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Good Death Messages

by tmpim

Good Death Messages replaces the plain death lines of a server's Beta game with wording taken from newer Minecraft releases, so a player who falls or drowns sees a fuller message in chat.

FabricBabricServer-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen sourceb1.7.3

What it does

Players who die in a fall, a blast, a lightning strike, a cactus or a wall see a descriptive chat message in place of the bare vanilla line. The messages cover falls from a high place, a hard landing, a fall off a ladder, suffocation in a wall, drowning, burning, and being mauled or belly flopping into a puddle. Some additional non-standard messages are included and can be switched off in the config.

The mod runs on a server only, so players need nothing installed. It works in singleplayer and multiplayer, and it requires Fabric Language Kotlin, Glass Config API, Glass Networking and StationAPI on the server. Mod Menu is optional. The mod is published for Fabric and Babric, with snapshot builds available. It is released under the MIT License and is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker.

Key features

  1. Vanilla-style death lines

    Death messages follow the wording of newer Minecraft releases, adapted to the older death system.

  2. Fall and landing messages

    Separate messages cover falling out of the world, landing too hard, falling from a high place and slipping off a ladder.

  3. Combat and environment messages

    Explosions, lightning, cactus pricks, burning, drowning and wall suffocation each have their own death line.

  4. Optional extra messages

    Non-standard messages are included but disabled by default, and can be turned on in the configuration.

No per-version build data
Modrinth lists game versions for this project (b1.7.3), but the source data has no build per game version and loader, so the compatibility grid is not shown.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 4

Glass Config APIAn API for easily creating and syncing configs in b1.7.3, with optional ModMenu support.
Required
Glass NetworkingA simple custom packet handler that vastly simplifies networking via NBT abuse.
Required
StationAPIA general use API for Fabric Loader mods on legacy Minecraft versions.
Required
Fabric Language KotlinThis is a mod that enables usage of the Kotlin programming language for Fabric mods.
Required

Optional 1

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional

How it compares

Full comparison

MoreChatMessages is also a Fabric and Babric mod, server-side only and open source under the MIT License. It turns off its own death messages when Good Death Messages is installed, and that is set in either mod's config. Custom Death Messages is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 1.20.6 under All rights reserved, not open source, and Simple Death Messages covers 1.21.11 only under the MIT License.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Good Death MessagesFabric and Babricb1.7.3Server-side only2026-06-13
MoreChatMessagesFabric and Babricb1.7.3Server-side only2026-06-08
Custom Death MessagesFabric1.20 – 1.20.6Server-side only2025-06-30
Simple Death MessagesFabric1.21.11Server-side only2026-07-13

Questions

Does Good Death Messages need to be installed on players' clients?

No. Server owners install it, and players connect with no copy of their own.

Which loader does Good Death Messages need?

It is published for Fabric and Babric. Fabric Language Kotlin, Glass Config API, Glass Networking and StationAPI are required alongside it.

Does Good Death Messages conflict with MoreChatMessages?

No conflict is expected. MoreChatMessages disables its own death messages automatically when Good Death Messages is present, so the two do not both post a death line.

In the catalog

Good Death Messages is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 567 mods support Minecraft b1.7.3.

Social mods5,392Fabric modsMods for b1.7.3567

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What the author says

Beta 1.7.3 mod that adds death messages faithful to newer versions of Minecraft. Works in both singleplayer and multiplayer. Adds the following death messages: - died - fell out of the world - hit the ground too hard - fell from a high place - fell off a ladder - was slain by - was shot by - was pummeled by - was…
tmpim, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
tmpim
Published
2026-04-02
Updated on Modrinth
2026-06-13
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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