Polygraves
by Polynobel
Polygraves is a Fabric storage mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that adds graves, so a player's items are kept at the place of death.
What it does
When a player dies, the items in the inventory are placed into a grave block at the death location, where they can be recovered later. The grave can be opened to take items back, and the mod works alongside vanilla gameplay and most other mods, since it only targets its own block and storage.
Polygraves is a server-side and client-side mod, so the server and every player need it. Its files target 1.20.1 alone, the latest being 1.0.3 for 1.20.1, released on 2025-11-18. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source. Its primary category is Storage, with Game mechanics and Utility as secondary categories.
The mod is built on Polymer, which lets it register its own blocks and items so they appear to vanilla clients. It is not a required dependency for players who only join a server, but it is needed on the Fabric side of any installation.
Key features
Grave blocks at death
Items from a player's inventory are stored in a grave block placed where the player died, so they can be collected again.
Lava handling
Graves work with lava, so items stay safe even when the death happens in or near lava.
Modded item support
The grave stores items from other mods as well as vanilla items, so modded inventories are not left behind.
Silk Touch harvesting
A grave mined with a Silk Touch pickaxe drops the block itself, so it can be moved or stored.
Take-only storage
Players can only take items out of a grave, and it cannot be used as storage for hoppers or other automation.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want their items to survive death on Fabric for Minecraft 1.20.1, and server owners running that version who want graves without extra quality-of-life features.
How it compares
Universal Graves is a server-side only option under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, open source, and runs on Fabric and Quilt for 1.17 – 26.3. Simple Graves is server required with the client optional, under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only and not open source, for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20 – 26.1.2. Polygraves is client and server, not open source, and only targets 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polygraves | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-18 |
| Universal Graves | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-10 |
| Simple Graves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-03 |
Questions
Does Polygraves need Polymer?
Does the server need Polygraves installed?
Can a grave be used for automated storage?
In the catalog
Polygraves is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
By design, it is pretty basic and doesn't have ALL the quality of life features you would normally expect. Also this mod does not have anything to do with Polymer.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/polygraves
- Owner
- Polynobel
- Published
- 2025-11-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15