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Smart Graves

by VeyloXen

Smart Graves places a grave block at the exact spot where a player dies, holding the items and experience until the player comes back to collect them.

FabricClient and serverMIT License1.21.11

What it does

When a player dies, a grave block appears at the death location and keeps the dropped items and experience inside it, so they are not scattered across the ground. The grave block also shows its coordinates in chat, so the player knows where to return. Items that fall to the ground when a grave is broken by force are dropped as normal.

Only the owner can open their own grave, and server operators can open any grave when needed. The mod runs on Fabric and is needed on both sides: the server and every player need it installed. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.21.11, under the MIT License. The project is not open source. Smart Graves works on both servers and singleplayer worlds.

Key features

  1. Grave at the death location

    A grave block is placed where the player died, so the stored items stay at a known position.

  2. Items and experience kept

    Items and experience are stored inside the grave until the owner returns to collect them.

  3. Coordinates in chat

    The grave reports its coordinates in chat, so the player does not have to remember where the death occurred.

  4. Owner-only access

    Only the player who died can open their grave, while operators can open any grave when needed.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.111.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Survival play on a server

Players who die far from home can find their grave again through the coordinates shown in chat.

Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want deaths to leave their items in one recoverable place instead of scattered drops.

How it compares

Full comparison

Gravestone is a Fabric mod for 1.21.3 – 1.21.11 that runs on client and server, with All rights reserved and not open source. Proper Graves is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for Fabric and Quilt on 1.21.5. Just Graves is server-side only, under the MIT License, for 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 and not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Smart GravesFabric1.21.11Client and server2026-04-11
GravestoneFabric1.21.3 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-05-31
Proper GravesFabric and Quilt1.21.5Server-side only2025-04-16
Just GravesFabric1.21.8 – 1.21.10Server-side only2025-11-13

Questions

Does Smart Graves need to be installed on the server?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

Can a player open another player's grave?

No. Only the owner can open their own grave. Operators can open any grave when needed.

Which game version does Smart Graves support?

The mod is published only for 1.21.11, as a Fabric build released on 2026-04-11.

In the catalog

Smart Graves is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Storage mods4,058Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Tired of losing all your items when you die? Smart Graves places a grave at your death location that holds every item and all your XP until you come back for it.
VeyloXen, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
VeyloXen
Published
2026-04-11
Updated on Modrinth
2026-04-11
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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