




Introduction
Death Race is a concept which originally comes from McBirken [Original Video]
This is a datapack recreation of that minigame made for Minecraft 1.16 and 1.17. This datapack includes a randomiser which gives you a randomly selected death which you must race your friends to get. Note that this creation does not count scores or when you die. It is purely the randomiser for the sake of simplicity and for the sake of my brain cells.
Watch The Datapack in Action (as of v1.0): https://youtu.be/ZUnO2Glen3s
How to Use
You are given a random death at the beginning of each round - first to get that death wins the round. It does not count points automatically - so you should judge what you count as a point and tally your points manually.
Simply type /trigger spin in chat and all players will be given a randomly selected death.
Usage in Videos [YouTubers Please Read]
Feel free to use this creation in your video however I do ask a couple of basic things. Do not imply/claim the creation as your own. To avoid this, it would be appreciated if you could please mention in the video that Scommander created this datapack. Provide credit in the description - linking to my YouTube channel and this download page. Feel free to let me know! It’s nice to watch my creations being put to use :)
Redistribution
Link to this download page please and do not reupload the creation without permission from myself.
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.17, 1.17.1, 1.18
- 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 DeathRaceDatapack.v.4.0.zip
- Download size: 8 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.