Hardcore Death Location Spectator

Hardcore Death Location Spectator improves the death experience on Minecraft hardcore servers.

Normally, after dying in hardcore mode, selecting Spectate World sends the player to the world spawn. This plugin removes the death screen and immediately respawns the player in spectator mode at the exact location where they died.

The player’s position, world, camera direction, yaw, and pitch are preserved.

Features

• Immediately respawns players after death
• Removes the normal death and respawn menu
• Changes dead players to spectator mode
• Returns players to their exact death location
• Preserves the player’s viewing direction
• Only activates when the server is in hardcore mode
• No configuration required
• Lightweight and simple

Requirements

• Paper 26.2
• Java 25
• A server with hardcore=true enabled

Installation

1. Download the plugin JAR.
2. Place it inside your server’s plugins folder.
3. Make sure hardcore=true is enabled in server.properties.
4. Fully restart the server.

The plugin works automatically after installation. No configuration file or commands are required.