BetterGravestone

🪦 BetterGravestone - Lightweight Death Item Protection

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BetterGravestone is a lightweight and efficient mod that spawns a gravestone when a player dies, safely storing their dropped items inside it. And clears up annoying death points from your map. No schedulers, no databases - everything is stored directly in the block.

Graves are placed without destroying what you died on, and never vanish because the block beneath them was mined.

Perfect for survival servers that want a clean and fair way to recover items after death without clutter or performance impact.

⚠️ Requires Hytale Server 0.6.0 or newer.

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✨ Features

• 🪦 Spawns a gravestone at the player's death location
• 📦 Stores dropped items directly inside the grave
• 🧱 Never replaces the block you died on - chests, stairs and furniture survive
• ⏱️ Items are retrievable for a configurable amount of time (default 30 minutes)
• 🔒 Only the owner can access their gravestone (configurable with permissions)
• 🧭 /deathpoint - browse, remove or clear your death markers
• ✈️ Optional teleport to a death point, behind its own permission
• 🧹 Death markers clear themselves when you walk back to them (5 blocks, configurable)
• ⚙️ /gravestone - in-game admin settings menu, no file editing needed
• 💬 Fully customizable messages using TinyMsg formatting
• ⚡ Extremely lightweight – no external storage or schedulers

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🎮 Commands

Command	Permission	Description
/gravestone (alias /gs)	gravestone.admin	Opens the admin settings menu. Edit every option in-game and save straight to the config
/deathpoint (alias /deathpoints)	-	Lists your death markers in the current world. Remove one, clear all, or teleport

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🔑 Permissions

Permission	Default	Description
gravestone.admin	op	Access the /gravestone settings menu
gravestone.deathpoint.teleport	-	Shows the teleport button in /deathpoint
gravestone.break.others	-	Break or loot other players' gravestones
gravestone.ignore.time	-	Bypass the collection time limit

All four node names are configurable.

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⚙️ Configuration

BetterGravestone uses a simple JSON configuration file. All messages support TinyMsg formatting, including colors and placeholders.

📄 Config Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
TimeToCollectGraveInSeconds	Number	1800	Time (in seconds) a gravestone can be looted before it expires
SendDeathLocation	Boolean	true	Sends the player their death coordinates
MessageDeathLocation	String	-	Message sent to the player showing death coordinates
MessageGraveExpired	String	-	Message shown when a grave has expired
MessageGraveNotOwner	String	-	Message shown when another player interacts with the grave
BreakOthersPermission	String	gravestone.break.others	Permission required to break other players' gravestones
IgnoreTimeToCollect	Boolean	false	Ignores the time limit on gravestone collection
IgnoreTimePermission	String	gravestone.ignore.time	Permission used to bypass the time limit for gravestone collection
GraveSearchVerticalRange	Number	3	How many blocks above the death spot to search for a free cell
GraveSearchHorizontalRange	Number	3	How many blocks sideways to search once the column is exhausted
GraveReplaceSoftBlocks	Boolean	false	Allow a grave to replace grass and flowers. Containers are never replaced
GraveFallbackDropItems	Boolean	true	Drop items on the ground if no free cell is found, instead of losing them
AutoRemoveDeathMarkers	Boolean	true	Clear a death marker when its owner walks back within the radius below
AutoRemoveDeathMarkerRadius	Number	5	Radius in blocks for automatic death marker removal
AdminPermission	String	gravestone.admin	Permission required to use /gravestone
DeathPointTeleportPermission	String	gravestone.deathpoint.teleport	Permission that reveals the teleport button in /deathpoint
ConfigVersion	String	1.2	Managed automatically - do not edit

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📝 Default Configuration

{
  "TimeToCollectGraveInSeconds": 1800,
  "SendDeathLocation": true,
  "MessageDeathLocation": "<color:red>You have died at</color><color:white>:</color> <color:gray>{x}, {y}, {z}</color><color:white>.</color>",
  "MessageGraveExpired": "<color:red>This gravestone has been placed for a long time</color><color:white>.</color> <color:red>Your items have rotted away</color><color:white>.</color>",
  "MessageGraveNotOwner": "<color:red>This gravestone belongs to another player</color><color:white>.</color> <color:gray>Its items rot away in </color><color:white>{time}</color> <color:gray>seconds</color><color:white>.</color>",
  "BreakOthersPermission": "gravestone.break.others",
  "IgnoreTimeToCollect": false,
  "IgnoreTimePermission": "gravestone.ignore.time",
  "GraveSearchVerticalRange": 3,
  "GraveSearchHorizontalRange": 3,
  "GraveReplaceSoftBlocks": false,
  "GraveFallbackDropItems": true,
  "AutoRemoveDeathMarkers": true,
  "AutoRemoveDeathMarkerRadius": 5,
  "AdminPermission": "gravestone.admin",
  "DeathPointTeleportPermission": "gravestone.deathpoint.teleport",
  "ConfigVersion": "1.2"
}

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💬 Support

Need help or want to report an issue?
**Support: https://discord.gg/veUKtz2cg4**

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