Corpse
Packet-based dead bodies for Minecraft 1.8–26.2. No real entities — corpses are sent with packets, so they stay lightweight on large servers.
Requires PacketEvents 2.13.0+.
Features
- Corpses on death, with skin and armor
- Lootable inventories (right-click the body or the ground under it)
- Despawn when empty, or after a timer — leftover loot drops
- World whitelist, sleeping or swimming pose
- Configurable messages
- Developer API
Commands
/corpse spawn [player] — spawn a corpse of you, or of another player ( corpses.spawn)
/corpse remove <radius> — remove corpses in a radius ( corpses.remove)
/corpse reload — reload config and messages ( corpses.reload)
Installation
- Install PacketEvents 2.13.0 or newer
- Drop Corpse into plugins
- Restart the server. Do not use /reload. After that, /corpse reload is enough for config/messages.
Configuration
Code (Text):
## Set in seconds how long the corpse lasts. (-1 or lower for forever.)
corpse-time: 30
## Permission groups for corpse lifetime. First matching permission wins.
## Players without a matching permission use corpse-time.
## Time is in seconds (-1 = never despawn). Put higher ranks first.
corpse-time-groups: []
# Example:
# corpse-time-groups:
# - permission: corpses.time.legend
# time: 21600 # 6 hours
# - permission: corpses.time.mvp
# time: 3600 # 1 hour
# - permission: corpses.time.vip
# time: 300 # 5 minutes
## Sets if corpses spawn on death. (true or false)
on-death: true
## Show name tags on corpses. (true or false)
show-tags: false
## Should we render player armor and items on the corpses?
render-armor: true
## Maximum distance for rendering corps
corpse-distance: 60
## Lootable corpses
lootable-corpses: true
## Despawn a lootable corpse when its inventory is empty (fully looted or no drops).
despawn-when-empty: true
## How close a right-click on the ground must be to a corpse to open loot (blocks).
loot-click-range: 1.2
## Worlds where corpses spawn on death. Empty = all worlds.
worlds: []
## Entity Pose to use for the corpses.
## Possible values: SLEEPING, SWIMMING
entity-pose: "SLEEPING"
corpse-time: 30
## Permission groups for corpse lifetime. First matching permission wins.
## Players without a matching permission use corpse-time.
## Time is in seconds (-1 = never despawn). Put higher ranks first.
corpse-time-groups: []
# Example:
# corpse-time-groups:
# - permission: corpses.time.legend
# time: 21600 # 6 hours
# - permission: corpses.time.mvp
# time: 3600 # 1 hour
# - permission: corpses.time.vip
# time: 300 # 5 minutes
## Sets if corpses spawn on death. (true or false)
on-death: true
## Show name tags on corpses. (true or false)
show-tags: false
## Should we render player armor and items on the corpses?
render-armor: true
## Maximum distance for rendering corps
corpse-distance: 60
## Lootable corpses
lootable-corpses: true
## Despawn a lootable corpse when its inventory is empty (fully looted or no drops).
despawn-when-empty: true
## How close a right-click on the ground must be to a corpse to open loot (blocks).
loot-click-range: 1.2
## Worlds where corpses spawn on death. Empty = all worlds.
worlds: []
## Entity Pose to use for the corpses.
## Possible values: SLEEPING, SWIMMING
entity-pose: "SLEEPING"
API
Code (Java):
Corpse corpse = Corpse. fromPlayer (player ). spawn ( ) ;
Corpse corpse = Corpse. fromPlayer (player ). location (location ). spawn ( ) ;
corpse. destroy ( ) ;
Please report bugs on GitHub Issues, not in reviews.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.8, 1.9, 1.10
- 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 Spigot — 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.
Corpse | Lightweight & Asynchronous | 1.8-26.2 is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and newer. Downloaded 4,664 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.