DeadChest
The ultimate solution to protect player inventories on death
DeadChest automatically converts a player's dropped inventory into a secure chest at the exact location of death.
Each chest displays a hologram with the owner's name and a configurable countdown timer.
When the timer expires, the chest and its contents are permanently removed.
Fully customizable: define custom durations, create infinite chests, and choose between private (owner/admin only) or public access.

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Key Features
- Automatically stores the entire player inventory on death (including armor)
- Chest spawns at the exact death location
- Holographic display showing owner and remaining time
- Private or public chest access
- Optional XP storage
- Grief protection (explosion and destruction control)
- WorldGuard integration
- Fully compatible with Minecraft 1.13.2 – 26.1.x
- Folia support !
Advanced Features
- Unlimited players and unlimited chests
- Per-world configuration
- Gamemode-based management
- Item filtering and management
- Choose between chest or player head container
- Citizens 2 compatibility
- Detailed logging system for every DeadChest event (no more player disputes)
- Advanced permission system
Fully Customizable
- Chest duration
- Chest access (private/public)
- Hologram content
- Text colors
- Griefable chests (enable/disable destruction)
- Maximum number of chests per player
- Multi-language support
- Drop behavior customization
- And much more
Documention link
Since version 4.5.0, DeadChest uses bStats to collect anonymous usage statistics to help improve the plugin.
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DeadChests are FULLY customizable!

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| Command | Description | Permission |
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/dc reload |
Reload the plugin |
deadchest.admin |
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/dc remove |
Remove all deadchests of the current player |
deadchest.remove.own |
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/dc remove (PlayerName) |
Remove all deadchests of a player |
deadchest.remove.other |
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/dc removeinfinite |
Remove all infiny chest |
deadchest.admin |
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/dc removeall |
Remove all deadchests |
deadchest.admin |
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/dc list |
List all deadchest of the current player |
deadchest.list.own |
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/dc list all |
List all deadchest |
deadchest.list.other |
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/dc list (PlayerName) |
List all deadchest of a player |
deadchest.list.other |
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/dc giveBack (PlayerName) |
Return the oldest deadchest inventory of a player to him |
deadchest.giveBack |
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/dc ignore |
Opens the ignore list inventory to add items Deadchest should ignore. |
deadchest.admin |
deadchest.generate : Allow a player to generate deadchests
deadchest.chestPass : Allow a player to get all deadchests
deadchest.infinityChest : Allow a player to have a infinity chest

First Installation
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Download DeadChest.jar
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Restart or start your server
The plugin will automatically generate its configuration files inside:
/plugins/DeadChest/
Generated Files
config.yml
Main configuration file.
Use this file to customize plugin settings and behavior.
locale.yml
Language file (English by default).
You can edit this file to translate messages into your preferred language.
deadchest.log
Contains a detailed log of all DeadChest events.


Please read the FAQ if you have any trouble. If you find any issue, please report it on Github or Discord
You will find below the list of all my plugins. They are all updated with the latest version and try to offer you the best experience possible.
- SpawnerSilk : Mine spawners with silk touch.
- DeadChest : Keep your inventory in a chest when you die
- Cryweather : Manage time easily
- RedStoneMe : Activate redstone with your presence
- MendingEnchant : Allow you to have mending with your enchant table
- MobsManager : Manage which mobs can spawn on your server or not
- CreatureCapture : Capture any creatures you see with a special bow





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Posted Jul 1, 2019In reply to crylonz:
so void the player loses everything?
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Posted Jul 1, 2019In reply to llwinchester_hots:
Yes. it's a good idea of feature to handle in the future.
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Posted Jun 30, 2019Big problems:
OPs can't override this plugin
There should also probably be a timer that says how long it lasts after which anyone can get rid of it (Let's say somebody dies on public property)
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Posted Jul 1, 2019In reply to Anormalcat:
Thanks for your feedback ! I will make updates soon to fix that.
EDIT : Update is partially done
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Posted Jun 14, 2019Plugin spawns chest for a few seconds then it despawns leaving no way to get your chest back. Also items arent in the config. I changed the deadChestDuration to true making it so it wouldnt despawn after the 600 seconds as its normally set but instead makes it despawn instantly.
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Posted Jun 14, 2019In reply to RektAngleOG:
Thanks for your reply ! I will invest the problem and release a fix soon as possible.
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Posted Jun 14, 2019In reply to crylonz:
Thank you, I was really looking forward to adding this to my small multiplayer server seeming I have it set to hard and alot of people dying requested we add something to preserve items.
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Posted Jun 15, 2019In reply to RektAngleOG:
I have read again your first message and I think I found your problem :
deadChestDuration can't set to true or false. It must be a number in second ! 600 by default correpond to 10 minutes if you want a infiny time set it to 100000 for example.
In programmation, false = 0 and true = 1. So when you set deadChestDuration to true. You set a duration of 1 seconde !
I hope that fix your issue !
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Posted Jun 15, 2019In reply to crylonz:
In the config I read:
deadChestDuration : Number of seconds before a dead chest disappears
# true : Nothing can destroy a dead chest until a player get back inventory
# or DeadChestDuration is over.
And took that as if i set it to true it would not disappear until items collected, my mistake.
Thanks :)
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Posted Jun 14, 2019Little trouble with the plugin by providing a bug underwater there is no way to recover the possible safe to make a fix?
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Posted Jun 14, 2019In reply to Forge_User_16625284:
Yes, I will study this bug quickly ! Thanks for your feedback !
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Posted Jun 16, 2019In reply to Forge_User_16625284:
I make a lot of test in water. I did not find any bug. Can you tell me more about your issue ?
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Posted Jun 5, 2019Seems great! Though I'm not able to change the config file without it resetting itself back to default. I want to change it from 30 to a lot longer because 30 seconds is absurdly short time. Everytime I save the config file with the changes, i restart the server and it goes back to 30??? what is this issue? any way to fix it?? gonna have to uninstall for the time being!
otherwise great plugin
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Posted Jun 6, 2019In reply to Forge_User_70214159:
Thanks for your feedback ! Effectively 30 seconds is really too little. I'm working on it to release a fix.
EDIT : The update si done !