Graves
by Fayber
Graves gives a player a grave at the place of death, holding the dropped inventory and experience, so items are never lost to a death.
What it does
When a player dies with keepInventory turned off, the items and XP are stored in a grave placed where the death happened, instead of being scattered on the ground. The grave can be picked up again to recover everything, and the grave marks the spot for the player until it is recovered. A five-minute timer limits how long the grave stays, after which its contents are no longer kept.
The mod adds four grave looks: deepslate headstone, wooden cross, tombstone and mossy soulgrave, and one of them is chosen at random unless the server turns that off. Graves are owner-only by default, but a server can allow anyone to take loot from them. Grave Keys let admins open a grave when needed.
Graves runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. It is published for Fabric only, across the 26.1 – 26.3 range, and requires no other mod. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and the source and issue tracker are public. Graves takes its design from the older Vanilla Tweaks Graves datapack, which it draws on for the same idea.
Key features
Items kept at death
Dropped inventory and experience go into a grave at the place of death, so nothing is lost on the ground.
Four grave looks
Deepslate headstone, wooden cross, tombstone and mossy soulgrave are available, with random selection that can be switched off.
Owner-only looting
Only the owner opens a grave by default, and the server can enable robbing so any player may take its loot.
Grave Keys for admins
Admins can open any grave with a key, for recovering items or resolving disputes on a server.
Five-minute timer
Each grave expires after five minutes, which limits how long its contents remain recoverable.
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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
Graves is server-side only and open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, with a Fabric build for 26.1 – 26.3. More Detailed Keep Inventory is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it is published for 26.2 alone. Hardcore Death Indicator is a client and server mod under the MIT License and is not open source, for 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graves | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-10 |
| More Detailed Keep Inventory | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-23 |
| Hardcore Death Indicator | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-11 |
Questions
Does Graves need to be installed on the client?
Which loader does Graves support?
Can other players take items from a grave?
In the catalog
Graves is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Die and a grave marks the spot, holding your inventory and XP so you can come back and recover everything instead of losing it to a five-minute timer. Inspired by the classic Vanilla Tweaks Graves datapack.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/graves-mod
- Owner
- Fayber
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15