Simple Graves
by Speechrezz
Simple Graves places a gravestone where a player dies, holding the items and experience that were dropped, so they can be recovered later.
What it does
When a player dies, a gravestone block spawns at the location of the death and stores the items and experience the player had. Items and XP are kept inside the gravestone instead of scattering across the ground, which keeps the drops in one place. A player can break the gravestone to retrieve what it holds, and the gravestone itself despawns after a while.
The mod runs on the Fabric loader for Minecraft 1.21.5 only. It is client and server, so both the server and every player need it installed. Fabric API is required and must be installed alongside it. Simple Graves is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, and its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Gravestone on death
A gravestone block spawns at the place where the player died and holds the dropped items and experience.
Contents kept in place
Items and XP are stored inside the gravestone rather than flying out across the ground.
Retrieve by breaking
Breaking the gravestone gives the stored items and experience back to the player.
Gravestone despawn
The gravestone disappears after a period of time, so old graves do not stay in the world indefinitely.
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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 1
Use cases
Survival deaths
A player who dies in a dangerous area can return to the gravestone and collect the gear that was dropped.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can run it so that players do not lose their inventory to the ground after each death.
Who it’s for: Players who want their death drops kept together, and server owners who run survival worlds with several players.
How it compares
Gravestone is a Fabric mod for 1.21.3 – 1.21.11, client and server, under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Proper Graves is server-side only, released under the MIT License and built for Fabric and Quilt on 1.21.5, so players can join without installing it. Gravestones is open source under the MIT License, for Fabric on 1.16 – 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Graves | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-06-10 |
| Gravestone | Fabric | 1.21.3 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
| Proper Graves | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-04-16 |
| Gravestones | Fabric | 1.16 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-06-18 |
Questions
Does Simple Graves need Fabric API?
Do players need the mod if the server runs it?
Are the gravestone contents lost if it despawns?
In the catalog
Simple Graves is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
This mod adds the gravestone block, which will spawn at your location upon death.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-graves-mod
- Owner
- Speechrezz
- Published
- 2025-06-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15