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 Apr 16, 2020I have a little problem some players are dying on login (this can be caused by another plugin), then DeadChest's hologram summons but the chest it doesn't. They send me some screenshots:
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Posted Apr 17, 2020In reply to fonexte:
Strange. You can recover the player deadchest by typing /dc giveback <PlayerName>. That will remove the hologram + hidden deadchest and give back items to players :)
I will invest of why death on login generate that bug. Thanks for the report.
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Posted Apr 17, 2020In reply to crylonz:
Thank you! The death on login may be cause by another plugin I don't know. Oh and sometimes players can't login because a DeadChest generates on the same block as they logout, this last thing has to be reported to Authme, right?
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Posted Apr 17, 2020In reply to fonexte:
Yes, I think so :)
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Posted Apr 14, 2020Hi im getting this error when trying to load dead chest
https://pastebin.com/Vuqqg9f4
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Posted Apr 14, 2020In reply to AzoreanCreeper:
Have you make an update of a previous version ? if yes, you need to remove the Deadchest folder before doing the update. All information is on description :
Update from a previous version
Before making the update you need to do these step:
That should fix your issue. Please tell me if that work or not :)
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Posted Apr 14, 2020On the last version there are not generating DeadChest, I get this error on the console:
https://pastebin.com/JkJh3Jqw
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Posted Apr 14, 2020In reply to fonexte:
Have you make an update of a previous version ? if yes, you need to remove the Deadchest folder before doing the update. All information is on description :
Update from a previous version
Before making the update you need to do these step:
That should fix your issue. Please tell me if that work or not :)
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Posted Apr 14, 2020In reply to crylonz:
That worked, thanks!
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Posted Apr 7, 2020Heyy, all works properly but sometimes when a player dies the chest generates on the surface. The problem is that when it happens on the Nether, the chest generates above the bedrock and players cannot take it. And sometimes holograms doesn't remove.
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Posted Apr 11, 2020In reply to fonexte:
Thanks for the report, I will try to fix all that in futurs updates :)
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Posted Apr 11, 2020In reply to crylonz:
You're welcome! Thankss
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Posted Apr 5, 2020So I had had used v2.8 of this plugin, had a bug where the player name wouldn't dissapear unless using the repair command. Hopefully this is fixed or reduced in v3.0+. I also have some feature requests:
1. Send a notification to the player on respawn where the chest spawned.
2. Have a function so that instead of dropping items, a private chest becomes unlocked and public after a timer runs out.
Besides that, it works as intended.
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Posted Apr 6, 2020In reply to dmblc:
Hi,
1) Nice, idea pushed on the roadmap
2) same
Thanks for your feedback :)
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Posted Apr 7, 2020In reply to crylonz:
No problem! Thank you too for taking the time to read people's comments and taking in feedback.
I hope I'm not asking for too much, but I'd also like to see the ability to disable dead chests in certain worlds.
Also, I just want to point out that the correct spelling is 'infinity' not 'infiny'.
Hope this helps :)
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Posted Apr 13, 2020In reply to dmblc:
Hi,
Some of your requests are now available on the version 3.2
+ Excluded world (introduce in 3.0 but don't working on 3.1)
+ Notification on death with deadchest position
+ bad spelling for Infiny
Other suggestion will come in the future.
Hope you enjoy !
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Posted Apr 1, 2020Hello, im having an issue where one of my players on the server dies and the little line at the top sticks around every time this player dies. *owner: playername* stays up. ive reloaded the server. the plugin and have done the command /dc remove and so on. last option im going to do is remove the plugin from the server and restart it then stop the server and start it up again. dont want to do this but is this a common issue that will occur?
version is 1.15.2 on spigot and all files are current
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Posted Apr 1, 2020In reply to Ironmaiden1314:
UPDATE: i removed all the deadchest files and restarted my server twice. the *owner: playename* is still in the world and has not gone away. i have no idea how to remove it or make it go away. please help?
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Posted Apr 2, 2020In reply to Ironmaiden1314:
Hi,
Just do /dc repair next to hologram to remove it :) Can you give me the player name ? If this problem occured only with him I think the problem come from his name.
Thanks !
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Posted Apr 3, 2020In reply to crylonz:
i do that and it does fix only if im near it. it does it with multiple players.