Grave
by DawnKiro
When a player dies, Grave places a gravestone at the spot and stores the inventory inside it, so items do not scatter across the ground.
What it does
Grave is a data pack that changes what happens to a player's items on death. Instead of flying out everywhere, the items are moved into a gravestone placed where the player died. The gravestone shows the player's name and the day they died, and it can be dug up by hitting it, which returns the stored items. Its stone material is chosen at random, and it stays in place until it is broken.
The pack is aimed at survival worlds and multiplayer servers that want a clearer way to recover items after death. Loot in a gravestone is kept from despawning indefinitely, so a player can come back later. Installation needs a Fabric, Forge or Quilt loader, and the pack runs on the server, while players only need to join. The pack requires its locked gamerules and respects gamerule settings such as Keep Inventory. Builds exist for 1.19.4 and 1.20, and the file for 1.20 is the latest on each loader. Grave is published under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Items moved into a gravestone
On death, the inventory goes into a gravestone at the death location rather than scattering on the ground.
Name and date on the stone
The name of the player and the in-game day of their death are displayed on every gravestone.
Persistent loot
Items stored in a gravestone are kept from despawning indefinitely until they are retrieved.
Retrieval by hitting
Hitting the gravestone returns the stored items, and it stays in place until it is broken.
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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.
How it compares
Death Log is server-side only and published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, under All rights reserved. Death Chest is also server-side only, but it is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only and covers 1.12.2 – 1.19.4, so it does not reach 1.20. Soul Pouches is client and server, Forge only, for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 and under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.19.4 – 1.20 | Server required, client optional | 2023-04-18 |
| Death Log | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-09-18 |
| Death Chest | Forge | 1.12.2 – 1.19.4 | Server-side only | 2023-03-17 |
| Soul Pouches | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-07-31 |
Questions
Does Grave need a resource pack?
Which loader should be used for Grave?
Does Grave work with Keep Inventory enabled?
In the catalog
Grave is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 10,288 mods support Minecraft 1.20.
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What the author says
You've probably already seen a bajillion gravestone mods, I know I have. So... this might not be the most original concept, but I believe this implementation to be better than most. With this pack: - When a player dies, their items are moved into their gravestone, rather than flying out everywhere. - The gravestone…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/grave
- Owner
- DawnKiro
- Published
- 2023-04-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-04-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15