Respawn Selector
by Bakoji
Respawn Selector lets a player pick where to come back after death, choosing among saved beds and the world spawn point from a map-based death screen.
What it does
When a player dies, the vanilla death screen is replaced with an interactive map. Each saved bed appears as a card showing its distance, and the world spawn point is offered as another option, so the player can choose the respawn location instead of accepting the default. Beds can be renamed to labels such as Main Base or Nether Portal, and their names and icons take on the color of the bed's dye.
Bed waypoints stay synced with Xaero's Map and Xaero's Minimap, and stale or broken waypoints, including ones in other dimensions, are removed automatically. The mod works in singleplayer worlds and on dedicated servers with minimal network overhead. It needs Xaero's Minimap and Xaero's World Map to be installed alongside it, and it runs on NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1, released as version 1.0.0 on 2026-07-12 under the MIT License. The code is not open source.
Key features
Map-based death screen
The death screen shows an interactive map where the player picks a respawn point from the saved beds or the world spawn.
Renamable and colored beds
Beds take custom names, and their names and icons match the color of the dye used on the bed.
Synced waypoints
Each bed becomes a waypoint on the map, and invalid waypoints from other dimensions are cleaned up on their own.
Server-friendly design
The same selection works in singleplayer and on dedicated servers, with little extra network traffic.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Multi-base survival
A player with several bases across dimensions can choose which bed to wake up at after a death, without walking back from the spawn point.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can run the selector on a dedicated server, so each player chooses respawn points from their own saved beds.
Who it’s for: Players who keep several beds in different places, and server owners who want respawn choice on a dedicated server running NeoForge for 1.21.1.
How it compares
Restful is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 with client and server environment, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and open source. Pick Your Bed is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that runs client and server, under a custom license and not open source. XaeroNuhUh works on Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.1 – 26.2 as a server-side only mod under the MIT License, and it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respawn Selector | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Restful | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Pick Your Bed | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-10 |
| XaeroNuhUh | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-10 |
Questions
Does Respawn Selector need Xaero's Minimap?
Does the server need Respawn Selector?
Which versions does Respawn Selector support?
In the catalog
Respawn Selector is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,689 Management mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Take control of where you respawn. This mod replaces the vanilla death screen with an interactive map, letting you choose your respawn point directly on Xaero's World Map.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/respawn-selector
- Owner
- Bakoji
- Published
- 2026-07-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15