Treasures of the dead
by MrWilfis
Players who sail the ocean meet Treasures of the dead, a pirate-themed mod that adds skeleton crews, a sea fortress, treasure chests and trophy hunting to the world.
What it does
The mod is inspired by the sea-thief theme of Sea of Thieves and adds new pirate enemies, structures and side quests. Skeleton camps can appear near the coast and even around raids and sea forts. Skeleton captains carry trophy skulls, and defeating one rewards a player with a skull that can be sold to merchants or used as decoration in buildings. Treasure chests found in the structures open with a treasure key obtained from a skeleton's order, and each treasure has a weight and a minimum loot value that controls how often it spawns.
Several settings are edited in the mod's JSON and TOML config files, including the maximum distance from a player at which a treasure skeleton camp spawns, and the number of ticks between waves in a side quest. The mod requires Geckolib, and it runs on Forge and NeoForge with files for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Its code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Pirate skeleton crews
Pirate skeletons come with more health and fancy clothes, and skeleton captains lead the crews.
Trophy skulls
Defeating a Skeleton Captain drops a trophy skull, which merchants buy and which can be used as decoration.
Treasure keys and chests
Treasure chests in structures open with a key from a skeleton's order, and emptied chests can be reused as decorations.
Weighted treasure spawns
Each treasure has a weight and a minimum loot value, so rarity varies across the world.
Throwable blunderbombs
Blunderbombs are throwable items that the mod adds to the pirate combat.
Gallery
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
Who it’s for: Players who want pirate content, treasure hunting and new enemies in a survival world, and server owners who want to tune spawn distances and loot values in the config files.
How it compares
Fish of Thieves is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod released under the MIT License, covering 1.18.1 – 26.3 and played as client and server. Sea Creeps is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under the MIT License and without open source code. Sea of Treasure covers 1.21.2 – 1.21.8 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, is server required with an optional client, and is under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasures of the dead | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-10 |
| Fish of Thieves | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-30 |
| Sea Creeps | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-06 |
| Sea of Treasure | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-04 |
Questions
Does Treasures of the dead need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions are supported?
In the catalog
Treasures of the dead is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
Similar mods
What the author says
Treasures of the dead is a pirate themed mod inspired by Sea of thieves that adds new strong skelly enemies, treasures, decorative items, dress, structures, mechanics, and throwable blunderbombs! The mod is designed to diversify the gameplay by adding new enemies and side quests, such as treasure hunts, battles in…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/treasures-of-the-dead
- Owner
- MrWilfis
- Published
- 2024-12-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15