DeathMessages

DeathMessages is a small Minecraft server-side project that sends a private message to a player when they die, showing the block coordinates of their death.

The repository builds two platform artifacts:

• Paper plugin
• Fabric mod

Current message format:

You died at <x>, <y>, <z>.

Requirements

• Java 25
• Gradle wrapper included in this repository

Paper

• Paper API 26.2

Fabric

• Minecraft 26.2
• Fabric Loader 0.19.3 or newer
• Fabric API for Minecraft 26.2

Building

From the repository root, build both platform artifacts:

./gradlew :fabric:build :paper:build

Build only Paper:

./gradlew :paper:build

Build only Fabric:

./gradlew :fabric:build

The built jars are created at:

paper/build/libs/DeathMessages-1.0+26.2.jar
fabric/build/libs/DeathMessages-1.0+26.2.jar

Installation

Paper

1. Build the Paper plugin jar.
2. Copy paper/build/libs/DeathMessages-1.0+26.2.jar into your Paper server's plugins directory.
3. Restart the server.

Fabric

1. Build the Fabric mod jar.
2. Copy fabric/build/libs/DeathMessages-1.0+26.2.jar into your Fabric server's mods directory.
3. Make sure Fabric API is also installed in the server's mods directory.
4. Restart the server.

Behavior

• Sends the message only to the player who died.
• Uses block coordinates from the player's death location.
• Does not broadcast death coordinates to other players.
• Paper listens for PlayerDeathEvent.
• Fabric listens for Fabric API's server living-entity death event and handles player deaths only.

Project Layout

paper/   Paper plugin source, metadata, README, and changelog
fabric/  Fabric mod source, metadata, README, and changelog