SI: Death Bolt
On death, SI: Death Bolt summons a lightning bolt at the spot where the player died and posts a chat message announcing the death.
What it does
When a player dies, the mod strikes that location with a lightning bolt and broadcasts a chat message saying the player has died. The mod is lightweight and focused on this single effect, so it adds little to a world beyond the bolt and the message.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. It is published for NeoForge only, across five release versions 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and the latest file is 1.1.1-1.21.11-neoforge for 1.21.11, released on 2026-02-10. It was first published on 2025-07-11 by Soncresity Industries and is under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Lightning on death
A lightning bolt is summoned at the location where the player died, triggered automatically each time.
Death announcement
A chat message is broadcast to the server when a player dies, naming the player who died.
Lightweight design
The mod does one job, which keeps its footprint small on a server that already runs other mods.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Simple Death Messages is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 under the MIT License, also server-side only, so it is not an option on NeoForge. PlayerDieAutoMessage is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the Apache License 2.0, with client and server both running it. Totem of Keep Inventory is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, with client and server both running it, and it covers a different part of death handling.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI: Death Bolt | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-10 |
| Simple Death Messages | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-07-13 |
| PlayerDieAutoMessage | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-18 |
| Totem of Keep Inventory | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-06 |
Questions
Does SI: Death Bolt need to be installed on the client?
Does SI: Death Bolt work with Fabric?
In the catalog
SI: Death Bolt is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,784 Social mods for NeoForge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
SI: Death Bolt is a lightweight mod, summoning a lightning bolt on player death at the death location and posting a message into chat. As soon as a player dies, the mod will summon a lightning bolt on the player's death location.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sidb
- Owner
- Soncresity Industries
- Published
- 2025-07-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15