
smp death chest
Spawns a chest containing all of the player's items upon death.
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About this Mod
⚰️ DeathChest
A lightweight, server-side death chest mod for Minecraft 26.2 (Fabric).
When you die, all your items are saved in a chest at your death location — ready to pick up with a single left-click.
✨ Features
- 📦 Automatic chest spawning on death — single or double chest depending on item count
- 👆 Left-click to retrieve all items instantly back into their original slots
- 🎯 Smart slot restoration — items return to the exact slots they were in before death
- 🌊 Replaces liquids — spawns in water or lava without issue
- 🧱 Guaranteed spawn — 3-phase search algorithm ensures a chest always appears:
- Phase 1: Same column ±50 blocks up/down
- Phase 2: 100×100 area ±20 Y around death point
- Phase 3: Obsidian platform fallback — always spawns
- 🌀 Void death support — configurable behavior when dying below world height
- 💥 Explosion monitoring — detects externally destroyed chests and cleans up state
- 🏷️ Named chests —
Lars's death chestshown in chest UI and as floating text display - 📋 Detailed log file — all events saved to
logs/deathchest.log - ⚙️ Admin commands — configure on the fly without restart
- 🌍 Multilingual — English, German, French, Simplified Chinese
🖱️ How it works
- You die → chest spawns at death location with all your items
- A floating text label shows the chest owner and instructions
- Left-click the chest → items return to your inventory in original slots
- If inventory is full, remaining items stay in the chest
- Chest disappears after left-clicking (no free chest exploit!)
- Right-click still opens the chest normally
⌨️ Admin Commands
Requires OP level 2.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/deathchest info |
Show active chest count and current settings |
/deathchest list |
List all active death chests with owner and position |
/deathchest voidmode NEAREST_BLOCK |
Spawn chest on nearest solid block when dying in void |
/deathchest voidmode DISABLED |
No chest, no message when dying in void |
📁 Config file
Auto-generated at config/deathchest.json on first launch:
{
"voidMode": "NEAREST_BLOCK",
"_optionen": "NEAREST_BLOCK | DISABLED"
}
📋 Log file
Every death and chest event is logged to logs/deathchest.log:
[2026-06-29 21:05:42] DEATH | Spieler: Lars | Pos: 100, 64, -200 | Cause: fall
[2026-06-29 21:05:42] CHEST_SPAWN | Spieler: Lars | Typ: EINZEL | Pos: 100, 65, -200 | Items: 34
[2026-06-29 21:06:10] RETRIEVE | Spieler: Lars | Zurück: 34 | In Truhe: 0
[2026-06-29 21:07:00] VOID_DEATH | Spieler: Lars | VoidMode: NEAREST_BLOCK
🌍 Translations
| Language | Status |
|---|---|
English (en_us) |
✅ Complete |
German (de_de) |
✅ Complete |
French (fr_fr) |
✅ Complete |
Simplified Chinese (zh_cn) |
✅ Complete |
Want to add your language? Open a PR on the GitHub repository!
⚙️ Requirements
- Minecraft 26.2
- Fabric Loader ≥ 0.19.3
- Fabric API
- Java 25
- Server-side only — clients do not need the mod installed
🐛 Known Issues / Notes
- The "Mismatch in destroy block pos" warning in server logs is a harmless Vanilla behaviour with double chests and can be safely ignored.
📜 License
CC0-1.0 — Public domain. Use freely.
note: this was completly vibe coded but works for me i use it for my own server because i coudn't finde any other fabric options
Available Versions
How to Install smp death chest on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (26.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "smp death chest". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.2
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
smp death chest server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is smp death chest compatible with fabric?
smp death chest officially supports fabric for Minecraft 26.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with smp death chest – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if smp death chest consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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