 2026-06-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15