Ghosts
by NotBlazon
Ghosts changes how death and respawn work in a world, and players who die in lava or fights get a different experience from the vanilla rules.
What it does
The mod changes the respawn system to make death more distinctive. Dying in lava grants fire resistance for a short time, long enough to get out. A death tracker lists player deaths, and a Casual option lets players who do not want keep inventory still protect their items from despawning or from theft in PVP, where a victim can watch loot being taken in front of them.
Ghosts is a datapack, so it can be placed in the datapacks folder to create a new world with it enabled, or added to an existing world and applied with a reload. A message appears the first time the world loads, confirming that the datapack is working. The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and as a data pack, for the 1.21.11 – 26.2 range.
Only the server must run Ghosts, since players may add it but are not required to, and they can join without it. Ghosts is released under the MIT License, and it is not open source.
Key features
Changed respawn system
Respawning is altered so that the return from death feels different from vanilla.
Lava fire resistance
Dying in lava grants a short period of fire resistance, enough time to escape the lava.
Death tracker
A list of player deaths shows who died and how often, so server owners can follow them.
Casual item protection
A Casual option protects dropped items from despawning, and PVP victims can watch their loot being taken.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Survival servers
Server owners who want deaths to carry different consequences can run Ghosts and track each death in the list.
Casual play
Players who do not want keep inventory can still keep their items from despawning through the Casual option.
Who it’s for: Server owners and survival players who want respawning and death rules changed from vanilla. Servers install the mod, and players join without needing it.
How it compares
Simple Revive is server-side friendly with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, for 1.21 – 26.3. Sword Blocking is for 1.21.5 – 26.3 under All rights reserved. Anchor Portal is narrower, covering only 26.2 – 26.3 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. All three are server required with the client optional, like Ghosts, and none is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghosts | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-08-28 |
| Simple Revive | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
| Sword Blocking | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-20 |
| Anchor Portal | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-11 |
Questions
Does Ghosts have to be installed on the client?
How does a server owner add Ghosts to an existing world?
Which loaders does Ghosts support?
In the catalog
Ghosts is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Perfect for Casual players who don't want to use keep inventory but still want to make sure their stuff doesn't despawn or for PVP players to let your victim watch as you steal their loot in front of them. The player list now also has a Death Tracker to track all player deaths.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ghosts-notblazon
- Owner
- NotBlazon
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15