About DeathBan
From ModrinthA very simple Minecraft plugin which bans the player when he dies.
💀 DeathBan
A lightweight and simple plugin that bans players when they die. Perfect for hardcore survival servers!
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✨ Features
- 🎮 Simple & Lightweight - Minimal resource usage
- 🔥 Folia Support - Works on modern Folia servers
- ⚔️ PvP Mode - Ban only when killed by other players
- 🎨 Colorful Ban Messages - Support for Adventure API with colors and formatting
- ⏱️ Flexible Timing - Customizable ban delay and duration
- 👁️ Spectator Mode - Optional spectator mode after death
- 🔐 IP Banning - Choose between player or IP bans
📋 Configuration
settings:
banreason: "<bold><red>Game Over!</red></bold>\n\n<gray>You were banned for dying in combat.</gray>"
ban-delay: 3 # Seconds after death until ban
spectator-after-death: true # Enable spectator mode after death
ban-time: 30 # Ban duration in minutes (0 = permanent)
ban-ip: false # Ban IP address instead of player name
ignore-permission: false # Ignore deathban.immune permission
player-kill-only: false # Only ban when killed by other players
debug: false # Enable debug logging
Color & Format Support
The banreason field supports Adventure API MiniMessage formatting:
Colors: <red>, <blue>, <green>, <yellow>, <aqua>, <light_purple>, <gold>, <gray>
Formatting: <bold>, <italic>, <underlined>, <strikethrough>
Example:
banreason: "<bold><red>BANNED!</red></bold>\n<yellow>Reason: <gray>Died in combat</gray></yellow>"
🔑 Permissions
| Permission | Description | |-----------------|---------------------------------| | deathban.immune | Immunity from death bans |
📝 Changelog
Version 1.3.1
- ✅ Colored Ban Messages on Rejoin
- ✅ Custom PlayerLoginEvent Handler for formatted ban messages
- ✅ Improved ban message storage and display
Version 1.3.0
- ✅ Folia Support
- ✅ Player-Kill-Only Mode
- ✅ Better Ban Messages (Adventure API)
- ✅ Debug Mode
- ✅ Ban Timing Fixed
- ✅ Safer Teleportation
🚀 Installation
- Download the latest
DeathBan.jar - Place it in your
pluginsfolder - Restart your server
- Configure
plugins/DeathBan/config.ymlto your needs
Enjoy! 💀
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 30 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Bukkit, Folia, Paper, Purpur and Spigot.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogAdmin & protection
Permissions, moderation, anti-cheat and land protection for the people running the server.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists DeathBan as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- BukkitFoliaPaperPurpurSpigot
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 29 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorjqshuv, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree









