Grave Drop
by NullByte
When a player dies, Grave Drop places a grave block at the death position that holds the inventory until it is broken.
What it does
On death, the mod spawns a grave block at the spot where the player died. The grave stores the full inventory, covering the main inventory, armor and the offhand slot. Breaking the grave returns the stored items to the player's inventory in their original slots. When another item occupies a slot, that item is shifted out of the way if room exists, and otherwise it is dropped nearby. Items that do not fit anywhere are dropped near the grave.
The grave has low hardness, so it can be broken by hand without tools. The mod runs on the client and the server, so the server and every player need it installed. It is published for Forge only, with 11 release versions 1.12.2 – 1.20.6 and 1.0.0 for 1.20.6 as the latest file. The code is under the MIT License, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Death grave block
A grave block appears at the position where the player died and holds the stored inventory.
Full inventory storage
The grave keeps the main inventory, armor and offhand items together in one block.
Original slot restoration
Breaking the grave puts each item back into the slot it came from.
Blocking item handling
When a slot is occupied, the blocking item is moved away or dropped nearby so the restored item can fit.
Overflow drops
Items that cannot fit back into the inventory are dropped near the grave.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Simple Graves is a server-side mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, published for 1.20 – 26.1.2 under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only. Way to Grave is server-side for the same four loaders, published for 1.21.5 – 26.3 under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license. Perfect Graves is the closest match in environment and license: it is client and server, for Forge only, on 1.20.1, and it is released under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave Drop | Forge | 1.12.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-01-18 |
| Simple Graves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-03 |
| Way to Grave | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-17 |
| Perfect Graves | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
Questions
Does Grave Drop need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Grave Drop support?
What happens if a restored item has no free slot?
In the catalog
Grave Drop is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
When a player dies, a grave appears at the death position. Breaking the grave returns the items back to the player's inventory in the same slots.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/grave-drop
- Owner
- NullByte
- Published
- 2026-01-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15