Gulag Mod
by markrewey
Gulag Mod changes what happens after a player dies: instead of respawning at the spawn point, the player is sent to the Nether roof.
What it does
On death, the player is teleported to the roof of the Nether rather than respawning normally. To return, the player must find a naturally spawning soul campfire there and right-click it to be sent back to the spawn point. Touching the campfire without that step can result in a zap back to the spawn point. The mod is intended as a time penalty for dying, which adds weight to survival play on servers. Server owners can turn the feature off with standard gamerules if it becomes too difficult.
The mod is a Forge build for 1.19.2 only, published as version 1.2 on 2025-11-27 and developed by markrewey. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Nether roof respawn
Dying sends the player to the Nether roof instead of the normal respawn at the spawn point.
Soul campfire return
The player must locate a naturally spawning soul campfire on the roof and right-click it to return.
Gamerule toggle
Server owners can disable the gulag feature using standard gamerules.
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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.
Questions
Does Gulag Mod have to be installed on both sides?
In the catalog
Gulag Mod is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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What the author says
Dying in-game gets a serious shake-up with this mod. Instead of just respawning, you're instantly teleported to the Nether roof. Once you're up there, the challenge is on: you have to track down a naturally spawning soul campfire. Give that fire a right-click, and you'll be zapped right back to your spawn point. It's…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gulag-mod
- Owner
- markrewey
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15