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Way to Grave

by XAVI333

Way to Grave keeps a player's items safe after death by placing them in a grave at the death location, and it stores a share of experience for later use.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.01.21.5 – 26.3

What it does

When a player dies, the items in the inventory are placed in a grave block at the spot where the death happened, so they are not lost to the ground or to other players. The grave can be configured so that only its owner may open it, and a Recovery Compass enchanted to point at the grave can be granted at respawn to help the player find it again. A chosen percentage of experience is stored as well, with 50 percent as the default.

Server owners set the experience share and the owner-only rule in the mod's configuration. The mod needs only the server to run, since the grave logic lives there. Players who join a server running it need no installation, and a data pack build is also available for servers that cannot load a mod loader.

Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and they target the game versions 1.21.5 – 26.3. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license and is not open source, so redistribution of modified copies is not permitted.

Key features

  1. Items kept in a grave

    Inventory contents are moved into a grave at the death location instead of dropping onto the ground.

  2. Experience stored on death

    A configurable share of the player's experience is kept, with 50 percent as the default value.

  3. Recovery Compass for the grave

    Players can choose to receive an enchanted Recovery Compass that points toward their grave and allows teleporting to it.

  4. Owner-only access

    A configuration option restricts opening a grave to the player who died, protecting items on shared servers.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.31.1-mod1.1-mod1.1-mod1.1-mod
26.21.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod
26.1.21.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod
26.1.11.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod
26.11.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod
1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.21.111.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod1.1+mod
1.21.101.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.91.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.81.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.71.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.61.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.51.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

How it compares

Full comparison

Tils Graves is a server-side option for the 1.21 – 1.21.10 range under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, and it is not open source. HyperGrave is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, covers 1.21.5 – 26.3 and likewise runs on the server alone.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Way to GraveFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.5 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-17
Tils GravesFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 1.21.10Server required, client optional2025-11-23
HyperGraveFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.5 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-10-11

Questions

Does Way to Grave need to be installed on the client?

No. The server must run it, while players may leave it out.

Which loaders can run Way to Grave?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt all have files for the latest release, 1.1-mod for 26.3, published on 2026-09-17.

Can a player open another player's grave?

By default, yes, but the owner-only option in the configuration restricts opening a grave to the player who died.

In the catalog

Way to Grave 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.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Keep your items safe after death in a Grave. When you die, a grave containing all your items will spawn at your death location. You then will spawn with a Recovery Compass so you can find your Grave an recover your items.
XAVI333, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
XAVI333
Published
2025-08-05
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-17
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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