DeathMessages

DeathMessages — a lightweight plugin that enhances player death messages. It shows custom death texts, death location coordinates, and adds a [✨ BACK] button for players with the deathmessages.dback permission.

🧩 Version Compatibility

Plugin version	Supported Paper	Java
1.4.0	1.20 – 26.2	25
1.3.1	1.20 – 1.21.11	21

Features

• Custom death messages (players, mobs, fall damage, fire, etc.)
• Displays death coordinates to the player
• [✨ Back] button for players with the deathmessages.dback permission
• Config reload via /deathmessages reload
• Falls back to the default Minecraft message if no custom message is found

Configuration

settings:
  # Show death coordinates to player
  show-death-coordinates: true
  # Show return to death location button
  show-back-button: true

```yaml
settings:
  # Show death coordinates to the player
  show-death-coordinates: true
  # Show the back-to-deathpoint button
  show-back-button: true

messages:
  prefix: "<gray>[💀]</gray>"
  reload:
    no-permission: "<red>You don't have permission to use this command!"
    success: "<green>DeathMessages config reloaded!"
    usage: "<yellow>Usage: /deathmessages reload"
  deathback:
    invalid: "<red>Death point not found!"
    success: "<green>You have been teleported to your death point!"
  personal-message: "<red>Death coordinates: <yellow>X: {x} Y: {y} Z: {z}"
  back-button: "<green><bold>[✨ BACK]</bold></green>"
  back-hover: "<yellow>Click to return to your death point"

# Player death messages
death-messages:
  prefix: "<gray>"
  # Death by another player
  # Available placeholders: {player}, {killer}, {killer_health}
  player:
    - "⚔️ {player} was slain by {killer} [<red>❤</red>{killer_health}]"
    - "🎯 {player} fell to {killer} [<red>❤</red>{killer_health}]"
    - "⚡ {player} was killed by {killer} [<red>❤</red>{killer_health}]"
    - "💥 {player} lost a duel against {killer} [<red>❤</red>{killer_health}]"

  # OVERWORLD - Neutral & Passive
  wolf:
    - "⚔ {player} was torn apart by a wolf"
    - "♣ {player} became prey to a wolf"
# ... other death types ...

Supported placeholders in messages:

• {player} — name of the deceased player
• {killer} — name of the killer (player)
• {killer_health} — remaining health of the killer (player)

If no message is found for a death type, the plugin will use Minecraft's default death message.

In-Game Example

Public message (broadcast):

💥 Player was blown up by a Creeper

Private message to the player:

💀 Death coordinates: X: 124 Y: 68 Z: -32

Private message to the player with deathmessages.dback permission:

💀 Death coordinates: X: 124 Y: 68 Z: -32
[✨ BACK]

Clicking the button teleports the player back to their death location.

Commands & Permissions

• /deathmessages reload — reloads the config
  (permission: deathmessages.reload)

• deathmessages.dback permission — displays the [✨ Back] button after death

Installation

1. Download the latest release
2. Place it in the /plugins folder
3. Restart the server
4. Configure config.yml if needed
5. Use /deathmessages reload to apply changes without restart