
Fabric Death Messages
Note: this mod is server side only and won't work on clients
A Fabric mod that executes and sends configurable commands and messages respectively on certain events triggered by a player, such as Dying, Joining a server, Killing another player, etc.
The config file is located in the config directory (config/player_events.json) and looks like this:
{
"death": {
"no_entity": [
[
"cactus",
"${player} was pricked to death"
],
[
"drown"
],
[
"fall"
],
[
"flyIntoWall"
],
[
"hotFloor"
],
[
"inFire"
],
[
"inWall"
],
[
"indirectMagic"
],
[
"lava"
],
[
"lightningBolt"
],
[
"onFire"
],
[
"outOfWorld"
],
[
"starve"
],
[
"wither"
]
],
"yes_entity": [
[
"entity.minecraft.bee",
"${player} was stung to death"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.blaze"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.cave_spider"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.creeper"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.dolphin"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.drowned"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.elder_guardian"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.ender_dragon"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.enderman"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.endermite"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.ghast"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.guardian"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.hoglin"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.husk"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.illusioner"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.iron_golem"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.llama"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.panda"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.phantom"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.piglin"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.piglin_brute"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.pillager"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.polar_bear"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.pufferfish"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.ravager"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.shulker"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.silverfish"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.skeleton"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.slime"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.spider"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.stray"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.tnt"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.vex"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.vindicator"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.witch"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.wither"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.wither_skeleton"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.wolf"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.zoglin"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.zombie"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.zombie_villager"
],
[
"entity.minecraft.zombified_piglin"
]
],
"broadcast_to_everyone": true
},
"join": {
"actions": [
"Welcome ${player}",
"/say Hello ${player}"
],
"broadcast_to_everyone": true
},
"kill_entity": {
"actions": [
"${player} killed ${killedEntity}"
],
"broadcast_to_everyone": true
},
"kill_player": {
"actions": [
"${player} killed ${killedPlayer}",
"F ${killedPlayer}"
],
"broadcast_to_everyone": true
},
"leave": {
"actions": [
"Goodbye ${player}!",
"/say Hope to see you soon ${player}"
],
"broadcast_to_everyone": true
}
}
For death you have sample keys to use, if no message is given as second argument then it is considered disabled and the default death message will be displayed.
There are probably some yesEntity or noEntity sources that were omitted, feel free to add them to your config file and everything should work.
For every other field in actions you can define multiple commands, death is the only exception.
Formatting
0 is black
1 is dark blue
2 is dark green
3 is dark aqua
4 is dark red
5 is dark purple
6 is gold
7 is gray
8 is dark gray
9 is blue
a is green
b is aqua
c is red
d is light purple
e is yellow
f is white
----------------------------------------------------
k is obfuscated
l is bold
m is strikethrough
n is underline
o is italic
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as fabric-death-messages-api.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 22 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.
