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Simple Death Chest

by defNotPau • Downloads: 0 • Followers: 0
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SimpleDeathChest

Simple, Efficient, and hopefully reliable way to safekeep player's items after their death.

How does it work?

  1. When a player dies, a chest is created in their place.
  2. All of their items are deposited into the chest.
  3. That's it!

Some interesting features:

  • All items fit in the chest!
    • As there's an special inventory fitting the total number of items, no items will be lost!
  • No chest farming over here...
    • Death chests are not dropped when broken
  • Hold up, is it empty?
    • A death chest cannot be broken unless it's empty
  • Shouldn't the spawn protection be safe?
    • If you die on the spawn protection (skill issue) your chest will be placed outside the area spawn-protected so you can access the chest ;)
  • Am I too far down?
    • If for some reason a player dies below the world y-limit downwards the chest will spawn on the lowest layer before the void
  • Hold on... where's my chest??????
    • /deathchest list will allow you to see all your chests' coordinates in the world ;)
  • Configurability: Not everyone wants the same features in their server, so...
    • explosion_proof - Maybe you prefer the chest being prone to explosions
    • player_breakable - Can players break a deathchest?
    • items_drop_when_broken - will items drop when a chest is broken? (by a player)
    • items_drop_when_exploded - Uhh... isn't it clear? (wheather items will drop when a chest is exploded)
    • name_on_chest - do you want the chest to display who's its creator?
  • WAIT does this work with...? Yes, it does ;)

And Translations have arrived :)

  • Maybe your server's players don't speak english, so you'd want them to be able to understand some information, right?
  • Therefore in the configuration as for version 1.5.2 the setting general.language has become available
  • You just put one of the "currently available" language codes in the field and you're set :)
  • Currently available languages:
    • Español (Spanish) "es"
    • English (uhhh...) "en"
    • Nederlands (Dutch) "nl"
    • Deutsch (German - Germany) "de"

Usage:

Don't worry, it's simple.

Place the .jar file installed in the plugins folder inside your Minecraft server's plugins folder, and start it up!

Now, if everything went well, you should get a the following messages:

[HH:MM:SS INFO]: [DeathChest] Enabling DeathChest v(plugin version)
[HH:MM:SS INFO]: [DeathChest] Death Chest restore complete
[HH:MM:SS INFO]: [DeathChest] I might be working

And once you stop the server...

[HH:MM:SS INFO]: [DeathChest] Disabling DeathChest v(plugin version)
[HH:MM:SS WARN]: [DeathChest] I'm def NOT working rn

if you want to configure something, check in your plugins folder for a folder called DeathChest, then config.yml is where you can change the settings ;)

Just a friendly reminder...

I'm lazy, very much. I've found bugs I CANNOT fathom why they exist, please go to the Issues and report ANY problem you have. Though, most importantly: MAYBE the plugin has only been tested on 26.1.2 and 1.21.8 bc I can't be bothered to test it through all versions so... You might be the first one to try the plugin on a minecraft version :D

AI usage:

I'm not directly opposed to the usage of AI in the world, yet human creativity is something I deeply love. Aside from the initial versions of the plugin (pre 1.0 versions, unreleased) there has only been usage of AI for finding the things I needed in the endless abyss JavaDocs are (If you saw some slander of Geyser, I take it back, I was in the wrong, it's a beautiful plugin). I hope if you're interested in contributing in any way you do it without blatant usage of AI.

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[1.5.9] chest 1.5.9 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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e5b2f5e Geyser Integration is here at last :D
  • Solved [#14](https://github.com/defNotPau/SimpleDeathChest/issues/14) by [PGRjoystick](https://github.com/PGRjoystick). Only took 3 months because like my pc was stolen, but whatever, Geyser should work with the plugin.
  • For anyone who's ever gonna make a plugin, Geyser (or is it floodgate?) saves Bedrock usernames with a . in front, so Bukkit hates that and makes everything not work
  • OH AND you can now place blocks on top of the deathchest if sneaking, BUT as i'm not a good developer, you can still access the chest even if covered on top :)

