Death Message Module

File: modules/death_message/config.yml

The Death Message module allows you to fully customize the death messages displayed in chat. You can choose between vanilla messages, completely disable them, or use custom messages with per-cause configuration.

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Configuration

# Enable or disable this module
enable: true

# Allow players with essentials.silent.death permission to die without a death message
allow-silent-death: false

# Death message type:
# - DISABLE: No death messages will be shown
# - DEFAULT: Use vanilla Minecraft death messages
# - CUSTOM: Use custom death messages defined below
death-message-type: CUSTOM

Death Message Types

Type	Description
DISABLE	No death messages are shown at all
DEFAULT	Uses vanilla Minecraft death messages (no changes)
CUSTOM	Uses the custom messages defined in the configuration

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Custom Messages

When death-message-type is set to CUSTOM, you can define multiple messages for each death cause. If multiple messages are defined for a cause, one will be picked randomly.

Available Placeholders

Placeholder	Description	Availability
%player%	Name of the player who died	All causes
%displayName%	Display name of the player who died	All causes
%killer%	Name of the player who killed	PLAYER cause only
%mob%	Name of the mob that killed	MOB and MYTHIC_MOB causes only
%cause%	The formatted cause of death	All causes
%weapon%	The weapon used by the killer (with hover event)	PLAYER cause only

Supported Causes

Cause	Description
GENERIC	Default message when no specific cause matches
PLAYER	Death by another player
MOB	Death by a vanilla mob
MYTHIC_MOB	Death by a MythicMobs creature (requires MythicMobs)
FALL	Falling from a high place
DROWNING	Drowning in water
FIRE	Burning in fire
LAVA	Swimming in lava
VOID	Falling out of the world
LIGHTNING	Struck by lightning
STARVATION	Starving to death
SUFFOCATION	Suffocating in a wall
EXPLOSION	Blown up by an explosion
POISON	Dying of poison
WITHER	Wither effect
CRAMMING	Entity cramming
FLY_INTO_WALL	Kinetic energy (elytra)
FREEZE	Freezing to death

All vanilla DamageCause values are supported.

Example Configuration

custom-messages:
  GENERIC:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7died."
  PLAYER:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7was slain by #34cfe0%killer%&7."
    - "#34cfe0%killer% &7killed #99E0FF%player%&7."
  MOB:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7was killed by &c%mob%&7."
  MYTHIC_MOB:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7was slain by <gradient:#ff6600:#ff0000>%mob%</gradient>&7!"
  FALL:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7fell from a high place."
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7hit the ground too hard."
  DROWNING:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7drowned."
  LAVA:
    - "#99E0FF%player% &7tried to swim in lava."

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Commands

Command	Aliases	Description	Permission
/deathmessage	/dm, /deathmsg	Toggle death message visibility for yourself	essentials.deathmessage

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Permissions

Permission	Description
essentials.deathmessage	Allows toggling death message visibility
essentials.silent.death	Player dies without any death message being shown (requires allow-silent-death: true)