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.

![]()
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.
![]()
DeadChests are FULLY customizable!

![]()
| Command | Description | Permission |
|
/dc reload |
Reload the plugin |
deadchest.admin |
|
/dc remove |
Remove all deadchests of the current player |
deadchest.remove.own |
|
/dc remove (PlayerName) |
Remove all deadchests of a player |
deadchest.remove.other |
|
/dc removeinfinite |
Remove all infiny chest |
deadchest.admin |
|
/dc removeall |
Remove all deadchests |
deadchest.admin |
|
/dc list |
List all deadchest of the current player |
deadchest.list.own |
|
/dc list all |
List all deadchest |
deadchest.list.other |
|
/dc list (PlayerName) |
List all deadchest of a player |
deadchest.list.other |
|
/dc giveBack (PlayerName) |
Return the oldest deadchest inventory of a player to him |
deadchest.giveBack |
|
/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
-
Download DeadChest.jar
-
Place it in your server’s
/pluginsfolder -
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





-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 21, 2022Will this plugin be compatible with 1.18.x? My server is on 1.18.2 and our dead chests disappear immediately. DeadChestDuration is set to 0 (in config.yml) as we want our dead chests to last for an infinite duration. Wondering if the issue is with our server version?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 22, 2022In reply to Bakuden:
Hello,
Deadchest is working for 1.18.x. if you have issue, this is probably something wrong with your server or a plugin miss-compatibility.
If you need more help, join us on discord. You will have help here :)
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Feb 26, 2022the best deadchest plugin!
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Feb 18, 2022hi, so basically my problem is that the texts are floating and there isn't any chests. like the timer is glitched and the text is floating from the ground, can you help me please
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Feb 16, 2022about ot update to 4.8.2 to see if its fixed... but when a dead chest expires and its set to drop items, it almost crashes our server because it dupes all of the items like 20x over. had a member on our server get dozen of elytras this way
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Feb 13, 2022[19:17:15 ERROR]: Error occurred while enabling DeadChest v4.8.2 (Is it up to date?) Is there another version i'm missing??
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Feb 15, 2022In reply to LadyJElmo:
On wich game version are you ?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 21, 2021i was having major performance problems in my server due to deathchest.
I will send you my timings report via PM
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Feb 8, 2022In reply to pirucasamarelo:
This issue is fixed on version 4.8.2. This version will be available soon on Bukkit
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 17, 2021When I'm using this on my 1.18 server, whenever a player dies, the server log gets spammed with this error message over and over again: Could not pass event PlayerInteractEvent to DeadeChest V4.8.0.
Then it says some stuff about eventexception: null
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 18, 2021In reply to nuttapillar97:
same on mine. i dont know if this could lead to lost of items, but everything works fine tho, i guess? it's just anoying seeing this on console
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 19, 2021In reply to pirucasamarelo:
This issue is fixed on version 4.8.1. This version should be available soon on Bukkit :)
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 16, 2021Please update it for Minecraft 1.18.1
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 11, 2021-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 6, 2021when does the version 4.8.0 come out?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 6, 2021In reply to betagamer734:
When bukkit staff will approve the jar file
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Oct 2, 2021So with the newest version, if the death chest tries to spawn below y=0, seems like the chest either doesn't spawn at all, spawns on the surface, or spawns in a random location.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Dec 3, 2021In reply to Epic_Stick:
Hi,
The version 4.8.0 will be out in a few hours. This version will handle 1.18 and deadchest under y=0
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Aug 16, 2021Hello! I was just curious if the plugin has a GUI... Where people can click a button and get tp` to their death chest`?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Aug 17, 2021In reply to tehqyxd:
Hi ! No not yet, it's planned for the next major version :)