
Vanilla Graves
Automatically secures your inventory into a chest at your death location and sends you the exact coordinates so you can gear up and head back out.
I don't know my version or loader

Losing hours of progress to a surprise creeper or a long fall is frustrating—but "tombstone" mods often feel out of place in a blocky world. Vanilla Graves offers a lightweight, lore-friendly solution that uses Minecraft's existing mechanics to protect your hard-earned gear.
Key Features
Automatic Chest Placement: Upon death, the mod checks your inventory. If you are carrying items, it instantly places a chest (or a double chest) at your feet to store everything safely.
Death Coordinates: No more guessing where you fell. The moment you respawn, a private message appears in your chat with the exact X, Y, and Z coordinates of your grave.
Lava Protection: The mod attempts to find the safest nearby spot to place the chest, preventing your items from burning away instantly.
Minimalist & Lightweight: No new blocks, no complex GUI, and no "magic" items. It feels like a feature Mojang forgot to add.
How it Works
Die: (Try not to, but it happens!)
Generate: The mod searches for air or replaceable blocks at your death site.
Store: Your items are moved from your inventory into a standard Minecraft chest.
Recover: Check your chat, travel to the coordinates, and grab your gear.
Note: If you aren't carrying any items when you die, no chest will be placed to keep the world clutter-free!
Technical Details
Compatibility: Works seamlessly with most modded biomes and dimensions.
Server-Side: This mod can be installed on a server without requiring players to have it on their local machines (perfect for SMPs!).
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 24w33a
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as vanilla-graves-1.21.x.zip
- Download size: 5 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.