Enjoy, I really doubt I'll be doing much more for the time being, and I know no one reads these changelogs, but still I like making these.
Like yk, sometimes you feel like you have many things you want to say out loud, and when you do it, it just feels great.
[1.5.8] chest 1.5.8 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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87e0446 Issues solved, hopefully there'll be more frequent updates from now on
  • Issue #16 solved, chests are now placed outside the area of spawn protection to make sure players can open them ;)
  • Geyser integration is on the way (1.5.9 perchance)
[1.5.7] chest 1.5.7 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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0a1ffcf Improved more translation handling yay
  • ty [Chandler (mew1033)](https://github.com/mew1033) for the help on the issue of: me being dumb / translation integration error
  • If translations are faulty, they'll be handled smoothly now instead of throwing an error
  • wait! why is this not a minor version?
  • it is. But its 2:13 am, i don't wanna think and i have to wake up at 6 am on a saturday ;c
[1.5.6] chest 1.5.6 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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1437521 - Yooo only numbers??? uhmm so:
[1.5.5] chest 1.5.5 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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3ce78b0 - OKAY YK TESTING IS SOMETHING I LIKE, RIGHT??
[1.5.4] chest 1.5.4 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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1c5d376 - New translation, and a lot of stuff was fixed
  • German (Deutsch/Deutschland) "de" has been added!
  • who should you thank? [bra1n****3d](https://github.com/bra1nfuck3d)!
  • "If there's some angry German yelling at you about my translations insulting their grandma, tell me"
  • HOW DID 1200 PEOPLE DOWNLOAD A VERSION THAT WAS WAY TOO NOT READY!?!??!??
  • 1.5.3 had many errors in translation of time (that's on me)
  • and also had some very uhh... not-supposed-to-be-there logs (that's on me too)
[1.5.3] chest 1.5.3 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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b576dd0 FIRST COMMUNITY TRANSLATION IS HEREEEEEEE
  • Dutch "nl" language support :D
  • who should you thank? [BlokesbouwerJD](https://github.com/BlokesbouwerJD)!
  • who definitely didn't make a Github account for this today... but well, it's all good, they made it, I'm extremely happy
[1.5.2] chest 1.5.2 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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e7a1df5 translations are here and some bug fixes
  • Fist of all: happy new year ;)
  • Translations... for /deathchest list and /deathchest
  • if you die above the height limit your chest will now be placed correctly (Issue #8 by marcel13p)

Now, if you want to help with translations, feel free to do it :D
I'll make a guide on GitHub

[1.5.1] chest 1.5.1 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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a8144bc - NOW saving method is like better better :)

uhh... that's it, there might be a bit of trouble if you're updating the plugin, I would advise against if you already have version 1.5, but it's been tested and proved working, just that your player's chest location will be kinda public.

(ty for the 5000 downloads) (take this as the 1 year anniversary)

TO-DO: translations ;)
[1.5] chest 1.5 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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95d15ea - New Command, all thanks to [nickmartin1ee7](https://github.com/nickmartin1ee7) over on github :)

  • New command: /deathchest list

  • Tells the player their last chests' location as xyz coordinates and the time it's been since the chest's creation
  • uh... nothing else?

Working on:
  • Translations
  • Settings to toggle command availability
[1.4.1] chest 1.4.1 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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37444cf - New config, some fixes

  • Added a few configurations:
  • items_drop_when_broken -> uhh... isn't it clear? items drop when the chest is broken by a player
  • items_drop_when_exploded -> I'm sorry if im disrespectful, but COMMON SENSE, PLEASE
  • name_on_chest -> do you want the chest to display who's its _creator_?
  • And bug fixes (HOW DID I MISS THESE????)
  • Chest should now properly appear when died in the void/world downwards limit
  • interaction with deathchest has to be with a **chest**...

Enjoy :D
[1.4] chest 1.4 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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30cd4f2 - Command didn't fit with me, so configurability is the focus :)

Changes


Original 1.4 was kinda bugged... it was taken down a few hours ago
[1.3] chest-1.3 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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New command, config, some optimization here and there, it looks good :)
So... currently i don't know how to make a version that works for multiple game versions, but i feel a version of the plugin for other game versions would be fantastic, therefore, you're getting 3 ports today, enjoy ;)
So... currently i don't know how to make a version that works for multiple game versions, but i feel a version of the plugin for other game versions would be fantastic, therefore, you're getting 3 ports today, enjoy ;)
So... currently i don't know how to make a version that works for multiple game versions, but i feel a version of the plugin for other game versions would be fantastic, therefore, you're getting 3 ports today, enjoy ;)
[1.2.1] SimpleDeathChest-1.2.1 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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Minor Changes
  • When a player dies in y > 0, their death chest won't appear at layer 1, but instead at whichever dimention's minimum layer is.

Thanks to _kawashirov_ on github issues for finding the issue :D
[1.2] SimpleDeathChest-1.2 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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Major Changes:
  • Reorganized Code
  • If chest is not in the world, will be restored when server starts
  • "deathChests.yml" optimized
  • Death chest dissapears once empty

Took a bit too long to get here, but it was well tested.
[1.1.2] SimpleDeathChest-1.1.2 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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Minor fixes:
  • Chest doesn't dissapear when exploded.
  • When a player dies in the same block as a death chest, the death chest appears on top of the death chest.
  • If a player doesn't have any items in their inventory, a death chest won't appear.

  • 1.2 is in the way, will take some more time**
[1.1.1] SimpleDeathChest-1.1.1 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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Now, after a player has died, the file will store its death chest... even if the server is closed abruptly...
[1.1.0] SimpleDeathChest-1.1.0 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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This 1.1 version changes the system when storing the items in a deathChest, therefore, if the server is closed and opened again, players can still access their death chests.
[1.0] SimpleDeathChest-1.0 by defNotPau on Oct 13, 2026
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First version, let's see how many bugs can be found :)
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