DeathChest

DeathChest - Death Chest Plugin

A plugin for Minecraft servers that automatically creates a chest containing a player's items upon death.

📦 Features

- Automatic Cleanup – Upon death, all player items are placed into a chest - Automatic Cleanup – Multiple settings for various needs - Automatic Cleanup – Explosion, fire, and piston protection - Automatic Cleanup – Flexible access management - Automatic Cleanup – Chests can be opened in protected regions - Automatic Cleanup – Can restrict chest creation in specific worlds - Automatic Cleanup – Displays the owner's name (requires DecentHolograms) - Automatic Cleanup – Periodic task removes expired chests

🖼️ Screenshots

Dependencies:

DecentHolograms - optional (to display a hologram above the chest)

⚙️ Installation

1. Download the latest version 2. Place the `.jar` file into your server's `plugins/` folder 3. Restart the server 4. Configure the config file to your liking 5. Reload the plugin with `/dchest reload` or restart the server

🎮 Commands

``` /deathchest list – List your death chests /deathchest reload – Reload configuration and chests (requires permission) /deathchest version – Show plugin version /deathchest help – Show help ```

Alias: `/dchest`

🔐 Permissions

``` deathchest.use – Basic permission to use the plugin (default: true) deathchest.reload – Reload configuration and chests (default: op) deathchest.admin – Administrator permissions (default: op) deathchest.* – All plugin permissions ```

📁 Configuration

The `config.yml` file is automatically created on first run:

```yaml

DeathChest - Configuration

Chest creation settings

chest-creation:

Create a chest only upon death by a mob

mob-death-only: false

Worlds where death chests are allowed (empty = all worlds)

allowed-worlds: [ ]

Disabled worlds where death chests are turned off

blacklisted-worlds: [ ]

Chest interaction settings

chest-interactions:

Can players interact with others' death chests

allow-access-others-chests: true

Can players break a death chest

player-breakable: true

Is the chest protected from explosions

explosion-proof: true

Do items drop when the chest is exploded

items-drop-when-exploded: true

Do items drop when the chest is broken by a player

items-drop-when-broken: true

Automatically remove empty chests

remove-empty-chests: true

Chest appearance settings

chest-appearance:

Custom chest title (supports MiniMessages)

title: "<gradient:gold:white>Death Chest:</gradient> <gold>{player}"

Chest expiration time in minutes (0 = never expires)

expiration-time: 1440 # Default 24 hours

Display hologram above chest (requires DecentHolograms)

hologram-enabled: true

Does not support MiniMessages, use colors from https://wiki.decentholograms.eu/general/format-and-colors/colors/

hologram: - "<#800000>☠ <#FFD700>Death Chest </#FFFFFF><#800000>☠" - "<#FFD700>Player: <#FFFFFF>{owner}"

Time translation

time-ago: days: "days" hours: "hours" minutes: "minutes"

Message prefix (supports MiniMessages)

prefix: "<gradient:gold:white>[DeathChest]</gradient>"

Messages (supports MiniMessages)

messages:

commands

player-only: "<red>This command can only be used by players." no-permission: "<red>You do not have permission to use this command" help: | <gradient:gold:white>=== DeathChest Commands === <white>/deathchest list <gray>- List your death chests <white>/deathchest reload <gray>- Reload configuration (requires permission) <white>/deathchest version <gray>- Show plugin version <white>/deathchest help <gray>- Show this help version: "<white>DeathChest <yellow>v{version}" list-header: "<gradient:gold:white>=== Your Death Chests ===</gradient>" list-format: "<yellow>World: <white>{world} <yellow>X: <white>{x} <yellow>Y: <white>{y} <yellow>Z: <white>{z} <gray>({time} ago)" list-numbered: "<white>{number}. " no-chests: "<green>You have no active death chests" reload-success: "<green>Configuration reloaded!"

listeners

chest-created: "<white>Your death chest was created at coordinates: <yellow>X: {x} Y: {y} Z: {z}." chest-accessed: "<white>You are opening the death chest of player: <yellow>{player}." access-denied: "<red>This death chest belongs to player: <yellow>{player}." cannot-break: "<red>You cannot break this death chest while it contains items!" chest-removed: "<green>The death chest disappeared because you took all items." chest-broken-own: "<white>You broke your own death chest." chest-broken-other: "<white>You broke the death chest of player <yellow>{player}." ```

🔧 Features

Chest Protection

- Region Access – Chests are protected from explosions (configurable) - Region Access – Chests do not burn or catch fire - Region Access – Pistons cannot move death chests - Region Access – Chests can be opened even in protected WorldGuard regions

Smart Creation

- World Filter – The plugin automatically searches for a suitable place for the chest - World Filter – If a player has no items, a chest is not created - World Filter – Can restrict chest creation in specific worlds

Access Management

- Holograms – Only the owner can open their chest (configurable) - Holograms – Ability to break chests can be configured - Holograms – Empty chests are automatically removed - Holograms – Owner's name is displayed above the chest if enabled

Automatic Management

- Periodic Cleanup – Expired chests are automatically removed