Skull Graves
by KirilKom
When a player dies, Skull Graves leaves a floating skull that holds everything lost, and the skull can be opened to take the items back.
What it does
A grave is an entity placed in the world where the player died. Its items and experience stay inside it until they are collected, and graves are stored with the world, so they are kept through restarts and while their chunk is unloaded. Graves do not despawn, and a grave that falls into the void or lands in lava is handled so the items survive. Right-clicking a skull belonging to the player sends its items spiraling back one by one, and experience returns with them.
The mod takes the death drops from the grave and sets them in a floating skull instead of scattering them across the ground. The skull obeys physics: it falls, drifts and bobs at the surface, and it can be fished out of lava or knocked around by wind charges. Head loot can be dropped as well. Commands for managing graves work on graves in unloaded chunks, and an admin command called skullgraves is available to operators.
Skull Graves runs on Fabric and NeoForge and is published for 1.21.1 and 26.3. Both client and server need it, and it is released under the MIT License, though it is not open source. It works with mods compatible with Curios, which adds extra slots that the grave can hold.
Key features
Floating skull grave
Everything lost on death is stored in a skull that floats in the world instead of spilling on the ground.
Physical behaviour
The skull falls, drifts and bobs at the surface, and it can be recovered from lava or pushed by wind charges.
Protected void and lava deaths
Items are protected when a death happens over the void or in lava, and graves settle at the bottom of the world.
Retrieving items
Right-clicking a skull belonging to the player returns its items one at a time, and experience comes back as well.
Admin command
The skullgraves command lets operators manage graves, and it works for graves in unloaded chunks.
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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
Assorted Graves is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, runs on Fabric and NeoForge with client and server and supports 26.2. FaGraves is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, supporting only Fabric for 1.21.9 – 26.2. Way to Grave is not open source, is available on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.5 – 26.3, and needs the server while the client stays optional.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skull Graves | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-25 |
| Assorted Graves | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
| FaGraves | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-09 |
| Way to Grave | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Skull Graves need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Skull Graves support?
Do graves keep working after a server restart?
In the catalog
Skull Graves is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
When you die, Skull Graves leaves behind a floating skull holding everything you lost. It obeys physics - it falls, drifts, bobs to the surface of lava, and can be fished out or knocked by wind charges. It's not a block, so there is no risk of you losing your items. Right-click your own skull and your items spiral…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/skull-graves
- Owner
- KirilKom
- Published
- 2026-08-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15