Working Graves
by stonelabs
Working Graves places a grave when a player dies, a chest or barrel under a sign that holds the items until the player returns to collect them.
What it does
When a player dies, a grave is built as a sign with text hic portus animae, with a barrel or chest placed under it in a 3x3x3 cube. The items the player was carrying go into that container, and the player can return to the spot to collect them. Graves start in the dimension where the death occurred, and if no grave is available there, the server searches its other dimensions in a random order until one is found.
The mod is a server-side only addition, so clients need nothing installed and the server runs fully vanilla compatible. Players who want single-player support can install the mod on the client as well, with the same effect. Behaviour is adjusted through gamerules, and the graves command shows debug details about the graves on a server.
Working Graves is built for Fabric and covers Minecraft 1.18 – 1.21.4 across 15 release versions, with the latest file 1.10.0 for 1.21.4 published on 2025-07-13. The code is released into the public domain under The Unlicense, so it is open source and free to copy, modify and distribute.
Key features
Grave with sign and container
A sign carrying the text hic portus animae marks the grave, and a barrel or chest placed under it holds the dropped items.
Dimension search
A grave is first sought in the dimension of death, then the server looks through its other dimensions in random order until one is found.
Gamerule control
Gamerules decide whether a soul torch is needed to create a grave, whether lightning can start fire and whether graves can be made in other dimensions.
Permission level setting
A gamerule sets the permission level needed to create graves, which defaults to 0 so every player can create one.
Debug command
The graves command displays debug details about the graves on a server.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
FaGraves is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it targets 1.21.9 – 26.2 rather than the Working Graves range. Forgotten Graves is client and server and open source under the MIT License, covering 1.18.1 – 1.20.4, so it overlaps this mod's early versions while requiring installation on both sides. Assorted Graves runs on Fabric and NeoForge for 26.2 and is client and server under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Graves | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-07-13 |
| FaGraves | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-09 |
| Forgotten Graves | Fabric | 1.18.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2026-02-11 |
| Assorted Graves | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
Questions
Does Working Graves need to be installed on the client?
Does Working Graves need Fabric API?
What does the soul torch gamerule change?
In the catalog
Working Graves is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Yet another graves mod, I know. Working graves is a fabric mod that allows for the construction of graves that will be populated on player death. That means you can build a graveyard that will fill up as time goes on. Pretty cool huh? Working graves is a server side mod. There is no need to install it on clients if…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/working-graves
- Owner
- stonelabs
- Published
- 2022-11-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15