[RBD] Return by Death
by Lom2333
Return by Death, a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1, makes the world roll back to the last save after a death, inspired by Subaru Natsuki's Return by Death in Re:Zero.
What it does
When a player dies, the whole world is restored to its previous save state, and each rollback applies a Nausea debuff to the affected players. Repeated rollbacks lower maximum health by one point each time, and the effect lasts up to 10 seconds. The mod runs on client and server, so both sides need it, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
A stress and sanity system appears only in multiplayer worlds on servers. Each death raises the dead player's stress by 1 percent, and a player can cast Encourage on others to ease theirs. Stress that reaches its maximum sends a player into a Mental Breakdown: the player becomes blind and walks toward the nearest player within 24 blocks to attack them. Debuffs from a killed player transfer to whoever killed them.
Witch's Lingering Scent builds up over time, makes nearby monsters notice the player sooner and strengthens monsters as its level rises. A new Subaru Natsuki mode can be switched on or off with commands, and it adds a unique death animation. Create compatibility issues were also fixed in this release.
Key features
World rollback on death
A death restores the entire world to its last save point, with the player's progress reset to that state.
Stress and Encourage
Multiplayer servers track stress and sanity, and Encourage lowers the target's next stress gain by up to 100 percent with repeated use.
Mental Breakdown state
A player at maximum stress turns blind and attacks the nearest player within 24 blocks, with debuffs passing to the killer.
Optional Subaru Natsuki mode
The mode adds a unique death animation and can be turned off with commands, so servers keep the standard behavior.
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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
Re:Mine - Return By Death is a Forge mod for 1.20.1, client and server, under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. MineZero - A Re:Zero Mod runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.12.2 – 1.21.11 and is open source under the Apache License 2.0. Return Totem is available for Forge and NeoForge across 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [RBD] Return by Death | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-23 |
| Re:Mine - Return By Death | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-11 |
| MineZero - A Re:Zero Mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-05 |
| Return Totem | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-06-18 |
Questions
Does Return by Death need Fabric API?
Do servers need Return by Death installed?
Can the Subaru Natsuki mode be turned off?
In the catalog
[RBD] Return by Death is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
When you die, both you and the world will be restored to the last save point, and you will be afflicted with Witch’s Lingering Scent. Witch’s Lingering Scent will continue to build up and will not disappear. You cannot remove it with milk or standard commands. While within the range of Witch’s Lingering Scent…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/return-by-death-by-lom233
- Owner
- Lom2333
- Published
- 2026-06-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
