GraveGuard

GraveGuard replaces ordinary item drops with persistent graves. When a player dies, their items are stored in a grave marked with the player's head and name. The owner can return and recover the items, while protected graves prevent other players from looting them during the configured lock period.

Graves persist through restarts, support staff recovery, and safely handle inventory overflow.

Features

• Persistent graves after player death

• Player-head grave marker

• Visible owner name and interaction prompt

• Owner protection timer

• Staff bypass permission

• Right-click recovery

• Inventory overflow protection

• Overflow items drop safely at the player's location

• Grave persistence across server restarts

• Automatic grave expiration

• /graves location list

• Safe handling for dangerous locations such as lava or void areas

• Configurable PvP behavior

• Configurable world behavior

• No external dependencies

Commands

/graves

This lists the player's active graves, including world, coordinates, and remaining lifetime.

Permissions

graveguard.staff

Staff members with this permission can open protected graves before the owner lock expires. The permission defaults to server operators.

Configuration

despawn-seconds: 3600 owner-lock-seconds: 300 protect-pvp: true enabled-worlds: {}

• despawn-seconds: How long a grave remains before expiration.

• owner-lock-seconds: How long only the owner is allowed to loot the grave.

• protect-pvp: Controls whether PvP deaths create protected graves.

• enabled-worlds: Allows per-world grave configuration.

How it works

1. A player dies.

2. Their item drops are stored in a grave.

3. The grave is marked with their player head and name.

4. The owner can right-click it to recover the items.

5. Protected graves reject unauthorized players until the lock expires.

6. Items that do not fit in the owner inventory are dropped safely rather than deleted.