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 Mar 1, 2020Improvement: (sort of a bug): replace next airblock above death point with deadchest.
-Don't replace water/lava with deadchest!
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Posted Mar 1, 2020In reply to leasoncre:
Noted !
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Posted Mar 5, 2020In reply to crylonz:
In reply to crylonz:
I have the same problem, it worked fine but suddenly the hologram of a death remains after taking the chest ...
How can I remove it? I don't get the way
and it’s just awkward to do it floating on my server’s dock hahha
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Posted Mar 6, 2020In reply to ifrancoqrz:
Type /minecraft:kill @e[type=armor_stand] to remove the hologram
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Posted Mar 6, 2020In reply to ifrancoqrz:
There is a special command for that /dc repair (need admin permission) next to the hologram to remove it.
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Posted Feb 25, 2020when someone doesnt claim there deathchest the chest disappears but the hologram stays?
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Posted Mar 1, 2020In reply to Chrisisthegreatest970:
No, hologram should disappears with the deadchest
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Posted Mar 5, 2020In reply to crylonz:
I have the same problem, it worked fine but suddenly the hologram of a death remains after taking the chest ...
How can I remove it? I don't get the way
and it’s just awkward to do it floating on my server’s dock hahha
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Posted Mar 8, 2020In reply to ifrancoqrz:
There is a special command for that /dc repair (need admin permission) next to the hologram to remove it.
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Posted Feb 23, 2020Hello,
Q: I was wondering if you can add an option in the config to allow other plugins to add things to the death chest. ie:like player head plugins like this one
https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/player-heads or a data pack like the player head drops on this website https://vanillatweaks.net/picker/datapacks/
or it drops on the ground,
-Thank you
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Posted Feb 23, 2020In reply to cookie_manplayz:
Hi, if I understand well your idea, I need to make an API to allow other plugins to interact with Deadchest. I think is not a good solution with just a config file.
That need a lot of work on my side but I keep your idea !
Thanks for your feedback !
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Posted Feb 23, 2020In reply to crylonz:
Can't wait
I will definitely keep an eye out for the update
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Posted Feb 21, 2020Hello,
Q: can you setup a config option to restore items directly to the player instead of dropping them on the ground? (except slots that have items in them when opening a deadchest)
+and preferably to the same slot as before
Thank you.
Great plugin!
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Posted Feb 21, 2020In reply to leasoncre:
I will see what I can do for that !
Thanks for your suggestion
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Posted Feb 16, 2020Sounds nice! I am searching for a plugin like yours, but I want to 'sell' the inventory back to the player when the despawntime is exceeded (e.g. 5 Minutes). Before that time it's free. When a player dies in lava the inventory should be always payed because all burnt. Maybe the player could fill the chest with 5 diamond blocks instead of just left-click on the chest. Then the chest disappears and the player get back his inventory incl. armor. When a player refuses to buy or cannot effort to buy the inventory back and dies again the first chest disappears.
Is something like that in the pipeline? :D
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Posted Feb 16, 2020In reply to Forge_User_49336022:
Hey, nice idea, I add it to the to-do list of the plugin. Thanks for your feedback ! :)
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Posted Feb 17, 2020In reply to crylonz:
Hi crylonz, nice thank you! I'll wait for that.
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Posted Feb 1, 2020Hey! Our players are having an issue where their chests are disappearing on death in lava and not teleporting nearby as it should. Also, I think there needs to be a suggestion that any new chest made should replace the inventory inside with the old chest's content. Or at least make it a setting we can enable. We have a lot of players getting very frustrated.
We're on CraftBukkit/Spigot, Minecraft Java 1.15.1
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Posted Feb 1, 2020In reply to Momma_JiBi:
Hey, thanks for your report ! have you anything showing on the console ? if a player dies in lava the deadchest should be at the position where the player die (can be under lava).
For your suggestion, I'm not sure to understand what you want.
Crylonz.
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Posted Feb 1, 2020In reply to crylonz:
Yes, I've teleported to the location the console lists. It's never there and there's never any hologram. But the chest was in, because their next chests have only any new items they died with.
On that note, my suggestion is that, when someone dies currently, only the first chest they get has their original items in it. I'm suggesting that the original items they had on the first death get transferred into the next new death chest if they die while trying to get the first chest.